b'Partner News Summer 2022 29CorporateThe road to net zero:emissions, increase energy efficiency and improve collaboration across the value chain.Getting to net zerohow manufacturersSome processes within each manufacturing sub-sector have long depended on fossil fuels to function. From large-scale chemical refineries and metal smelting facilities can prepare for a zerothat require high-temperature processes to using feedstocks in food production and on demand supply operations in carbon future consumer goods. These all contain carbon dependencies that cannot be transformed overnight.Reducing the environmental impact will bring a different set of challenges for each manufacturing business. In turn, this will require some lateral thinking to replace embedded practices with new, creative approaches to production. Overcoming these challenges is needed if we are to Consensus can be difficult to reach.The nature of manufacturing makes thisfuture-proof business models and create Whether around public policy or businessgoal ambitious. Manufacturing is one of thepositive change in the industry.actions, there are usually differing views,largest contributors to carbon emissions priorities and objectives that need to beglobally. In the US, the sector accounts forFortunately, we have several tailwinds aligned to reach an agreement.nearly a quarter of direct carbon emissions,supporting this collective endeavour. The and in Europe, around 880 million tonnesbacking of governments and supranational As we look towards the future ofof carbon dioxide equivalents can bebodies is one such example of helping to manufacturing, there is one area where allattributed to manufacturing. Reachingdrive change from the top down. Another stakeholders in the sector are unitedthethe Paris Agreement target of net zerois the bottom-up force in the form of critical importance of decarbonising ourcarbon manufacturing by 2050 will involvedigitalisation. Rapid advances in digital industry. concerted efforts - at all levels - to reducetechnologies are helping executives to look'