Manufacturing Digital Magazine January 2025 | Page 26

SUSTAINABILITY AS A REVENUE STREAM
TOP 10 – PREDICTIONS FOR 2025
A Lenovo factory with solar panels

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SUSTAINABILITY AS A REVENUE STREAM

Sustainability is often thought of in terms of cost – sometimes as a financial sacrifice for the greater good .
Anthony undercuts this by explaining that , in 2025 , sustainability will create new revenue streams for manufacturers : “ Manufacturers will embrace sustainability with enthusiasm in 2025 , switching to renewable energy , adding solar panels to factories and ‘ cleaning up ’ dirty industrial processes .
“ At Lenovo , we already have 17 megawatts of solar operational at our factories and are investigating new opportunities in several countries . Manufacturers will embrace sustainability to the extent that carbon credits could even become a new revenue stream .”
26 January 2025