Beyond the Box Bonus - How to tackle supply chain emissions in the chemical industry

Summary

这段视频探讨了化学工业如何应对脱碳挑战。化学工业是可持续未来的重要组成部分，但也是温室气体排放的主要来源之一。视频介绍了化学公司正在探索的多种减排路径，包括生物质、回收和碳捕捉与储存。重点强调了供应链和物流中的间接排放（范围3排放）是当前的主要关注点，并且需要通过优化物流、合作伙伴关系和使用新技术（如人工智能）来实现进一步的减排。视频最后呼吁行业领导者采取果敢行动，共同推动可持续发展。

Takeaways

• 🌏 化学工业在实现可持续未来中扮演着重要角色，约96%的制造商品依赖化学制造商、生产商和分销商。
• 🔥 化学工业是气候变化的主要贡献者之一，每年排放约20亿吨二氧化碳，约占全球温室气体排放的5%。
• 🚫 化学工业需要进行根本性的变革，以减少其碳密集型产业的碳排放。
• 🔍 化学公司正在寻找新的方法来减少物流和供应链的排放，但面临的挑战是巨大的。
• 🚀 化学工业的脱碳路径包括生物量、回收和碳捕集与储存等可能性。
• 🌱 化学工业的供应链和物流是脱碳的重点，因为供应链中的温室气体排放几乎占全球的一半。
• 🚚 物流和运输是供应链中可以采取行动减少排放的领域，市场上已有解决方案。
• 🔧 优化物流是减少供应链排放的一种方式，例如通过更好的运输规划来减少行驶里程和所需交通工具的数量。
• 🤝 化学工业的领导者正在考虑挑战和机遇，合作是实现脱碳目标的关键。
• 💡 AI和其他技术创新可能在实现净零排放的道路上发挥突破性作用，帮助分析数据和优化供应链。
• 🏁 化学工业需要立即采取行动，因为气候问题的紧迫性和未来几代人的期望。

Q & A

化工行业在实现净零排放中扮演着怎样的角色？

化工行业在实现可持续未来中扮演着重要角色，大约96%的制造商品在某种程度上依赖于化工制造商、生产商和分销商。然而，化工行业也是气候变化的主要贡献者之一，每年排放约20亿吨二氧化碳，约占全球温室气体排放的5%。

