Traceability for Circularity

Supply chain traceability solutions track materials, products and processes across the lifecycle using structured, verifiable data. This creates visibility into material origin, composition, transformations and chain of custody across suppliers.

By connecting data across the value network, traceability enables organizations to verify sourcing practices, manage supply risks and substantiate sustainability claims with measurable evidence.

A sustainable value chain connects sourcing, design, manufacturing, distribution and recovery into a unified system, enabling organizations to reduce environmental impact while enhancing performance and resilience.

To operate effectively, end-to-end supply chain traceability ensures decisions made at the material level, such as sourcing or recycled content integration, can be tracked through to product outcomes, including recovery, reuse and emissions impact — thus mitigating waste streams.

Sustainability in business operations involves embedding environmental and regulatory considerations into how products are designed, manufactured and delivered across the value network.

This requires connecting engineering, manufacturing and supply chain systems to ensure continuous data flow. With traceability in manufacturing, organizations can monitor impact in real time, reduce manual reporting and maintain alignment with evolving regulatory frameworks such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). 

Sustainability tracking is the continuous measurement and monitoring of environmental impact across an entire value network. While traditional approaches rely on periodic reporting and estimates, traceability transforms this into a real-time, data-driven process.

Organizations can track emissions, material usage and product recovery across the lifecycle, supporting Digital Product Passports (DPP) and improving waste streams to maximize circular and sustainable value beyond first use.