2023 Integrated Annual Report

Moving the aerospace industry towards a circular economy

MOVING THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Sustainability has not always been at the forefront of product development in the aerospace and defense industry. However, with 800 aircraft maintained or dismantled each year, the industry needed to find a way towards more circularity. Capgemini and AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS) have come together to develop a solution. This required the digitalization of hundreds of thousands of documents and parts that make up an aircraft, turning fragmented historical data into digital assets to increase the reuse rate of parts, and thus boost the adoption of circular economy practices.