How IMG Group Built an Auditable Scope 3 Emissions Baseline Across a Plastics Manufacturing Supply Chain
From fragmented supplier data to AI-powered carbon transparency.
Overview
About IMG Group
IMG Group is a family-owned multinational active in the polymers industry since 1959 and a pioneer in PET extrusion. The Group comprises four companies: Evertis, Selenis, Renascis and Renewis.
Evertis is a premium producer of PET barrier films for food packaging and other applications. Selenis manufactures specialty copolyesters for a wide range of applications. Renascis focuses on PET recycling, while Renewis supplies clean energy and carbon reduction services — both playing an essential role in IMG’s regenerative strategy.
With global supply chains and complex logistics flows, sustainability and data transparency are becoming core strategic priorities.
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How IMG Group Turns Complex Data Into Actionable Sustainability Insights
IMG Group partnered with Footprint Intelligence to transform fragmented purchasing and logistics data into a consistent and assured Scope 3 emissions baseline. By leveraging AI-driven data cleansing, classification, and emissions modeling, IMG achieved reliable insights across upstream and downstream value-chain emissions — at a scale that would be impossible to achieve manually.
Challenge
Sustainability Data at Industrial Scale
As IMG’s sustainability ambitions grew, so did the complexity of its data landscape.
Challenges:
Supplier purchases recorded inconsistently across six entities
Operations across Brazil, U.S., Mexico, Italy, Portugal
Logistics data fragmented across routes/modes
Manual preparation was slow + error-prone
Difficulty calculating Scope 3 at entity + transportation level
What made the difference:
AI-powered data cleansing and standardization across entities
Automated categorization of suppliers, materials, and services
Sophisticated transport modeling for multi-modal logistics optimization
Reliable, precise emissions calculations aligned with Scope 3 standards
The Turning Point
Instead of simplifying assumptions, IMG chose to tackle complexity head-on.
Together with Footprint Intelligence, IMG focused on one key principle:
If sustainability data is not standardized, traceable, and scalable — it cannot drive real action.
Solution
AI-Powered Data Standardization & Emissions Modeling
Footprint Intelligence deployed its AI-enabled sustainability platform to ingest, cleanse, and model IMG’s purchasing and logistics data at scale.
What made the difference:
AI-driven data cleansing and harmonization
Automated classification of suppliers, materials, and services
Advanced transport modeling for multi-modal logistics
Audit-ready emissions calculations aligned with Scope 3 standards
“With Footprint Intelligence, we collaborated across departments and worked through multiple iterations to transform complex purchasing and logistics data into a reliable Scope 3 emissions baseline. Footprint Intelligence expertise and innovative approach ensured a seamless process, giving us the assurance we needed to develop a carbon footprint founded on robust and dependable data.”
— Sustainability / Operations Lead, IMG Group
Powered by the Footprint Intelligence Platform.
Outputs
Data Processing for Logistics & Purchasing Emissions
✔ Standardized raw logistics data from multiple suppliers into a single, usable format
✔ Corrected data quality issues, including incorrect addresses and inconsistent records
✔ Calculated supplier-level transport distances, accounting for multi-modal logistics flows
✔ Enabled Scope 3 Category 4 (upstream) and Category 9 (downstream) emissions calculations
✔ Analyzed purchasing data to derive Scope 3 Category 1 and Category 2 emissions
✔ Delivered a consistent, auditable emissions baseline
Results
Results
✔ Data harmonization at scale
Standardized raw data from multiple suppliers into a single, usable structure
Corrected inconsistent records, incorrect addresses, and incomplete datasets
✔ AI-powered logistics emissions modeling
Processed over 30,000 transport routes using AI
Calculated supplier-level transport distances across complex, multi-modal logistics flows
Enabled Scope 3 Category 4 (upstream) and Category 9 (downstream) emissions calculations
✔ Intelligent purchasing & materials classification
Classified thousands of purchases and materials using AI
Mapped purchasing data to Scope 3 Category 1 and Category 2 emissions
Created transparency across material types, suppliers, and carbon intensity
✔ A consistent, auditable emissions baseline
Delivered a single source of truth for Scope 3 emissions
Enabled traceability and auditability for internal and external reporting
Centralized data collection, several reports.
By centralizing data and automating report creation, the Footprint platform enabled IMG Group to produce an accurate sustainability report for its members Selenis and Evertis—saving time and ensuring full traceability of every figure.
Selenis Sustainability Report 2024
Evertis Sustainability Report 2024