化工行业在全球温室气体排放中的贡献比例是多少？

化工行业每年排放约20亿吨二氧化碳，约占全球温室气体排放的5%。

什么是范围3排放，它在化工行业中的重要性是什么？

范围3排放是指由公司间接产生的排放，包括公司上下游价值链产生的排放。在化工行业中，范围3排放占总排放的70%以上，因此对减少整体碳足迹至关重要。

化工行业在减少物流和供应链排放方面面临哪些挑战？

化工行业在减少物流和供应链排放方面面临的挑战包括缺乏单一解决方案、需要长期且持续的努力，以及需要优化复杂的全球供应链和物流网络。

哪些技术进步为化工行业提供了低碳运输的机会？

电动车辆技术的快速进步为化工行业提供了低碳运输的机会，例如电池电动卡车，预计在未来几年内将实现成本平价。

为什么说化工行业的供应链优化对于减少排放至关重要？

供应链优化可以减少运输距离和所需运输工具的数量，从而降低能源消耗和排放量，同时也能降低成本。

化工行业如何通过合作来共同应对气候变化挑战？

化工行业可以通过合作伙伴关系共享风险，共同投资于新的规划系统和数据共享平台，以及通过捆绑需求来吸引基础设施开发者或卡车所有者的投资。

为什么说短期内化工行业的成本可能会上升？

尽管从长远来看，改善生态足迹可能会降低成本，但短期内，为了实现这些改进，化工行业可能需要进行投资，这可能导致成本上升。

化工行业如何利用人工智能和数字技术来提高供应链效率？

化工行业可以利用人工智能和数字技术来分析数据，优化供应链，创建数字孪生模型，并通过模拟来改进供应链管理。

化工行业在实现净零排放的过程中需要哪些关键因素？

化工行业在实现净零排放的过程中需要勇气领导力、跨价值链的合作、对供应链的深入了解、优化物流、利用新技术以及消费者的支持和支付意愿。

化工行业如何确保其供应链的透明度和可持续性？

化工行业需要深入了解其供应链，从原材料到最终消费者的每一个环节，确保供应链的透明度。此外，通过合作和数据共享，可以提高供应链的可持续性。

为什么说化工行业的去碳化不仅是技术问题，还涉及到商业模式和消费者行为的改变？

化工行业的去碳化需要技术创新，同时也需要商业模式的转变，比如通过合作伙伴关系和长期协议来共享风险。此外，消费者的支付意愿和对绿色产品的需求也是推动行业变革的关键因素。

化工行业在面对气候变化挑战时，如何平衡成本和可持续性目标？

化工行业在面对气候变化挑战时，需要在短期内可能的成本上升和长期的生态足迹改善之间找到平衡。这通常涉及到对新技术的投资和对供应链的优化。

化工行业在推动去碳化过程中，如何确保所有相关方的利益得到考虑？

化工行业在推动去碳化过程中，需要确保所有相关方的利益得到考虑，这包括通过建立信任、共享数据和风险，以及通过合作来实现共同的目标。

化工行业在实现净零排放的过程中，如何利用新技术来提高效率和降低成本？

化工行业可以通过利用人工智能、数字孪生和其他先进技术来优化供应链，提高运输和物流的效率，从而降低成本并减少排放。

Outlines

00:00

🌏 化工行业的脱碳挑战

化工行业在全球制造业中扮演着重要角色，但同时也是气候变化的主要贡献者之一，每年排放约20亿吨二氧化碳，占全球温室气体排放的5%。尽管行业意识到了减排的紧迫性，但实现脱碳并非易事，需要逐步解决。本段讨论了化工行业在供应链和物流方面面临的挑战，以及如何通过生物质、回收和碳捕集与储存等途径实现脱碳。

05:00

🚚 物流与供应链的减排机遇

化工行业的物流和供应链是减排的关键领域。全球近一半的温室气体排放来自供应链，其中约六分之一来自交通运输。通过优化物流，如改进运输规划、减少运输工具的使用，可以降低能源消耗和排放，同时降低成本。此外，通过合作伙伴关系和数据共享，可以进一步优化运输模式，提高效率。

10:01

🤝 合作与伙伴关系在减排中的作用

化工行业在减排方面需要采取合作的方式，包括长期合作伙伴关系和风险共担。通过将需求集中，可以吸引基础设施开发商和运输工具所有者进行投资。然而，短期内成本可能会上升，这导致一些公司在投资时犹豫不决。此外，采购团队在面对短期成本削减的压力时，往往忽视了绿色增长的重要性。

15:01

🔧 技术创新在化工行业脱碳中的影响

技术创新，尤其是人工智能(AI)，在化工行业脱碳过程中扮演着关键角色。AI可以帮助分析和优化供应链，提高实时数据的获取和处理能力。通过创建数字孪生模型，可以模拟和优化供应链的运行，从而提高效率和减少排放。

20:03

⏳ 化工行业迈向零排放的行动与责任

化工行业正面临着实现零排放的紧迫任务。行业领导者意识到了这一挑战，并开始采取行动，特别是在物流和供应链排放方面。尽管化工行业复杂，但仍有许多可行的减排措施。领导者的勇敢行动是推动整个行业前进的关键，也是激励其他公司跟进的榜样。

Keywords

💡净零排放

净零排放是指通过减少温室气体排放和增加温室气体吸收，使得排放量与吸收量相抵消，实现大气中温室气体净增量为零的状态。在视频中，净零排放是化学工业面临的最大挑战之一，行业正寻求通过各种途径实现这一目标，以应对气候变化。

💡化学工业

化学工业是涉及化学品的生产、加工和分销的行业，对几乎所有制造业产品都有重要作用。视频中提到，化学工业是实现可持续未来的关键，但同时也是全球温室气体排放的主要来源之一。

