It is a fact that Sustainability and concerns about the impacts of human actions on nature are, and need to be, the main focus of public and political discussions in the coming years.
And it is not possible to close our eyes to reality: The Industrial Sector is one of those that causes the most damage to the environment, and therefore, every day the need to adopt new ways of producing, consuming and disposing of products grows.
In this context, the so-called Green Industry emerges. It is a factory management system concept.
Its focus is on the sustainability of the entire production process. This includes everything from the extraction and use of raw materials to the use of renewable energy sources.
Furthermore, it covers the disposal of waste and surplus generated by production.
The Importance of Technology in the Green Industry
The need to adopt new ways of thinking and managing the industry is crucial.
This must be done with a focus not only on delivering the products, but also on reducing the impacts generated by their manufacturing.
This need is a concern for the future of the planet. Furthermore, it is a way of survival within the sector.
It also represents an opportunity to anticipate various changes.
These changes will be necessary, sooner or later, if they are not imposed by government actions.
Currently, there are several policies to encourage environmental preservation. Furthermore, the growing concern of consumers in purchasing products supplied by companies engaged in this activism is evident.
All this urgency for cleaner means of production involves technology. However, it is important that these means do not directly influence the sector's delivery capacity.
Therefore, technology needs to advance more and more to solve this paradoxical dilemma. The objective is to produce even less, causing less environmental impact.
The Green industry, therefore, depends heavily on technologies that make it a reality around the world and one of its main allies in this process is Industry 4.0.
The factory concept that integrates different types of technology to make factories more intelligent and automated also serves to make them greener.
The Factory of the future is green, and to be green it is necessary to be intelligent, efficient, it is necessary to be 4.0.
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