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With the right tools, manufacturers can recycle and recover materials from waste and optimize raw material usage during the design phase. Reducing raw material outputs achieves knock-on effects in promoting more efficient and streamlined working practices, as manufacturers only use what they need, and improves a manufacturer’s bottom line, as they only need to purchase and store the right amount of material.

When manufacturers can demonstrate the specific actions they’ve taken to achieve sustainable manufacturing and back it up with results data, they can substantiate their brand’s sustainability credentials. Instead of greenwashing, which is merely public relations in action, credibly sustainable companies can become more attractive to sustainability-minded consumers and potential employees looking for meaningful work.

As more governments move to codify sustainability requirements into law, this opens up manufacturers to operational risks like penalties and litigation. With the right solution, manufacturers can harmonize global operations with different legal requirements. They can also improve energy risk management by integrating the best low-carbon power generation sources to become less reliant on price-volatile carbon-based energy options.

New production processes can be leveraged to innovate new product lines in a sustainable manner. Nike, for example, innovated its new Flyknit line where new manufacturing processes required minimal labor and enjoyed significant waste reduction while also removing waste from landfills. The line is also profitable for Nike, generating over US$2 billion in revenue since it was implemented..