The project, coordinated by CEFRIEL, a participation of the Politecnico di Milano, involved multinational manufacturing companies Sonae and Dana and the participation of the Sustainable Production Systems laboratory of the Istituto sistemi e tecnologie per la produzione sostenibile (ISTePS) as scientific responsible.
In the course of its development, it has led to the creation of a web platform that, through the administration of around 200 questions, collects data and information on environmental, social and economic aspects of individual production plants and transforms them into standardised and comparable indicators of the sustainability performance of the analysed site.
In this way, companies adopting the tool can continuously monitor the performance of each plant on different sustainability aspects and issues.
The data collected is mapped onto a maturity model that can be easily consulted via the digital platform, thus enabling comparisons between units and production lines, identifying priority areas for action and evaluating the effects of investments over time.
‘Comparing sustainability performance between different production units allows companies to identify areas where improvements can be made, and to adopt more effective and sustainable practices and technologies. The comparison thus becomes a valuable tool for improving company performance,' explains Marzio Sorlini, Senior Lecturer-Researcher at SPS Lab.
"The platform developed by MASSI makes sustainability knowledge accessible to everyone, from large companies to SMEs, enabling each one to embark on its own path towards sustainability with awareness and transparency", comments Bruno Puzzolante, MASSI Project Manager for CEFRIEL.
The tool is currently being tested and validated at other partner companies and may soon be adopted by researchers, manufacturing companies or consultancy firms interested in helping companies make their own data-driven sustainability decisions.
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