Building resilience in an uncertain world
As global resources become scarcer and harder to source, the ‘take, make, waste’ manufacturing model is becoming increasingly untenable. For businesses of all sizes, investing in sustainability is a vital way to stay resilient in an uncertain world.
At the AMRC, we see sustainability as a core component of operational excellence. With more than two decades of experience and expertise working with companies large and small, we can help you identify exactly where you can make your manufacturing process more competitive and future-proof.
- Design for the full life cycle: Using circular product design, ensure your components can be easily disassembled, reused or recycled, keeping high-value materials in the loop.
- Decarbonise without compromise:We target resource, energy and process changes that reduce your carbon emissions without hitting your productivity.
- Confidence through compliance: We use life cycle assessments (LCA) and sustainability audits to give you the accurate data you need to confidently understand your carbon footprint and make data driven decisions.
Our work on sustainability cuts through sectors and scales of business, focusing on meaningful change that enables future growth.
We have helped partners like Siemens automate the recovery and reuse of components during a product’s lifecycle. We have developed a process sustainability calculator to allow manufacturing companies to target their carbon reduction efforts where they matter most. And we’re upskilling staff at smaller businesses to use Industry 4.0 technologies that build long-term regional resilience.
FAQs
We can investigate your entire end-to-end manufacturing process, from product design to end of life, and develop interventions at different points to improve sustainability. By eliminating waste we can ensure that materials are kept in circulation, continually reused and recycled, and reduce the UK industry’s reliance on imports and finite resources.
We can help you reduce the energy you use in your manufacturing processes. From designing products using different materials to reducing the amount of material needed, we’ll help you use less energy and become more efficient in the energy you do use.
We also conduct sustainability assessments such as carbon accounting or life cycle assessments, helping you understand the sustainability of your products or processes and make smart decisions to improve how you work.
We’ll help you reduce your carbon footprint and contribute to achieving net zero targets. This could be by transitioning to low-carbon energy sources such as wind and solar and alternative fuels like hydrogen, improving the sustainability of your manufacturing facilities, or implementing innovative technologies such as thermal energy recovery..
We can look at your whole end-to-end process, helping reduce your Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions.
We can help you design a manufacturing process with the wellbeing of your workforce at its core. It could be reducing exposure to hazards or ensuring that robots enable staff to work on the rewarding tasks they are best suited to. Prioritising your people ensures you get buy-in for sustainable changes — and everyone benefits.
As leaders in this area, we ensure our manufacturing research supports job creation, enhances skills, promotes ethical practices, and contributes to the long-term resilience and prosperity of the communities we serve.
Make sustainability work for your business
We all know our manufacturing industry needs to become more efficient, circular and sustainable. At the AMRC we are helping businesses around the UK put this into practice, and pioneering new ways for the UK industry to become more resilient.
Thanks to more than two decades of experience working with advanced manufacturing businesses of all sizes, we know what works — and we can apply that expertise to your own specific challenges.
It’s not about revolutionising everything overnight. Whatever stage of the journey you’re at, we can help you make quick wins and small changes that make a real difference to your business. Work with us and we’ll show you how to remain viable and prosperous long into the future — one step at a time.
Discover what sustainability can do for you
Speak to our experts about making your manufacturing more sustainable.