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Manufacturers have a huge role to play in driving the transition to net zero, and PTC's technology and solutions can help them achieve this writes Jessica Twentyman

Climate change is fast becoming everybody’s problem, as communities worldwide increasingly bear the brunt of droughts, floods, storms, forest fires and rising seas.

The manufacturing and production sector has a big contribution to make in tackling the threat. It’s an engine of economic growth and social development, certainly, but it’s also responsible for producing 20% of global CO2 emissions and consuming 54% of the world’s energy, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) reports and online data.

That’s why, at its annual meeting in Davos in January 2020, the WEF launched the Carbon Reduction in Manufacturing Initiative.

The transition to a net-zero industry presents a huge, untapped opportunity for manufacturing leaders to increase innovation for “growth, competitiveness and resilience”, says the initiative’s leader, Beatriz Fernandez. With that in mind, the initiative brings together global manufacturing leaders to share ideas and expertise on how the sector can cut its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030.

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