💡供应链

供应链是指从原材料获取到产品最终送达消费者手中的整个流程。视频中强调，供应链在全球温室气体排放中占据了相当大的比例，因此优化供应链是化学工业减少排放的关键途径之一。

💡物流

物流是指商品从生产地到消费地的运输、存储和配送过程。视频中提到，物流是供应链中的一个重要环节，通过改进物流可以减少运输过程中的排放，从而对减少温室气体排放产生积极影响。

💡生物燃料

生物燃料是指通过生物资源（如植物、动物或微生物）生产的燃料，如甲醇和氨。视频中提到，这些新燃料在航运业中的应用为化学工业提供了减碳的机遇，因为许多化学公司对这些分子非常熟悉，甚至大量生产。

💡电动汽车技术

电动汽车技术涉及使用电池作为动力源的交通工具。视频中讨论了电动汽车技术的进步，特别是电池电动卡车，为低碳运输提供了一条清晰的路径，并可能在未来几年内实现成本平价。

💡碳捕集与封存

碳捕集与封存（CCS）是指捕获工业过程中产生的二氧化碳，并将其长期储存于地下，以减少大气中的温室气体。视频中提到，CCS是化学工业可能采取的减碳途径之一。

💡循环经济

循环经济是一种经济系统，旨在通过回收和再利用产品和材料来减少浪费和排放。视频中提到，循环经济是化学工业减少物流和供应链排放的途径之一。

💡合作伙伴关系

合作伙伴关系在视频中被强调为实现供应链优化和减碳的关键因素。通过与供应链中的其他合作伙伴建立长期协议，共享风险，可以更有效地实现减碳目标。

💡数据共享

数据共享是指在合作伙伴之间共享信息和数据，以提高效率和透明度。视频中提到，尽管与竞争对手共享数据存在敏感性，但在信任的基础上，适当的数据共享是实现供应链优化和减碳的重要步骤。

💡人工智能

人工智能（AI）是指使计算机系统模拟人类智能的技术，能够进行学习、推理、自我修正和感知环境。视频中讨论了AI在优化供应链和提高数据分析能力方面的潜力，以及它如何帮助化学工业实现净零排放。

Highlights

化学工业在实现净零排放方面扮演着重要角色，尽管它是一个难以脱碳的行业。

化学工业对可持续未来至关重要，约96%的制造商品在某种程度上依赖于化学制造商、生产商和分销商。

化学工业每年排放约20亿吨二氧化碳，占全球温室气体排放的5%，其中70%以上为难以追踪的范围3排放。

化学工业是解决方案的一部分，未来可持续性的关键在于化学工业。

化学公司正在寻找新途径减少物流和供应链排放，尽管道路漫长，但势头正在增强。

化学工业的脱碳没有一蹴而就的解决方案，需要逐步解决。

化学工业的脱碳可能途径包括生物质、回收和碳捕集与储存。

供应链中的温室气体排放几乎占全球的一半，其中约三分之一来自运输物流。

物流领域的排放改善潜力巨大，市场已有可行的解决方案。

丹麦物流服务提供商MK的高级副总裁Morton Bo Christensen强调，化学工业的脱碳非常复杂，但不应阻碍我们前进。

甲醇和氨作为新型船用燃料，实际上是化学品，许多化学公司对这些分子非常熟悉。

电动汽车技术的快速进步为低碳运输提供了新机遇，例如电池电动卡车。

化学商业协会CEO Tim Doggett表示，化学工业在供应链管理方面取得了巨大进步。

企业需要深入了解其供应链，了解产品的真实来源，这对成本和安全供应链至关重要。

优化物流是减少供应链排放的一种方式，例如通过更好的运输计划减少行驶里程和所需交通工具数量。

合作伙伴关系的新方法，例如通过集团运输提高效率，对行业至关重要。

Morton解释说，合作伙伴关系是关键，需要长期合作和风险共担。

尽管长期看，改善生态足迹可能会减少成本，但短期内成本可能会上升，这导致公司犹豫不决。

Morton认为消费者应该为可持续性付出代价，以推动需求和降低长期成本。

跨不同价值链的合作对于实现脱碳至关重要。

AI和其他技术创新可能在实现净零排放的道路上取得突破性进展。

AI可以帮助更好地理解供应链，优化运行方式。

化学工业的净零排放之路充满良好意图，但现在需要的是行动。

化学工业的未来领导者正在采取重要步骤来解决物流和供应链排放问题。

Transcripts

[Music]

