More Value, Less Impact – Sika CTI Case Study
Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the building sector and transportation industry. They are committed to measuring, improving, reporting, and communicating long-term value development. They were interested in exploring CTITool as complementary tool to help them deliver “More Value, Less Impact”.
KEY CHALLENGES: Choose the assessments
Sika’s goal was to test the Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) Framework on three product groups that are representative to their business.
Understanding how the CTI Framework considers end-of-life and circularity aspects for chemical products integrated into building and automotive structures was one of the key challenges. Because of the high technical performance requirements of products in their industry – where items are intended to last – they realize that product durability was not adequately considered in the CTI. In 2022, alongside with the new CTI Framework update, CTI Tool is releasing a life-span indicator that will become available May 10.
The framework provides them with useful insights into the circularity of their products, however, they are keen to explore how to fully address the context of construction chemicals within this framework (eg, end of life, durability and their role as enabler of sustainable construction and transportation in the downstream value chain).
SOLUTION: Select products with data available
They chose to asses products from different categories which have already been studied for sustainability. This approach allowed them to shorten the data gathering process and divert resources to researching the factors that influence the circularity of their inflows and outflows.
RESULTS
The initial assessments gave them important information on how to quantify the circularity of their goods objectively. The CTI framework, together with CTI Tool and its powerful visuals, assist businesses in finding potential for improvement in both production and end-of-life recoverability within the limits stated above. Working closely with their R&D experts, they’ve used this data to quantify the impact of raw material optimization opportunities on the circularity of new product developments, demonstrating the methodology’s ability to support the innovation process, especially when used as part of an interdisciplinary approach.
Sika participated in the WBCSD’s CTI Chemical Sector User Group, an initiative aimed to testing the CTI Framework and CTI Tool for industry companies. Sika’s participation in this initiative demonstrated that circularity indicators can support companies in better defining products in the context of circular economy principles, as well as complement the development of more efficient and sustainable products.
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