Engineering Excellence Meets Sustainability: How Arconic is Accelerating Decarbonization with Sprih

Arconic Corporation, a global leader in advanced aluminum engineering and manufacturing, is at the forefront of driving innovation with sustainability. As sustainability expectations intensify and data requirements grow more complex, Arconic partnered with Sprih to build a scalable, auditable, and insights-driven sustainability management system.

This case study outlines how Arconic is leveraging Sprih’s AI-powered platform and deep domain expertise to replace manual processes, streamline sustainability reporting, and embed data-driven decision-making across global operations.

Arconic has moved notches ahead in sustainability data management through its strategic partnership with Sprih. We’ve progressed from fragmented spreadsheets to a unified, intelligent system that not only saves time but gives us deep insight into our environmental performance.

The team’s responsiveness and expertise have made them a true partner in our sustainability journey.

- Sneh Kumar,
Global Director of Sustainability, Building and Construction Systems

Introduction

Arconic Corporation is a global innovator in lightweight metals engineering, known for delivering high-performance aluminum products to the aerospace, automotive, and industrial markets. With a legacy rooted in manufacturing excellence, the company is now turning its focus toward reducing environmental impact and embracing sustainability as a core business imperative.

Operating in a highly energy-intensive sector, Arconic recognized the need to modernize its carbon accounting and sustainability datamanagement workflows. The goal was clear: create a future-ready system that could scale across its global footprint and provide the accuracy, speed, and intelligence required for meaningful action.

This case study showcases how Arconic’s collaboration with Sprih is enabling real-time decision-making, seamless sustainability reporting, and a strategic approach to climate compliance and decarbonization.

Arconic: Scale and Scope

Global Presence

Locations

Business Units

Across 8 countries

Emission Factors

2,100+

Including Custom EFs

Avg. Data Points

15,000+

Per Year

Challenges

The Hurdles in Arconic's Path

As sustainability expectations grew, it became clear that manual data collection and fragmented systems could not keep pace. Moving to a systemic platform was essential to bring precision, transparency, and confidence across global operations. The challenges and opportunities included:

Transitioning from Manual Workflows
Excel-based tracking was resource-intensive, error-prone, and unable to support growing data demands.
Disconnected Data Systems
Energy and production data were locked in different enterprise systems, making sustainability reporting a tedious and time-consuming task.
Production-Level Data Requirements
Customers, regulators, and investors increasingly wanted data not just at corporate level but at production and product levels—for example, the carbon footprint per ton of rolled aluminum or per component delivered. Manual methods made such granularity nearly impossible.
Limited Visibility into Performance
The Sustainability team lacked the ability to analyze performance across different levels of the business and identify high-impact areas.
Customer-Driven Sustainability Expectations
Downstream customers—especially in aerospace and automotive—demanded verified sustainability data to meet their own climate goals. Responding quickly and credibly was a challenge.

Looking for Answers to…

Capture facility-specific data with precision

Apply global emission factors and evolving standards

Offer transparency and traceability across all operations for Audit

Deliver production-level carbon insights for customer requests

Track evolving global compliance regularly

Solutions

Sprih’s Tailored Solution for Arconic

Industry-Specific Emission Models: Sprih embedded aluminum-sector emission sources—covering smelting, electrolysis, rolling, recycling, cold-chain logistics, and energy-intensive operations. The platform applied both global and region-specific emission factors, ensuring accuracy that generic data management systems couldn’t achieve.
Custom Facility Workflows: Each Arconic site had its own workflows and emission sources. Sprih configured custom data pipelines for each facility, while still centralizing everything into a unified platform. This brought standardization without losing site-level context.
Production-Level Carbon Accounting: Sprih enabled Arconic to track emissions down to production lines, materials, and product categories. This allowed the company to answer customer requests (e.g., “carbon footprint of aluminum sheet per ton”) with speed, precision, and transparency.
Global Compliance Alignment
With operations spanning multiple countries, Sprih dynamically applied local emission factors, reporting thresholds, and frameworks—from EU CSRD to California SB 253/261—ensuring global consistency while remaining audit-ready.
Real-Time Visibility and Traceability:Every data point—whether from energy meters, process logs, or procurement records—was logged with full audit trails. Dashboards offered live visibility across all sites, enabling Arconic to detect issues early and respond to customer and regulator queries instantly.
AI-Powered Insights Beyond Compliance:Sprih’s AI engine identified anomalies, benchmarked facility performance, and modeled scenarios like energy mix shifts or recycled content optimization. This turned compliance data into strategic intelligence—helping Arconic reduce risk, cut emissions, and enhance competitiveness.

Impact

Measurable Business Benefits

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Data Processing Time Reduced by 70% across global sites

02

Facility Coverage
Centralized workflows across key facilities

03

Product-Level Reporting: Enabled emissions per ton, per line, per product

04

Compliance Readiness: Audit-ready for CSRD, SEC, and customer asks

05

Strategic Insights: AI-driven benchmarking and decarbonization scenarios

Engineering Excellence Meets Sustainability: How Arconic is Accelerating Decarbonization with Sprih

Arconic: Scale and Scope

The Hurdles in Arconic's Path

Looking for Answers to…

Sprih’s Tailored Solution for Arconic

Measurable Business Benefits

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Why It Matters for the Aluminum Industry

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