# Emerson Electric

> Emerson's leverage is not a material stream it owns. It is the automation, sensing and control layer that can make energy, yield, maintenance and recovery decisions visible inside industrial processes.

- Industry: Industrial Equipment & Automation
- Collection: Active
- Processes: Incineration
- Evidence through: 2026-09-18
- Canonical URL: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/emerson-electric

## Material inputs to resolve

Industrial automation and process technology

Emerson's 2025 report records a 49% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions and a 27% reduction in energy intensity from its 2021 base year, plus diversion of 70% of manufacturing facilities' non-hazardous waste away from landfill and incineration from a 2022 base year. These are operating signals for an automation-enabled efficiency lane, not proof of a specific plant integration or customer project.

**2025** Sustainability Report

**Open** Plant, grade and buyer evidence

**Screening** No commercial claim

**As of** September 18, 2026

- Process data, equipment and control systems
- Customer industrial material and energy flows

### Outputs and residuals to resolve

- Operational decisions affecting yield and waste
- Industrial systems requiring customer-specific integration

**First decision:** Process boundary, baseline loss, sensor coverage, control owner and economic value.

## What is disclosed

Emerson's 2025 report describes automation software and technology supporting sustainable practices internally and for customers.

#### What remains unproven

Public reporting does not identify a customer plant, feedstock, process change, baseline or verified yield improvement.

### Decision boundary

The public record supports one bounded next move: Process boundary, baseline loss, sensor coverage, control owner and economic value. It does not establish a buyer, commercial approval or supply agreement.

## Material flow map

| Material or stream | Qualification gate | Process or destination | Evidence still needed |
|-|-|-|-|
| Process data, equipment and control systems | Composition and specification | Operational decisions affecting yield and waste | Site, volume and buyer evidence |
| Customer industrial material and energy flows | Condition and logistics | Industrial systems requiring customer-specific integration | Yield and destination evidence |

This is a public screening map. It separates company-disclosed flows from open qualification work. It does not convert a destination into a buyer or an announced ambition into operating capacity.

## Three defensible entry lanes

#### Material-yield instrumentation

Identify one process where control data can expose loss, scrap or rework before proposing a material intervention.

**Next evidence:** Process boundary, baseline loss, sensor coverage, control owner and economic value.

#### Qualification path

Separate public progress from an approved material specification.

**Next evidence:** Named product, technical owner and test plan.

#### Commercial boundary

Do not infer buyer demand from a corporate target.

**Next evidence:** Customer approval, price and supply commitment.

## Evidence register

- **Sustainability** Emerson https://ir.emerson.com/sustainability [1]
- **2025 Sustainability Report release** Emerson https://www.emerson.com/en/corporate/news/2026/05-emerson-releases-2025-sustainability-report [2]
- **2024 Sustainability Report** Emerson https://ir.emerson.com/sustainability-report [3]
- **2025 Sustainability Report** Emerson, official report PDF https://ir.emerson.com/\_assets/\_8ff8c1c954093027e220320e611344af/emerson/db/1060/9800/document/Emerson%2B2025%2BSustainability%2BReport.pdf [4]

Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief states what those sources support and leaves the unresolved plant, grade, permit, buyer and mass-balance questions explicit.

## Material Transition editorial interpretation

The next useful working session starts with: Process boundary, baseline loss, sensor coverage, control owner and economic value.

## Sources

- [1] Sustainability - https://ir.emerson.com/sustainability
- [2] 2025 Sustainability Report release - https://www.emerson.com/en/corporate/news/2026/05-emerson-releases-2025-sustainability-report
- [3] 2024 Sustainability Report - https://ir.emerson.com/sustainability-report
- [4] 2025 Sustainability Report - https://ir.emerson.com/_assets/_8ff8c1c954093027e220320e611344af/emerson/db/1060/9800/document/Emerson%2B2025%2BSustainability%2BReport.pdf

From the Material Transition company brief library: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/emerson-electric