you're listening to a Beyond The Box

bonus the race to Net Zero is on and one

of the trickiest sectors to decarbonize

is the chemicals industry but it's not

impossible find out more in this special

bonus episode of Beyond The Box brought

to you in partnership with ft

longitude the chemical industry has a

huge role to play in a sustainable

future around 96% of all manufactured

goods depend on chemical manufacturers

producers and distributors in some

way from fertilizers to consumer goods

this crucial sector creates the very

world we live

in it's also a major contributor to

climate

change each year the industry emits

around 2 billion tons of CO2 into the

atmosphere

that's roughly 5% of global greenhouse

gas emissions and scope 3 emissions

which are the hardest to track account

for More than 70% of that

total it's clear that radical changes

are needed in this carbon intensive

industry the chemical industry is part

of the solution going forward it may be

seen as a pollut of the past but for us

it's really key to the future of

sustainability I think the awareness is

definitely there could it go faster yes

yes is the answer but things are

moving momentum is building as chemical

companies search for New Paths to reduce

their Logistics and supply chain

emission but there's no denying the road

ahead is long the thing with

decarbonization is that there is no

magic bullet it's not like there's one

thing you can do and then you're 80%

done it's a long hard grind of One Piece

after the other so how can the chemical

industry tackle emissions in its supply

chain and Logistics

I'm Sean Kern strategy director at FT

longitude in this audio feature I'll be

exploring how the chemical industry is

facing its biggest challenge yet the

pivot to a sustainable

future for the chemical industry there

are many possible paths to

decarbonization including biomass

Recycling and carbon capture and

storage many companies reach first for

the lower hanging fruit such as scope

one and two emissions these are the

emissions made by company or as a

consequence of its

activities but as the climate crisis

continues more attention is turned into

scope 3 emissions those produced

indirectly by company's up and

downstream value chain this is bringing

the chemical supply chain into sharp

Focus if you look at the greenhouse gas

emissions in total globally almost half

of it comes from Supply chains here and

Vera professor of operations and Supply

Chain management at the veric business

school in Belgium so if half of the

greenhouse gas emissions come from

Supply chains about onethird of that

comes from

Transportation Logistics is more than

just Transportation but you you could

argue that about one sixth of the global

emissions might come and it's a rough

number that I'm giving you here but

might come from transportation and by

extension from Logistics so it's huge um

and there's a lot of potential for

improvement and the good thing about

Transportation emissions is that you can

actually do something about it there are

actually Solutions available in the

market so it's a good place to get

started meet Morton Bo Christensen

senior vice president and head of

decarbonization a Danish Logistics

service provider MK it's a very complex

business chemical Industries and

typically you have very long lift assets

and many are dependent on each other so

I I would say it is probably one of the

more complex sectors to decarbonize but

that of course shouldn't hold us back

and interestingly um some of the new

fuels that we are seeing in shipping so

methanol and ammonia well they are

actually chemicals so actually many of

the chemical companies know these

molecules very well and some even

produce them in in large

quantities rapid advances in electric

vehicle technology open another window

of opportunity for low carbon

Transportation so battery electric

trucks for example there we clearly see

a pathway towards cost parac in a

foreseeable future whether it's three

five or seven years technology is hard

to predict but we we clearly see a

pathway to uh cative at least in

principle um there's a lot of BS and ifs

because it requires charging capacity it

requires grid capacity it requires

availability of trucks and so on but if

you just look at sort of the raw

financials of battery cost and and

battery performance then there is a

clear pathway to cost parac in in in for

example Trucking for deep sea shipping

certainly it'll take a few years before

we can we can sail a ship from from Asia

to the US or or or Europe on batteries

um but even for short see it it may

actually be an attractive option in a

not too distant future I think

technology will over time solve the

problem for us if history is any teacher

and I guess it is then that is for sure

it's a matter of time but it may take a

while some of them all hard to aade

sectors on this point Tim doggit agrees

and he should know as CEO of the

chemical Business Association Tim has

more than 30 years experience in Supply

Chain management and Logistics during

this time he has witnessed the growing

push for sustainability in the chemical

