📊 The importance of reliable data in LCA and Carbon Footprint Calculation

Can an IoT platform concretely assist a company?

When companies approach LCA or Carbon Footprint calculations, having reliable and verified data becomes essential rather than estimated data to acquire a realistic overview of the production cycle's impact and execute certification.

Digitalization can aid companies in achieving business and #sustainability objectives thanks to this data.

Objective and verifiable data collected through an IoT platform automated in the digitalization process facilitate consumption calculations at every product processing phase. It allows for certification preparation, easier problem-solving, adoption of more effective strategies, and the potential to reduce emissions by making production and/or the plant more efficient.

The platform gathers this reliable data at three primary points in the product's life cycle:

• Production and processing, encompassing the entire company's production phase.

• Transport, where the product or materials are transported inside and outside the facility.

• Use and retail sale, partially, as it's up to the merchant and consumer to use the product efficiently.

But why is measuring the environmental impacts of a product increasingly relevant?

Primarily for #sustainability: measurement, through the collection of certain data and KPIs, assists in evaluating the ecological footprint of a service or product and understanding how to make it less #impactful. This promotes the reduction of natural resource use and pollution.

Moreover, it leads companies to be more environmentally responsible because analyzing data enables the adoption of strategies to optimize and streamline the plant, hence the product realization phase, demonstrating their commitment to conscientious business practices.

It also helps combat #greenwashing by guaranteeing transparency in companies' activities concerning consumption and sustainability.

Environmental regulations and standards are becoming stricter and more attentive. It's now necessary to comply with laws, but more importantly, to become more #aware of our everyday life's impact and collectively address current and future environmental challenges.