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AI and Blockchain for Sustainable Business Practices: Enhancing Ethical Sourcing and Transparency

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A. F. M. Rafid Hassan Akand1, Ali Hassan2, Mahafuj Hassan2, Arif Ahmed Sizan1, Arif Hosen3, Arifa Ahmed2, Hammed Esa2, Md. Shihab Hossain4, *
1College of Business, Westcliff University, Irvine, CA, 92614, USA
2Department of Business Administration, International American University, Los Angeles, CA, 90010, USA
3College of Graduate and Professional Studies, Trine University, Angola, IN, 46703, USA
4Physics Discipline, Khulna University, Sher-E-Bangla Rd, Khulna, 9208, Bangladesh
*Corresponding author. Email: shihab18ku@gmail.com
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Md. Shihab Hossain
Available Online 6 April 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6239-624-1_8How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Enhancing Ethical Sourcing; AI; Blockchain
Abstract

This study looks at how to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Blockchain technology to make supply chains more open, efficient, and ethical as more people want businesses to be more environmentally friendly. The study reveals that AI can help with data management, predictive analytics, and decision-making, which can improve environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. The study looks at data sets from cocoa, coffee, and cotton and uses AI-driven models like Random Forest Regressors to develop predictions about how sustainable they will be and how different parts of the supply chain will affect them. The study reveals how Blockchain technology may help protect the ability to trace products and stop fraud, which makes ethical sourcing stronger. The study shows how AI and Blockchain may work together to make businesses more open and responsible in their supply chains and help the environment. The results suggest that this combined strategy can influence how businesses perform with R 2 of .87 and RMSE around 2.81, making them more responsible and helping to make the future a better place for the environment.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Economics and Finance in the Digital Business Transformation (INCOSEF 2025)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
6 April 2026
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978-94-6239-624-1
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2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6239-624-1_8How to use a DOI?
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© 2026 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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