Ford suppliers join Catena-X to enhance supply chain emissions transparency

T-Systems has linked about 70 Ford suppliers across the world to Catena-X, the automotive sector’s shared data network, in a move aimed at improving the traceability of emissions data throughout the supply chain.

The German IT services company said the project is designed to give Ford access to reliable and standardised CO₂ information, with a particular focus on the product carbon footprint, the measure increasingly used by manufacturers to assess the climate impact of an ...

According to T-Systems, the onboarding covered suppliers of different sizes and levels of digital maturity, with the company supporting them from initial consultation through to data exchange. The aim is to make emissions reporting more consistent and easier to use for regulatory compliance, sustainability reporting and procurement decisions.

Elke Anderl, chief commercial officer at T-Systems, said the latest Ford project showed Catena-X was becoming an industry standard. She added that suppliers would keep control of their own data, which she said strengthened security, privacy and economic independence.

Catena-X was created as a trusted data ecosystem for the automotive industry, allowing companies to share information selectively while keeping it in their own systems. T-Systems, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, is a founding member of the Catena-X Automotive Network and one of the shareholders in Cofinity-X, the operating company behind parts of the platform.

The Ford rollout fits into a broader push across the car industry to improve the quality of sustainability data and make supply chains more transparent. T-Systems has also been expanding its onboarding services for Catena-X, as manufacturers and suppliers face growing pressure to measure and disclose carbon footprints more accurately.

Source: Noah Wire Services