Sustainability and digitalization go hand in hand. Manufacturing companies are facing a reality where the focus is not only on streamlining processes and increasing profits but also on promoting more sustainable development.
This entails stricter documentation requirements and a greater demand for ESG reporting, pushing manufacturing companies toward a more sustainable direction.
In this article, we take a closer look at sustainability and digitalization – exploring how a Manufacturing Execution System can support your green transition, especially in terms of ESG reporting.
How are Sustainability and Digitalization Connected?
By digitizing your production, you can automate standardized tasks. This will minimize the risk of manual errors in your manufacturing processes.
The result is reduced waste, lower energy consumption, and improved product quality. All of which contribute to strengthening your environmental profile.
Through data integration, big data technologies, and IoT devices, you can collect and analyze real-time data from the entire production process, providing an accurate overview of the production’s resource consumption.
With a digitized production, you can minimize waste and gain insights into the environmental impact of your production, representing the first step toward more responsible operations and development.
How MES Strengthens Your ESG Reporting
An essential tool in the digitalization of manufacturing companies is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) that can collect data to help you achieve your sustainability goals.
MES ensures reliable production data, enabling active work on sustainability in daily operations. It translates production data into ESG reports, facilitating documentation of sustainable initiatives. This offers a competitive edge in a time when customers prioritize CSR and ESG.
Data Collection with MES Supports Your Green Transition
Digitalization with MES can assist you towards a more sustainable production in four areas:
Overproduction and Waste
Real-time data can identify the major sources of discards in your production, allowing you to implement solutions that minimize overproduction and waste.
Energy Management
MES has all the data on the production’s energy consumption and can identify areas where you can save. This helps reduce your costs and environmental impact.
Supply Chain
Data collection makes your supply chain transparent. You can specifically track whether you meet your environmental goals and assess areas for improvement.
Reporting
Collecting and visualizing ESG-related data makes it easier for you to evaluate requirements and goals within the three scopes of the greenhouse gas protocol:
- Scope 1: Direct emissions from the company’s own activities and facilities.
- Scope 2: Indirect emissions from energy consumption, such as externally purchased electricity and heat.
- Scope 3: Other indirect emissions such as transportation and waste management outside the company’s facilities.
While MES primarily logs data within Scope 1 and Scope 2, it can also be integrated with other systems and sources to collect relevant data for Scope 3 emissions. This way, MES can provide a comprehensive overview for your ESG reporting.
Put sustainability and digitalization on your agenda
Digitalization is a central resource if you are to remain competitive now and in the future, where the demand for sustainable production will only grow. If you need advice on how to make your production more sustainable with digital solutions, feel free to reach out via email at nn@integra2r.com or phone at (+45) 73 70 80 71.