industry and there has been great

progress in scope one which are much

easier to measure and also directly

influence scope two and scope three much

more challenge him predominantly

indirect emiss

and it's much less visible less

transparent and they're harder to

measure however there is much time and

investment that's gone into creating

tools and looking at that the chemical

Business Association was founded all the

way back in 1923 so just over 100 years

ago we're a UK trade Association

representing the chemical supply chain

our membership today is made up of the

chemical supply chain which includes

everybody from chemical manufacturers to

Distributors importers exporters also

logistics companies and the whole sector

really that makes up the chemical supply

chain which supports the chemical

industry as customers continue pressing

the chemical industry to justify its

carbon footprint the entire supply chain

is coming under heavy scrutiny so where

and how should companies begin the

transition companies knowing their

supply chain and knowing it thoroughly

so many businesses perhaps are only

aware of the first level of tier one

Logistics or supply chain so they think

they're buying from a supplier base

Europe but actually their supplier is

sourcing it from Asia and then

potentially those raw materials have

made several Journeys in the

manufacturing process before it even

became a finished product so one of the

things that businesses really need to do

is to analyze their supply chain and

look where the products are really

coming from and that's also very

important in terms of cost but also

secure Supply chains as Supply chains

have become more and more extended then

they become more and more vulnerable

with so much potential poal for change

across the entire chemical ecosystem

leaders in the industry are carefully

considering the challenges and

opportunities ahead understanding the

supply chain is the first step the next

is to optimize

it globalization has made Supply chains

and Logistics incredibly complex thanks

in part to increasingly efficient and

well-connected transport networks but

there's still room for improvement

particularly in the chemical industry

which involves many stages of

manufacturing and

distribution how then can the sector

reduce emissions in its supply

chain one way would be to optimize

logistics for example better planning

shipments means reducing the miles

traveled and the number of trucks ships

or trains needed now both aspects less

Transportation less distance being

traveled means less energy being

consumed means less emissions being

generated but it also means less cost

because you use less energy for the

transportation so the cost of your

transportation will go down if I can use

my assets better my trucks my trains my

boats then it means I need less Assets

in the end uh I need less trains I need

Less trucks uh so I'll have to invest

Less in in renewing my asset base which

is a a financial aspect uh it means on

your balance sheet you can do the same

Revenue with less assets so both ways

mean in the end that your financial

performance will go up in some cases

optimization could be a simple matter of

questioning existing processes does this

shipment really need to go by air for

example or can it be sent by

C what about a combination of Transport

modes and is there any flexibility in

the timings and Transit requirements

where possible some companies are

looking to group their shipments for

greater efficiency here's Tim doggy

again it's in everybody's interest to be

more efficient and to consolidate and to

maximize

payloads rather than handing it out to

various carriers you try and utilize one

who could then consolidate the cargo and

just be much more efficient so for

example it could be one vehicle

collecting it that then goes into

multiple Supply chains and modes of

Transport rather than lots of vehicles

making the collection it's also

prompting new approaches to Partnerships

as Morton explains everybody just sits

there and try and you know pass the the

cost monkey on to the next person we are

not getting anywhere the key here is

that we actually can partner up for

longer term and actually make long-term

agreements with each other so that we

can share the risk and you should make

those agreement in a way that the risk

is carried by those who are most capable

of of actually handling the risk if we

are actually also trying to do with some

of our customers is to to actually bring

them together and compare transport

patterns and see are there areas where

we can actually create some critical

mass by bundling the demand from this

customer that customer that Customer

because then all of a sudden you

actually have something that you can

take to a a charging infrastructure

developer or a truck owner and say hey

would you be willing to invest in a

five-year commitment on volumes

we may not take all the risk but if you

can shoulder what do I know 50 to 60% of

the risk all other things equal it's a

lot likelihood that this is going to

materialize that said in order to get

