Sustainable Manufacturing in UK Industry

Manufacturing must become more sustainable but manufacturing businesses can only change if a business case can be made for it. Analysis from a survey of UK manufacturers about sustainability is presented and shows that sustainability is regarded to be a competitive differentiator more highly in some sectors than in others. There is also a difference between sectors in the amount of increase in business resulting from moves towards sustainability. It is argued that the reason for this difference, and so the business case for sustainable manufacturing in each sector, depends on the type of drivers that are pressuring each sector.