Ecological and Energy Transition Reconciling industrial performance with environmental impact
Adopting an Ecological and Energy Transition approach reduces an industrial site’s environmental footprint by optimising resources and promoting renewable energy. It also lowers long-term costs through greater energy efficiency and reduced waste.
The environment benefits from enhanced preservation, employees contribute to an inspiring initiative, and the company strengthens its reputation and overall sustainability.
Our convictions
Reconcile economic performance with environmental impact
Integrating environmentally responsible practices makes it possible to combine profitability and responsibility. By making greater use of renewable resources and reducing waste, companies can optimise production costs while actively helping to preserve ecosystems.
Foster a collective and inspiring dynamic
Engaging employees in an environmental approach fosters their involvement and commitment. By raising awareness of environmental challenges, the company strengthens their sense of belonging, encourages innovation, and builds a shared purpose—laying the foundation for a sustainable and meaningful organization.
Deliver a sustainable transition that supports economic efficiency
Cost reduction starts with optimized management of resources and industrial processes. By limiting energy waste, recovering and repurposing waste, and integrating low-carbon technologies, companies can significantly reduce their operating costs. These savings, both immediate and sustainable, strengthen competitiveness while reducing exposure to fluctuations in energy and raw material prices.
Strengthen customer trust and loyalty
Adopting a sustainable strategy is a key driver of long-term customer loyalty, as customers are increasingly attentive to corporate ethics. This transparency strengthens trust, enhances brand reputation, and positions the company as a forward-thinking and responsible industry leader.
Safeguard long-term viability through sustainable innovation
By investing in environmentally responsible technologies and processes, companies can anticipate regulatory and societal changes. This proactive strategy helps maintain competitiveness, reduce risks, and strengthen the company’s position as a leader in an ever-evolving market.
Our solutions and expertise
Process optimisation for lasting efficiency
Identify improvement levers across production chains and logistics flows.
Redesign industrial processes by integrating eco-design, circularity and efficient resource-use principles.
Mobilising physical resources and leveraging data
- Deploy innovative technologies and connected sensors to maximize the collection and analysis of industrial data.
- Provide solutions to modernize equipment, promote the use of renewable energy, and leverage data to monitor energy efficiency and emissions reduction in real time.
Structuring the organisation and developing capabilities
- Support the transformation of internal organizations by raising teams’ awareness of the challenges of the ecological transition.
- Design training programs, strengthen employees’ skills, and foster a corporate culture focused on responsible innovation and resilience.
Implementing agile, strategic performance management
- Develop management tools tailored to environmental and economic objectives.
- Create dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor the impact of implemented initiatives, enable leaders to make informed decisions, and proactively adjust their strategy.
Supporting the journey towards sustainable, responsible maturity
Assess the company’s environmental and energy maturity level and develop a tailored roadmap for improvement.
Support organizations in building their capabilities and enable the deep, sustainable integration of energy transition principles into their strategic vision.
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Partner
Mathieu Naudin is a Managing Partner at Citwell, a consulting firm specializing in supply chain and operational performance. With ten years of experience in the aerospace industry, he moved into consulting 20 years ago. An expert in operational performance and cost management, he works on industrial design, performance management processes, management control, and interim management.
His objective is to ensure that solutions are effectively implemented and deliver a tangible impact on financial performance.
Food & Beverage Industry
Ensuring sustainable competitiveness in the face of the energy transition through managerial and technological levers.
Our approach
For this client in the food and beverage industry, we intervened at the very beginning of the project, during the definition of the strategic ambition and the structuring and prioritization of the work packages. This included defining objectives and business cases, assessing gains and ROI, developing the roadmap, and supporting the preparation of the full set of documentation required for group approval. Once the project was approved, we supported the implementation of the project governance structure and steering bodies to deliver on the project’s commitments.
We rely on the four Lean principles to deploy a SYSTEMIC and BALANCED Operational Excellence approach, transforming ORGANIZATION and management practices, PROCESSES, PROGRESS MANAGEMENT, and resource utilization, while meeting customer expectations (the right product, at the required quality, in the right quantity, at the right time).
- Reduce environmental impact: Develop a culture focused on the customer and increase value creation.
- Identify Muda alongside teams: Develop a “shop-floor” perspective, where work is carried out with those who know it best.
- Unlock all sources of savings and eliminate all forms of waste.
- Raise awareness of environmental challenges: Build more responsible and autonomous teams.
Resultats
- 80% reduction in CO₂ emissions and 25% reduction in electricity consumption, through heat-and-cold cogeneration and the reduction of fossil fuel use.
- An Operational Performance Management system.
- A proactive management approach.
- Deployment of the organization (new RACI), management behaviors, and processes to support greater resource efficiency.
- Improved management of utilities and associated action plans.