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A UN/CEFACT Global Standard

UN Transparency Protocol

Supporting governments and industry on practical measures to counter greenwashing by implementing supply chain traceability and transparency at the scale needed to achieve meaningful impacts on global sustainability outcomes.

Meeting Calendar

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Change Request

You are welcome to collaborate on the UNTP Specification by creating an issue in the UNTP GitLab repository.
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UNTP Implementation in Real Sectors

These sites support UNTP implementation communities and their members in different sectors with practical guidance, shared resources, and collaboration pathways.

UNTP Documentation Highlights

Explore the core UNTP documentation, from the protocol overview and technical specification to adoption guidance, governance, and implementation registers.

  • About the UNTP

    A solution to the transparency challenges facing the world’s supply chains. By implementing the UNTP stakeholders will become visible contributors to the sustainability of global supply chains.

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  • Technical Specification

    The UNTP specification defines a suite of interoperable digital credentials and discovery mechanisms that, together, enable verifiable supply chain transparency at scale.

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  • Benefits of Adoption

    A broad analysis of the key drivers, impacts, costs, and benefits associated with the implementation of the United Nations Transparency Protocol in an overall digital trade facilitation program.

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  • Governance

    The UNTP governance framework follows UN/CEFACT standard methodology, defining how the protocol is maintained, evolved, and supported by clear roles, responsibilities, and processes.

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  • Implementation Guidance

    Implementation of UNTP will be a very different experience for organisations of different size, industry/geography sector, and stakeholder type.

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  • UNTP Registers

    The UNTP registers are a set of public, UN-maintained directories that catalogue the trusted technical building blocks every UNTP implementation needs.

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