Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainability Series
Part 1: Energy Efficiency & Overcoming Challenges to Adopting New Technology
In today’s Sustainability Series by Syneffex we’re going to focus on one of the key components of a corporate sustainability report, energy efficiency. ?Energy efficiency is a growing policy priority for many organizations around the world, yet many companies are stalled at this important objective due to the lack of infrastructure for finding, vetting, and implementing new technologies.
Determining which new technologies to try, with a goal to specify across all operations, is a critical decision that can yield substantial returns to the bottom line, but the process is unwieldy and often the corporate channels for implementing new technologies are not well-defined, whether in terms of budget or in terms of the approval process. Surprisingly, there are many companies that adopt our product and are thrilled, and yet it is we who inform their counterparts around the world, because the corporate channels for communication for successful sustainable initiatives have yet to be established.
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We work with companies of all sizes all over the globe that are at various stages in implementing their sustainability programs. Some of the companies that we work with are just starting their sustainability journeys and are striving to implement the most well known and obvious energy efficiency initiatives, such as replacing their light bulbs with energy efficient models, and others have extensive budgets and employ the most sophisticated robotics and automation processes available.
What all of our plant managers have in common is intense time constraints and what we call hat head- having the dual responsibilities of running day-to-day operations and the mandate to improve sustainability and lower energy consumption in their focus of control from the production lines, to the power stations, to the actual physical plant itself.
Finding time in a day, week, month or year to research and vet new technologies is a tremendous challenge amidst the intense pressure to keep production lines running and optimized. Often times the only measures that are implemented are the obvious, the known, the tried and true. Although these measures work, they can only go so far to increase the overall energy savings of your operations.
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Savvy Managers Know That Sustainability Saves Money
New Technology Is A Top Priority. When New Solutions Are Found, They Are Implemented. Rapidly!
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