there you may have to do some

Investments you will have to invest in a

better planning system you will have to

invest in let's share the data Let's uh

connect to these platforms let's work in

a different way now those Investments

are kind of a barrier at the same time

so in the end it comes down to what is

my return on my investments and that

requires a long-term view on this and

what I do see is that despite the fact

that in the longer term you could expect

some cost reductions from your

improvement of your ecological footprint

in the short term your cost might go up

and I I do see that hesitation pretty

often from companies there's this

willingness to invest

but then when it really comes to doing

it the cost pressure might

Prevail and Prevail it does for

procurement teams in particular the push

to grow green is often overlooked in the

face of shorter term incentives such as

cost

reduction the result companies that

continue to prioritize supply chain and

Logistics partners that don't share the

same sustainability goals or values as

Anne explains it's important for

procurement to have a balanced set of

objectives that they should meet and

this is not a new issue now why is it

then that when push comes to show they

often just look at cost for example to

some extent is it has to do with how are

they incentivized to what extent is this

whole sustainability move should come

from the top it should be a strategic

priority for the company which it is for

many companies at least in what they say

but if it's truly a strategic priority

then it means it it's rippled down in in

all layers of the organization and in

all functions including the procurement

function so the question and is is it in

the targets of the procurement people to

go for the best Supply from an

ecological perspective and and how do

you get it in their targets is their

bonus based on to some extent cleverly

defined kpis that relate to the

ecological footprint of what they buy

and that I think is where we fall short

still today so who should pay for the

price of

sustainability Morton argues that

consumers should be footing the bill in

order to drive up demand and lower costs

in the long run I think now I speak

personally but I actually think we as

consumers should pay for that because

it's actually our consumption at the end

of the day and certainly us who lives

here in the in in Europe and the US that

we have been consuming heavily for many

many years we have created the problem

through our

consumption um if you want green

products and you have demand and you're

willing to pay they will come that's how

that's how business works it boils down

to creating demand demand in the market

will get the ball

rolling I think collaboration across the

different value chains are absolutely

essential to get to where we want to go

on the decarbonization Technologies are

there for most of our sectors very very

few actually are left where you can't

see a scalable pathway with so many

forces driving the chemical industry to

tackle its scope through emissions

organizations are setting their sites on

collaborative approaches to cut their

carbon footprint and I think actually a

good example from our industry was this

December at the the cop 28 in Dubai

where you actually saw five shipping

CEOs who yeah normally are Fierce

competitors they actually got up

together and said listen um for this

topic about decarbonizing our industry

we want to stand together we want to

send a clear message that it can

entirely be done and here's what it

takes so I think that kind of industry

collaboration on on there are just some

topics that transits competition and the

normal dynamics of your industry right

and I think this is one of them and and

really truly no no one can do this by

themselves it's just impossible in the

chemical supply chain it is a very

collaborative environment already many

of these businesses work incredibly

closely together and have great

relationships there's a lot of smmes a

lot of family-owned businesses and they

really do work together a good example

easy example to give you is during the

pandemic when the chemical industry came

together at really short notice and came

up with um hand sanitizer it changed and

did lots of things to make that possible

so there is already a lot of

collaboration and also let's not forget

that chemical companies consist of

people as well and I don't know anybody

that's got a wish to create more

emissions or to be less efficient or to

be more dangerous so there's a

collective desire amongst everybody to

work towards the end but collaboration

between competitors is often easier said

than done particularly when it comes to

sharing intellectual property or

commercially sensitive information

here's an to explain horizontal that

vertical collaborations are

important horizontal collaboration

meaning between companies typically that

are competitors of each other has its

own challenges collaboration requires

trust so collaborating with your

competitor is not an obvious thing but

there's also laws going against

