With its 3DEXPERIENCE platform, science-based company Dassault Systèmes can help embed sustainability transformations in its 350,000+ strong customer base across the economy, spanning manufacturing industries, infrastructure and cities, and life sciences and healthcare sectors.
3D UNIV+RSES, evolving from the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and combined with virtual twin patrimony, represent a new class of world representation, holistically combining modeling, simulation, real-world evidence, and AI-generated content.
This seventh generation of representation of the world allows Dassault Systèmes’ customers to create virtual twin experiences of everything for everyone and harmonize product, nature, and life.
“More than 80% of the world’s CEOs have sustainability at the top of their minds, but they don’t necessarily know how to tackle it. We have the tools that can help,” says Philippine de T’Serclaes, Chief Sustainability Officer, Dassault Systèmes.
Embracing Dassault Systèmes virtual twin technology allows its users to unlock sustainable business innovation benefits by visualizing, modeling, and simulating entire environments without resorting to costly trial-and-error programs.
Through the power of the virtual twin, a train manufacturer was able to reduce the carbon footprint by 40% by designing a train that was more efficient.
In addition, life cycle assessment (LCA) can help quantify the environmental impact of products, thereby being useful for transitioning to the generative economy – resulting from the convergence of the experience economy and the circular economy.
“I’m very optimistic about seeing the way people are thinking about sustainability,” says de T’Serclaes. “It used to be put on the side, but today I see it entrenched in the strategy and vision of customers and shareholders.”
Dassault Systèmes has more than 190 offices in 140+ countries, with around 24,000 employees and 350,000+ customers globally.
Given that Dassault Systèmes is at the cutting edge of technological innovation, the company recognizes that “the only progress is human”. This is especially important when it comes to developing the next generation of sustainable innovators.
Through 3DEXPERIENCE Edu, the company engages with 40,000 academic partners around the world to place sustainability at the center of how we, as a global society, educate the engineers of the future, by championing expertise in sustainability via design, modeling, simulation, manufacturing, and collaborative working practices.
“The challenges ahead seem big,”says Valérie Ferret, 3DEXPERIENCE Edu Vice President, Dassault Systèmes. “However, I believe it’s also a fantastic opportunity to invent something new – a new industry, a new society, a new way of living.”
Sustainability is at the heart of Dassault Systèmes’ corporate purpose: to provide business and people with 3DEXPERIENCE universes to imagine sustainable innovations. As such, it is committed to SDG 12, which aims to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, while maintaining its commitment to other SDGs.
The company also strives towards SDG 4 (quality education) via 3DEXPERIENCE Edu.
All the world’s airplanes and EVs are designed using Dassault Systèmes’ digital tools, while six of the top ten shoe companies globally design and deliver their footwear on its platforms.