Abstract: A method and system includes subject participants, a verifier participant and a certifier participant of a communication network exchanging information about ESG data, wherein a subject participant provides a proof derived from an ESG credential and the verifier participant receives the proof via the communication network, where the participant receives the ESG credential from the certifier participant, the proof assigns authenticity of the certifier participant providing the ESG credential, wherein the proof additionally assigns integrity of the ESG data, parts or an attribute of the ESG data, wherein the system further includes nodes of a decentralized registry that manages a public key of the certifier participant, where the decentralized registry provides a public key of the certifier participant corresponding to the proof to the verifier participant so that the verifier participant can cryptographically verify the authenticity and integrity with the public key via a computing component of the verifier pa

Abstract: Various embodiments include an asset tracking system for tracking an asset in an asset-based industrial process involving the asset passing between a plurality of realms comprising: a distributed database system configured to host a consensus-based ledger of transactional records; a plurality of asset tracking devices each configured to acquire one or more asset attribute values of the asset, wherein each of the realms includes at least one of the plurality of asset tracking devices; and an asset lifetime handler device configured to maintain, in the ledger of the distributed database system, based on the asset attribute values respectively acquired over time by a respective one of the plurality of asset tracking devices, an asset lifetime passport (ALP) comprising a digital representation of a history of the acquired asset attribute values of the asset.