Sustainability & ESG apps for Manufacturing
Industry: Manufacturing
Manufacturing grapples with ESG challenges in the realms of Scope 3 complexity, Industry 4.0 integration, the cross-functional, dynamic nature of ESG, and more! These challenges are digital challenges, smart solutions are shaping the industry's sustainable future.
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Your solution is One flexible Sustainability and ESG app layer on top of all your data sources.
The Sustaira Sustainability Circle is a high-level overview of what Sustaira offers. Sustaira has created building block applications within and between all of the domains of sustainability and ESG seen around the circle. These applications are meant to be tailored, tweaked, and customized to 100% meet the needs of the end user. The applications then live in the Sustaira launchpad that acts as a smart layer on top of your internal and external data sources. Bring your sustainability and ESG data together with a building block approach that eliminates manual processes and allows you the flexibility to grow and change throughout your sustainability journey.
86-95% of ESG impact comes from Suppliers
According to UN Principles for Responsible Investment’s research, between 86% and 95% of a manufacturer’s ESG impact is the result of activity by their suppliers.
<90% of S&P Companies do ESG reporting
According to a recent McKinsey Article, over 90% of S&P 500 corporations currently release ESG reports in various formats, while approximately 70% of Russell 1000 firms also engage in ESG reporting.
23% of GHG Emissions from Industrial
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 23% of greenhouse gas emissions come from fossil fuel usage for industrial purposes.
Recognize These Sustainability and ESG Challenges within Manufacturing?
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Supply Chain and Scope 3 Complexity
Scope 3 across all industries is seen as challenging to navigate. As we explore manufacturing it can become even more complicated due to the innate amount of waste and water used, but also due to the fact that there are often many stakeholders involved in these processes. With supply chain being where most ESG impact is, visibility and understanding of supply chain is now a requirement, not a nice to have.
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Industry 4.0
Manufacturers are disrupting or being disrupted by new technical advancements in the Sustainability field, reducing their environmental impact. Think about AI, blockchain, augmented reality, and IoT. These technologies have been disruptors and paved the way forward. Will you be a disputer or be disrupted? How will you keep up?
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Siloed and Disparate Data
Often, data is spread across multiple systems or even users. not to mention, different data sources even just for different pieces of machinery or by location. This data is often even excel or email based. This means that there is no easy and efficient way to aggregate and manage that data nor make it actionable or insightful.
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Waste
Within manufacturing, often there isn’t enough insight in traditional analysis tools, and due to this poor visibility into manufacturing process and suppliers, there is unnecessary waste and a larger footprint or impact.
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ESG is Cross-Functional & Highly Dynamic
ESG is not siloed within just one team or area in an organization. There is pressure growing from all directions for organizations to take action. from Mandatory and changing requirements, to customers and employees demanding transparency, all the way up the ladder to Executives or boards and investors evaluating risk. ESG is built into all areas of an organization and must be addressed.
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Sustainability and ESG Challenges are a Digital Issue
These business challenges put a tremendous pressure on the digital capabilities within organizations; supply chain transparency, industry 4.0 technology and big data, and ever changing requirements around ESG data transparency needs. Ultimately, businesses need digital solutions that don’t further complicate an already complex workflow and set of systems.
Sustainability & ESG Challenges are a Digital Issue
Shifting the Paradigm
Sustaira uses Siemens' Mendix low-code platform, striking a balance between inflexible off-the-shelf solutions and time-consuming custom coding. With a building-block approach and reusable templates, Sustaira offers a customizable accelerator, bridging the gap between pre-made solutions and fully tailored projects, delivering flexibility without compromising efficiency.
The business challenges outlined above put a tremendous amount of pressure on the digital capabilities within organizations. This is everything from supply chain transparency, industry 4.0 technology and big data, and ever-changing requirements around ESG data transparency needs. Typically, these core challenges translate back to a lack of flexible solutions that are instead replaced by a myriad of off-the-shelf solutions that only somewhat address the needs of the organization. It’s a lack of IT solutions that can truly deliver the value needed, without creating new challenges or expanding an already tangled workflow. So how are we going to solve and tackle these things?
Sustainability and ESG Solutions for Manufacturing
Carbon and Emissions Accounting Scope 1, 2 and 3: Measuring impact throughout your supply chain
The Carbon Accounting Application is used by organizations to get an overview of their Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Allowing organizations to make informed decisions around their sustainability efforts, not only internally, but throughout their supply chain. To do this, the carbon accounting module uses answers from our survey to build a reflexive dashboard that highlights action items to calculate the impact environmentally and financially. Dive into Scope 3 and open this up to your suppliers or external stakeholders as well!
Data Aggregation
Create your single source of Sustainability and ESG data with Sustaira’s Launchpad. Each tile represents an application, custom project, or other software. Bring everything together in a single, agile, smart layer, that sits on top of the systems you’re already using.
This launchpad is meant to work WITH what you already have. Have an application or system that you love for one piece of your sustainability journey? We can add a tile to the Launchpad for that piece and bring everything together.
Custom Sustainability and ESG Apps
There are unique projects that require extensive specialization expertise and attention. For those, our expert development team can take your ideas and bring them to life. Our team uses an Agile Methodology and works alongside your team the entire time. Have something special brewing? Let us help.
Goal Setting & KPI Tracking
The Sustaira Projects & KPI module is designed with pre-built projects and tracking KPIs related to sustainable initiatives. Tied to the U.N. goals for sustainability or the framework of your choosing, you can assess the impact and ease of change with our QuickStart Survey, selecting those goals that you are most interested in. Then, choose from a buffet of pre-configured projects and KPIs to quickly add to your sustainability roadmap.
Sustainability Supplier Management
The Sustaira Sustainability Supplier Management solution is designed for quantitative and qualitative data intake and interaction with your suppliers. If you’re still using spreadsheets and emails to remind suppliers to submit ESG and Sustainability information, this solution is for you. Everything in this template is customizable and can be tailored towards your unique needs. Whether you use a questionnaire/survey or a data intake overview, it’s all possible. You can set actions, reminders and different data input parameters per supplier. This includes reporting and actionable insights.
Additional Resources
Stay up to date on the latest Sustainability and ESG news with Sustaira!
Watch Sustaira’s Webinar, A low-code building block approach for ESG & Sustainability Software Applications in Manufacturing featuring Sustaira’s Founder and CEO, Vincent de la Mar.
Learn about how a Low-code Building Block Approach for Sustainability and ESG Software is the necessary paradigm shift!