About Industry 5.0

Background

However, the Industry 4.0 paradigm, as currently conceived, is not fit for purpose in a context of climate crisis and planetary emergency, nor does it address deep social tensions. ”Industry 5.0, a transformative vision for Europé, Expertgroup on the economic and societal impact of research and innovation (ESIR) 10 jan 2022

Industry 5.0 has its origins in Society 5.0 presented in a speech in 2017 be Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The vision for Society 5.0 was that Japan would develop into a super smart society where digitalisations disruptive potential would become a tool to address the big/wicked problems the world is facing.

In 2022 the European Union presented a vision of Industry 5.0 with strong connections to its Green Deal. Proponents of the fifth industrial revolution, or Industry 5.0, are of the view that the fourth industrial revolution does not adequately address climate goals or working people’s well-being and employment.

Sustainability in both environmental and social terms, has received an increasingly important role. The same technological conditions exist as during the fourth industrial revolution but how they are used and the aims are different. Industry 5.0 is in other words a necessary development of Industry 4.0 as a result of the challenges facing the world.

Apart from nomenclature and challenges arising from complexity or technological considerations, society and the bulk of the industrial landscape must be integrated in such a concept. Enabling Technologies for Industry 5.0 - Results of a workshop with Europe’s technology leaders, 30 September 2020