collaboration with competitors um what I

would argue is more important even than

the horizontal collaboration is the

vertical

collaboration if I take a supply chain

perspective meaning that we go from the

raw material to the final consumer if

you simply take that perspective I think

it's it's pretty obvious that if you

could join forces in that supply chain

with all Partners involved now that's

ideal of course you will never be able

to join forces with all Partners

involved there's a lot you can

accomplish so for me the the vertical

collaboration in a supply chain is

tremendously important to consider to

think about improving the ecological

footprint of the supply

chain trust is also crucial where data

is concerned especially with the growing

promise of analytics to unlock New Paths

to

decarbonization it's an issue M

encounters often with its customers

obviously sharing data is always a

sensitive topic sharing it with your

competitor you know yeah it's it's

beyond sensitive right and often at

times actually illegal for for very good

reasons I think therefore it's important

you have someone in there that can

create some kind of trusted Clearing

House or or whatever you you can think

about it this has obviously also been a

discussion topic in our dialogue with

customers but but I think we manage to

find a level of granularity of the data

that the customers were willing to share

just to get started you don't need all

the granularity of the data but you do

need some to get started but we we

managed to find that balance but you're

absolutely right it requires trust any

real partnership requires trust and

certainly if you want to make a

long-term partnership most of the time

you compete like CCI with your compe

syst how then might Ai and other

technology Innovations prove

groundbreaking on the road to Net Zero

the transport network is generally

already very efficient and highly

optimized but digital Technologies

really enable a step change in further

improvements an AI I suppose is only

really limited by our own imaginations

at the moment of what we can do with it

and how we can best apply it

tools like AI are enabling us already to

really analyze that data to find the

data in the first place and then to work

out what we can do or best do with it I

think that with the use of AI simply

from a perspective of understanding the

supply chain and getting the data and

knowing what the supply chain looks like

AI can help to improve that view and to

make it much more fine grained and make

it much more real time in which country

with which partner am I doing business

or is someone that I'm doing business

with doing business with which will help

to get a much better understanding of

where are the scope 3

emissions the highest where are they

important more than anywhere else and

once you know that you can start to

improve on it and then the second aspect

is once you know where to improve then

you need Advanced systems to optimize

the supply chain to ring flows together

and again that is something that AI as

an Advanced Analytical tool can help you

to simulate to create a digital twin of

your supply chain to then simulate with

that digital twin and then in the end to

optimize the way you run your supply

chain so both ways I think is we we only

see the beginning of what could be a

fascinating story I

think the chemical Industries road to

Net Zero is paved with good intentions

but it's action that this carbon

intensive sector needs now more than

anything I think we all have an

obligation to do our outmost and it is

important to act now because the clock

is ticking and the climate problem is a

budgetary problem right I mean there's

only so much left we can emit before it

goes terribly wrong meaning that just

postponing and waiting and let's see

what happens 5 years from now it's just

not a responsible approach to take

there's also a reality that as society

as the economy and for sustainability we

need chemicals and actually the chemical

industry is part of the solution going

forward it may be seen as a poll of the

past but for us it's really key to the

future of sustainability and that

incorporates everything like emissions

and Alternatives and so on the sector's

leaders many of whom are alive to the

challenges and opportunities of

decarbonization are taking important

steps to tackle Logistics and supply

chain emissions if we don't act now I

think future Generations can actually

fully lame us so I think it's about time

and I think the time is now we should

all acknowledge how difficult it is

Again The Chemical sector is one of the

more complex but there's still a lot of

things that you can do and that you

should do and I think we are seeing the

first actions happening and there are

companies really trying to to lead the

way here which is very encouraging and

that's how it starts right it starts

with the leader and then the others

follow courageous leadership is probably

the thing that we need the most right

now and that we are also seeing from

some the sector so that's good

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