Chemical industry to partner with Siemens on decarbonisation pilot

Together for Sustainability (TfS) and Siemens are announcing a partnership on decarbonisation to advance the overall sustainability of the chemical industry. TfS is a global initiative to promote sustainability in the chemical industry’s supply chain, consisting of 47 international companies, including some of the largest chemical groups. Siemens will leverage its Sigreen solution, a tool to track and manage product carbon footprint (PCF) and part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.

In a pilot project, the two partners are combining their expertise and aim to demonstrate the scalability of PCF data exchange across an entire industry, which is a decisive step for decarbonising the sector. Siemens said the Sigreen solution will be piloted and provide learnings for the exchange of PCF data in the chemical industry. It can then be deployed across the TfS members, contributing to further improve their expertise as pioneers in the PCF field.

“The partnership with TfS is a major step for the global chemical industry. We're helping an entire sector become more sustainable! This is a blueprint for other industries,” said Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens AG. “Sigreen allows companies exchange emissions data from their supply chain securely and confidently. With this information, they can make better decisions to reduce their carbon footprint.”

“Sigreen will equip us with the solution for embedding our Product Carbon Footprint Guideline in operations at scale,” said Bertrand Conquéret, President of Together for Sustainability. “This will enable us to tackle the chemical industry’s Scope 3 challenge. TfS members, their suppliers and customers are looking forward to piloting the data sharing solution offered by Sigreen. A trusted environment where all partners can safely share their PCF data powered by the Together for Sustainability PCF Guideline is a vital step and accelerator in driving decarbonisation across the chemical industry.”

Siemens said that Sigreen enables the secure and trustworthy exchange of PCF data throughout the supply chain. This information can then be combined with the data from a company’s own value creation processes to determine carbon footprints and enables companies to take targeted reduction measures with a quantifiable effect. Depending on the degree of vertical integration, the upstream supply chain accounts for up to 90% of emissions (Source CDP 2022 Global Supply Chain Report) and Sigreen allows for this important integration across the value chain.

All TfS members are committed to decarbonising their supply chains. In 2022, TfS launched the PCF Guideline harmonising the different approaches used within the industry to calculate carbon footprints.

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