The Sustainable Manufacturing Summit

UK manufacturing emissions have fallen by 57 per cent from 1990 levels – largely through structural changes and efficiency improvements – but reaching the targets set out in the Sixth Carbon Budget, which are necessary to meet the overarching government target of Net Zero by 2050, will be challenging. A brand new tax on plastic packaging will be introduced in the UK with effect from 1 April 2022. The aim of the tax is to incentivise the use of recycled material in the production of plastic packaging.

Sustainable manufacturing is about maximising the design of the products we use every day and minimising the impacts on the environment of the manufacturing resources required to make them. Manufacturing has a big part to play in achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Attend this event to understand how action on digitalisation and sustainability are of equal importance and need to be embraced and delivered. Non-labour resource costs required within manufacturing operations invariably exceed those of labour employed. The case for reducing the amount of energy, raw materials and other resources expended, makes financial as well as environmental sense. This event will provide engineers with information on how to embrace resource productivity by embedding current good practice, promote peer-to-peer collaboration at scale and highlight the potent combination of digital and sustainable approaches to deliver success.

Key Topics Include

• Green Energy
• Energy Conservation
• Water & Wastewater
• Circular Economy
• Sustainable Packaging
• Emissions Reduction
• Supply Chain Optimisation