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Tapping Into Tech To Cut Emissions
"Sustainability is at the core for us and our customers," says Cykoski. "We're providing the technology, the data and the software that can help reduce energy consumption and waste."
To offset the environmental costs of their factories and facilities, says Cykoski, industrial businesses need to reduce consumption, lower their carbon footprint and embrace a more circular economy-one that's based on using and recycling existing resources.
But the idea of achieving these goals while pursuing digital transformation can overwhelm leaders who might view sustainability as counter to profitability, she says. In reality, the efforts work in tandem: The digitization and automation that transform a company's operations make it more sustainable, too.
Take a 65-year-old factory in
With the EcoStruxure Platform-an IoT-enabled, open platform that serves as the secure backbone for
This connectivity delivers expansive visibility of day-to-day operations, helping factory employees track metrics like energy use and power quality to ensure the entire ecosystem is accountable to its environmental benchmarks. Cykoski says the factory's success-which includes a 4.4% reduction in carbon emissions year over year-shows that older plants can retrofit while also contributing to climate progress.
The factory was deemed a sustainability "Lighthouse" in 2017-an honor given to only three manufacturing leaders in the world at that time-and six factories within
"We've proven in our own smart factories and with our customers that sustainability and profit go hand in hand," Cykoski says. "You'll make your shareholders happy by adopting sustainability practices because you're using less energy, reducing waste and seeing cost savings by being more efficient."
How People And Processes Power Sustainability
To complement digital solutions, businesses also need to upskill staff and reimagine outdated processes. "It's not just software and machines-it's that combination of tech and humans," says Cykoski. "Digital transformation is about culture and empowering the workforce to manage and improve tools and processes."
This starts by showing employees how operational enhancements like automating workflows away from spreadsheets and paper-and-pencil tracking, for example, can enrich day-to-day business.
Companies should train teams to move on from legacy equipment and siloed systems, says Cykoski, and instead embrace the standardized architectures and automation that augment everyone's performance.
From there, generating buy-in from both leaders and rank-and-file employees is what's required to advance beyond the status quo and ensure that sustainability is genuinely valued by every employee.
How Industrial Businesses Are Cutting Emissions And Costs
Using its sustainability approach that prioritizes technology, people and processes,
A large water services provider worked to monitor and optimize its entire water supply system with automation and IoT-enabled technology designed to help operators control water cycles in facilities like water treatment plants and sanitation networks. Since adopting the solution, the company cut water losses to almost half the national average and observed a 20% improvement in operational efficiency.
A consumer goods and chemicals company partnered with Schneider to conserve resources during the production of its laundry detergent, which included solving how to optimize the energy-intensive spray-drying process. With a control system delivering integrated process visualization, the company was able to automate the process and boost energy efficiency by up to 5%.
And in the food and beverage space, where mere minutes of cleaning downtime can threaten revenue gains, software that digitalizes quality management and improves traceability with real-time data analytics helps companies harness insights on operational trends to streamline cleaning and minimize costs. One leading bottled water company, for example, reduced downtime by 20% and used 50% less CO2 after adopting the solution.
A Vision For Industrial Sustainability
Cykoski hopes other industrial businesses are inspired by progress so far and advises them to partner with a leader like
It's tough, urgent work that has to be done collectively, Cykoski says. "We've got a long journey ahead of us, and no one company can solve industrial sustainability on its own. It's important to work with partners that share the same goals so we can all do it together."
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