Sustainability & ESG apps for Software and Technology
In the manufacturing of any product, sustainability is going to be a main focus and comes with challenges. From data aggregation across locations and machinery, to supply chain, to product life cycle, to even the employee side of things. Sustainability starts with Sustaira.
71.9% Have a Sustainability Policy
71.9% of all North American manufacturers have a sustainability policy in place, and 8.3% are developing one, according to a recent National Association of Manufacturing (NAM) survey.
22% of GHG emissions were Industrial
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPS) reported that in 2018, 22% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were industrial.
One-Third of total annual energy consumed
It is estimated by the federal US government that manufacturing operations use about one-third of the total amount of energy consumed annually in the country.
Sustainability and ESG challenges within Manufacturing
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Impacts of COVID-19
According to a Deloitte survey, Seventy-five percent of US manufacturing leaders surveyed are most concerned about the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and economic slowdown on operations, and 72% are concerned with meeting profitability goals.
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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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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. Visibility and understanding of supply chain is now a requirement, not a nice to have.
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Economic and Financial Misperception
Businesses tend to prioritize economic growth and profit rather than people’s rights and environmental welfare. Part of the problem is that sustainability is perceived as expensive. The World Economic Forum reports that profitability and sustainability can co-exist, and Forbes identified a number of companies that have succeeded by prioritizing sustainability over economy and finances.
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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.
Sustaira can help!
In manufacturing, sustainability is something you’re probably thinking about whether it is per location, per product, or around employee engagement and diversity. It can be challenging to aggregate data and find a clear starting point. Sustaira has built an entire platform, and stand-alone applications you can adopt today to solve some of these issues, no matter where you are in your sustainability journey.
Sustainability and ESG solutions for Manufacturing
Data Aggregation
Create your single source of sustainability data with Sustaira’s Launchpad. Each tile represents an application, custom project, or other software. Bring everything together right here.
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.
Carbon Accounting: 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 a sustainability director’s answers from our survey to build a reflexive dashboard that highlights action items to calculate the impact environmentally and financially.
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.
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.
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