Shaping a sustainable future: Stories of innovation, equity, and progress

Certified use cases for climate change mitigation

Manufacturing Industries

• Automotive OEMs leverage CATIA and SIMULIA to perform the necessary trade-offs between quality, cost, time and sustainability throughout the design and engineering phases. Information lifecycle management and modeling-simulation help customers optimize the footprint of mass-material mixes of vehicles and reduce the amount of energy consumption during usage thanks to weight- and aerodynamism-optimizations while still complying with safety regulations.
• When any new vehicle model launches, automakers carry out marketing campaigns that, to date, has required transporting the vehicles to filming locations. Working with a Korean car company, our 3DEXCITE team enabled our customer to digitize its marketing campaigns using computer-generated imagery, avoiding the need to organize a physical photoshoot and vehicle shipping.
• Packaging accounts for over 40% of global plastic use, making it crucial to rethink design strategies to reduce plastic consumption. Through our SIMULIA brand, Dassault Systèmes partnered with an American consumer goods company to optimize its packaging design, to cut down the amount of plastic used by reducing the thickness of a bottle’s packaging, increasing the percentage of post-consumer recycled plastic while maintaining the product’s robustness and compliance with health standards.
• To mitigate the environmental impact of the world’s food system, optimizing transportation and delivery is key, as the sector emits 19% of total emissions. Deploying a distribution planning management solution allowed DELMIA to help an American food delivery company reduce its fuel consumption by optimizing routes and reducing the number of miles driven. 

Infrastructures & Cities

• Fiberglass is an essential material in the construction of wind turbine components – but it is partly made of plastic. To reduce consumption of this raw material, CATIA helped a leader in the industry to optimize the design of its wind turbine blades to reduce fiberglass waste. The company was able to model exact cut-outs during production, reducing its scrap rate.
• A Chinese architecture and construction company needed to reduce steel consumption during the construction of a building. They turned to CATIA to model the building, helping minimize design errors and avoiding tons of steel waste.
• When a port terminal operator needed to optimize terminal planning, DELMIA facilitated the optimization of container terminal scheduling, reducing both waiting times within the port and fuel consumption. 

Life Sciences & Healthcare

• MEDIDATA enabled an American medical research company to digitize and dematerialize clinical trial processes, making it possible to avoid patient travel and physical shipping of each patient’s results

Certified cases of leading the transition towards a circular economy

Manufacturing Industries

• Dassault Systèmes solutions facilitate eco-design of packaging. For example, our solutions helped three major food and beverage companies optimize the design of their packaging to reduce the amount of plastic used and increase the proportion of recycled materials. This was made possible by the use of SIMULIA during the design phase. The three companies succeeded in reducing the thickness of their packaging, integrating more recycled materials and increasing the recyclability of their products at end-of-life, while guaranteeing the necessary robustness and compliance with health standards.
• Circularity is a key issue for the automotive industry, and electric vehicles are one aspect to address this challenge. CATIA has helped three companies with eco-design to minimize waste during the product production phase, optimize product design to facilitate disassembly and repairability and reduce the number of physical prototypes. 

Infrastructures & Cities

• One of the main circularity levers in the steel and aluminum industries is the reduction of scrap during manufacturing operations. DELMIA has enabled these industries to optimize their production procedures and reduce their material waste. For example, a steel producer was able to combine orders of the same dimensions during cutting, reducing scrap by almost 39%.
• In construction, modularity is a significant factor to address circularity. Two architectural firms used CATIA to improve the circularity in infrastructure projects by facilitating and improving precision in the design of construction modules, as well as in the final assembly of the infrastructure, resulting in a reduction in resource consumption.

An event structured into three pivotal parts, each offering rich and multifaceted perspectives

1. Workshop: A collection of experts shared challenges, experiences and strategies to address priority issues and collaborated on practical, solution-focused actions.
2. Fireside Chat: Facilitated by Philippine de T’Serclaes, PlanetaryX’s CEO, Nathanial Matthews, and McCormick’s CSO, Michael Okoroafor, the panel explored how nature can inspire sustainable innovation.
3. Debate: Led by New York Times President, International, Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, this session challenged participants to question their assumptions, combining intellectual rigor with emotional depth.

