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Table 3

Product and operational sustainability requirements for sustainability data

Sustainability requirement	Data creation type	Description	Strategic relevance and example content
Product sustainability requirements	Static product sustainability data creation	Sustainability data related to a product that does not change during the product’s lifetime	Hazardous materials are used in manufacturing and component sourcing, and how they are reported Data needed for regulatory compliance (reporting) Value-adding/productisable data to increase revenue Existing data structures may need to be adjusted to support the new product sustainability information
Product sustainability requirements	Dynamic product sustainability data creation	Sustainability data related to a product that changes during the product’s lifetime	Use-phase data collection Varies across similar products depending on usage Data created during product manufacturing needs to be stored and augmented with static product data
Operational sustainability requirements	Static operational sustainability data creation	Sustainability data unrelated to production volumes	Resources use (e.g. heat and electricity) regardless of production activity Provides a baseline for sustainability reporting Data owners need to be identified to ensure consistent static data collection
Operational sustainability requirements	Dynamic operational sustainability data creation	Sustainability data directly related to production volumes	Correlates with manufacturing output (e.g. material consumption) Can be used for reporting and linking production activity with sustainability KPIs Data collection must be integrated into employee training and work instructions

Sustainability requirement	Data creation type	Description	Strategic relevance and example content
Product sustainability requirements	Static product sustainability data creation	Sustainability data related to a product that does not change during the product’s lifetime	Hazardous materials are used in manufacturing and component sourcing, and how they are reported Data needed for regulatory compliance (reporting) Value-adding/productisable data to increase revenue Existing data structures may need to be adjusted to support the new product sustainability information
Product sustainability requirements	Dynamic product sustainability data creation	Sustainability data related to a product that changes during the product’s lifetime	Use-phase data collection Varies across similar products depending on usage Data created during product manufacturing needs to be stored and augmented with static product data
Operational sustainability requirements	Static operational sustainability data creation	Sustainability data unrelated to production volumes	Resources use (e.g. heat and electricity) regardless of production activity Provides a baseline for sustainability reporting Data owners need to be identified to ensure consistent static data collection
Operational sustainability requirements	Dynamic operational sustainability data creation	Sustainability data directly related to production volumes	Correlates with manufacturing output (e.g. material consumption) Can be used for reporting and linking production activity with sustainability KPIs Data collection must be integrated into employee training and work instructions