A priority mission of the PLM Green Global Alliance is to create a curated compendium of PLM Green resources, examples and case studies from around the world illustrating the use of PLM-enabling strategies, technologies and software solutions to address the causes and consequences of climate change, due to human-generated greenhouse gas emissions, which can contribute to a more sustainable low-carbon circular economy.

Within our first PLM Green Theme on the intersection of PLM and Climate Change, the example application areas will include but are not limited to the following subtopics:

• make products and processes more energy efficient and sustainable
• find and develop new sources of renewable green energy
• decarbonize entire industries and economies
• store and transmit alternative energy supplies
• reduce or sequester human-made carbon emissions
• capture naturally produced greenhouse and methane gasses
• pioneer and deploy green manufacturing processes
• design products and their lifecycles to be environmentally friendly
• simulate and test global geoengineering technologies as solutions
• recycle, reuse, or repurpose assets, materials, and natural resources
• support and accelerate the transformation to a circular economy
• minimize and mitigate the damage to infrastructures by global warming
• monitor a warming planet, changing weather patterns, and impact of climate change on ecosystems
• enhance the robustness, resiliency and sustainability of industries, communities and economies

In addition to the below examples, visit our PLM Green Global Alliance LinkedIn Group where we have begun to share and discuss example applications. We invite you to join the group then post examples you come across in your job, education, company, industry, or country. Visit our PLM Green Resources page to view general references that are not examples.

Vestas Use of Enterprise PLM from PTC - PLM mindshare leader PTC has published a new profile on how the European wind energy giant Vestas employs enterprise PLM to manage the digital thread across the product lifecycle. PTC writes "To meet the unique needs of each customer and… Continue Reading

Siemens Develops Digital Twins to Help Customer Become Carbon Neutral - A new post from Siemens published in LinkedIn Technology & Innovation News profiles how experts from bremenports and Siemens have developed a digital twin to help envision the international port of Bremerhaven achieving carbon neutrality by 2035. As one of… Continue Reading

Embedding Product Sustainability within PLM from CIMdata - PLM Green contributor Mark Reisig from CIMdata has authored a new commentary on "Embedding Product Sustainability within PLM." In the paper Mark features the work of CONTACT Software to aggregate and manage product data across the lifecycle to provide a… Continue Reading

PLM Helps Global Battery Companies - A new article from PTC Arena Solutions profiles an example of how PLM software helps global battery companies navigate growth and challenges. The author Joseph Prock writes: "Product lifecycle management is playing a pivotal role in supporting the battery industry.… Continue Reading

Tokamak Energy Selects Aras Innovator to Accelerate Fusion Energy Development - (The following is extracted from an Aras press release on Feb. 11, 2025.) "Aras, a leader in product lifecycle management (PLM) and digital thread solutions, announced today that Tokamak Energy, a pioneering fusion energy company, has chosen Aras Innovator® SaaS… Continue Reading

Green PLM Conference 2024 - A European Green PLM Conference to be held in Berlin, Germany, on 14 November, 2024, has been announced by InMediasP GmbH. The Green PLM Conference will focus on developers of a wide range of products who are increasingly facing the… Continue Reading

European SUSTAINair initiative - The European SUSTAINair initiative is to provide the aviation sector with a transition runway to a low-carbon circular economy while tackling the increase in resource consumption, waste, and emissions along the entire aviation component value chain. The recent project report… Continue Reading

Circular Economy of Large Complex Systems from CIMPA - In this article from Patrice Quencez, Director Consultant of CIMPA PLM Services and PLM Green Circular Economy (CE) contributor, discusses the deployment, completion, and reinforcement of PLM capabilities to meet sustainability stakes of complex systems with long lifecycles, such as… Continue Reading

How PLM sustains Sustainability and Circular Economy - PLM & Sustainability with Circular Economy: How PLM sustains Sustainability & Circular Economy This article published as a LinkedIn Newsletter by PLM Green Circular Economy moderator Patrice Quencez from CIMPA PLM Services introduces a reading grid using a systemic approach… Continue Reading

PLM Tools to Design for Sustainability - This month we are pleased to feature a guest blog submitted by PLM Green Global Alliance follower Roger L. Franz. who shares a few things he has learned as a Principal in Engineering Information Technology when beginning to explore the… Continue Reading

Daimler Truck Uses Siemens Simulation To Reduce Emissions - The following example on the use of CFD simulation within the transportation industry is from a recent announcement by Siemens Digital Industries Software. "Siemens Digital Industries Software today announced that Daimler Truck has adopted Siemens’ Simcenter™ STAR-CCM+™ software to develop… Continue Reading

Akselos Announces New Investment in Digital Twin Simulation - (May 9, 2022) "Akselos – leader in physics-based Digital Twins – today announces a $16.5 million funding round, with participation from AT Capital Group, Future Energy Ventures, Japan Energy Fund and Shell Ventures. With the latest investment round, Akselos will… Continue Reading

Hydrogen Electric Aviation from ZeroAvia - "ZeroAvia is a leader in zero-emission aviation, focused on hydrogen-electric aviation solutions to address a variety of markets, initially targeting 500-mile range in 10–20 seat aircraft used for commercial passenger transport, cargo, agriculture, and more. Based in the UK and… Continue Reading

PLM Plays Part Tracking Carbon Footprint in DE - In this Digital Engineering commentary, PLM Green Global Alliance contributor and climate change theme moderator Klaus Brettschneider examines the role of PLM in tracking the carbon footprint of products and processes. Download and read the full article HERE. Continue Reading

Sustainable Product Configuration from Configit - This timely post from Configit explores the role of Configuration Lifecycle Management solutions in creating a more sustainable future where customers will have the product data necessary to make low-carbon choices. The authors write: "In a Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution,… Continue Reading

Digital Twins Enable Sustainability from Addnode Group - The Addnode Group of European companies has keen focus on the use of PLM-enabling technologies, like Digital Twins, to address the challenge of sustainability. They reference numerous examples in a new report that explores the role of Digital Twins in… Continue Reading

Hydrogen Electric Powered Regional Jets - This green aviation example from Aviation Week describes how "proponents of hydrogen-electric propulsion are pushing deeper into short-haul air transportation with deals that could see the conversion of large turboprops and regional jets and the first zero-emissions commercial passenger flights… Continue Reading

Science Based Targets Initiative - The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) drives ambitious climate action in the private sector by enabling companies to set science-based emissions reduction. Science-based targets provide companies with a clearly-defined path to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement goals.… Continue Reading

Dassault Systemes Announces Climate Commitment - Leading PLM solution provider Dassault Systemes has announced its commitment to reducing its own carbon footprint at https://www.3ds.com/sustainability/compass. The company endorses the Science-based Targets initiative and Net Zero Emissions Timeline to help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and the United… Continue Reading

GHGSat Methane Emissions Monitoring - A new generation of orbiting satellites is producing remote sensing data to help visualize and identify sources of Greenhouse Emissions emissions, like those from methane. This example image from a recent BBC article is produced by GHGSat's Pulse interactive mapping… Continue Reading