Key insights from the CSO Summit 

• Technology & Biodiversity: Technology is crucial for reducing environmental impact and regenerating ecosystems through resource mapping and optimization.
• Circular Economy: There is a need to move from a linear economy to a circular economy, where every stage of the product lifecycle is designed to minimize resource extraction and promote regeneration.
• Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lasting change is only possible when industries work together.
• Data & Transparency: Progress depends on greater data transparency. By collecting accurate, transparent data, we can measure the impact of our actions and set clear, achievable targets.

STEM careers drive innovation and solve global challenges, yet women remain underrepresented in these fields. Dassault Systèmes is dedicated to closing this gap. Through initiatives like 3DS WIN, Girls’ Day and programs to develop inclusive leadership skills for future managers, we support equal opportunities and inspire the next generation to create a more inclusive future in STEM.

Studies show that girls lose interest in STEM subjects as young as age 11, often due to societal stereotypes and a lack of role models. In higher education, women account for less than 35% of STEM students worldwide, with fields like computer science and engineering seeing even lower participation rates. Without targeted efforts, this gender gap risks widening further, limiting diverse perspectives shaping innovation and technological advancements. Dassault Systèmes proudly and actively promotes STEM both internally and externally to inspire young girls to envision themselves in these future-focused careers. We launched several new initiatives in 2024 to further our efforts in sharing our careers and inspiring young girls to explore opportunities in STEM.

WIN Iberia

Fostering inclusion is a cornerstone of Dassault Systèmes’ commitment. We recognize that creating an environment where everyone can thrive requires collaboration, passion and shared efforts. That’s why we launched WIN Iberia: an extension of our global Women’s INitiative Network. WIN Iberia was created to connect and empower colleagues across our locations in Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia by providing a platform to drive meaningful initiatives around inclusion. By hosting hybrid events like our recent launch in Madrid, we’re bringing people together both in-person and online to share ideas, build relationships and create impactful change. And we’re just getting started: WIN Iberia is designed to grow and evolve with employees’ inputs, ensuring it reflects the needs and ambitions of our local team.

The Mobility Act represents the latest milestone in our mission to demonstrate that the only progress is human. This campaign underscores our passion to show how virtual twin experiences can drive sustainable innovations to address the world’s greatest societal challenges. It reflects our unwavering commitment to advancing the human experience, emphasizing the dynamic connection between technology and the resilience of the human spirit. And it was even more special because we were able to honor one of our own employees!

Kanno’s journey is about more than personal triumph; it’s also about raising awareness and advocating for systemic change in transportation and mobility solutions. Through his dedication, he has become a beacon of hope and a driving force for inclusivity, challenging us to rethink our approach and to design solutions that meet diverse needs. Kanno’s story also highlights also highlights the critical role of virtual twin technologies in developing both more inclusive technologies and more accessible urban environments. These are among the critical elements integral to shaping a future where mobility is a right for everyone, regardless of their physical ability. Kanno’s presence at the event symbolized the essence of our campaign, that progress is not measured by technological advancements but by the positive impact on human life. Initiatives like this allow us to demonstrate how virtual twins and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform empower innovators to create products and services that improve people’s and their communities’ lives.

We’re proud to champion a world where technology and humanity progress go hand in hand, rooted in our belief that genuine progress is measured by the betterment of human life. And we’re thrilled when we can show off the many talents of our employees around the world!




(1) All cases presented have been anonymized.
(2) Disclaimer: The actions and programs described in this section relate to the year 2024 and are applicable only to the extent permissible under local and national regulations. They are reviewed annually and can be adjusted, when necessary, in line with developments in the legal framework around the world, for example in the United States.