Capgemini and Spare-it: Real-Time Waste Intelligence Built for Global Enterprises
Sep 16, 2025
Capgemini has long led the charge on sustainability. The company, with 350,000 employees across more than 50 countries, has set the goal to be climate-neutral by 2030 and net-zero by 2040. It built robust programs around energy, emissions, and water, but one critical area remained difficult to standardize across its global real-estate footprint: waste.
Despite strong internal reporting frameworks, Capgemini lacked reliable, real-time waste data. Most of the available metrics were estimates; too high-level to drive day-to-day behavior and too inconsistent to inform global performance targets.
“Our significant challenge was the lack of accurate waste data,” said Erika Mercado, CRES EHS Americas Lead at Capgemini.
“We needed a solution that was intelligent, accurate, cost-effective, and scalable.”
A Fast, Scalable Deployment
Capgemini partnered with Spare-it, the leading waste intelligence platform, to transform its approach to waste data and measurement.
Within weeks, Spare-it deployed connected waste scales, real-time dashboards, and automated waste composition analytics across Capgemini’s pilot sites. Facility teams could now track weight, diversion rates, and contamination levels daily, while the global sustainability team gained centralized visibility into performance trends.
“You can see people making the connection between which bin is what, eliminating contamination, and then looking at the real-time data to see if they’ve had an impact that day,” said Tom Mosseau, President and Managing Director of Capgemini Canada.
This created a continuous feedback loop, aligning frontline behavior with long-term environmental goals.
Technology That Aligns with Strategy
Scalable solutions are essential for a global company of Capgemini’s size. Spare-it’s platform supported Capgemini’s broader digital transformation strategy, turning solid waste into measurable data that can drive change across continents.
“Capgemini has committed at the global level to reduce emissions by 90 percent,” said Andrew Peterson, Environmental Sustainability Manager. “The speed and scalability with which you can bring a tool like this to bear is second to none.”
The partnership reflects using technological innovation to generate both business value and measurable planetary impact.
A Shared Vision for Global Impact
As Capgemini continues to scale its net-zero strategy, real-time waste intelligence is now part of its operational toolkit. What began as a pilot is evolving into a blueprint for enterprise-wide action.
“Our goal in this partnership is to connect millions of people and thousands of organizations to their waste intelligence, so that together, we can learn how to do a little bit better every day.”
–Laurent Canneva, CEO and Co-Founder of Spare-it.
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