Partners: Bioeconomy Cluster Builder and The Data Lab
This webinar invites key stakeholders to share their perspectives on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) process – an important consideration for companies seeking to reduce their environmental impact. You’ll hear first-hand from data science experts, bioeconomy consultants and members of the SME community as they share their insights and experiences of conducting LCA.
Speakers
Karen O’Hanlon, Business Development Executive, The Data Lab
Karen is a Business Development Executive at the Data Lab Innovation Centre and is responsible for its Inverness Hub and life sciences sector activity. She has considerable business development, sales and commercial expertise, and has a wealth of experience in developing and managing innovative collaborations across academia, the NHS and industry.
Lauren Spark, Business Development Executive – TORCH Service, The Data Lab
Lauren is an experienced Business Development Executive who joins The Data Lab having worked with one of Scotland’s leading independent Data and Analytics Consultancies. Lauren enjoys uncovering and nurturing relationships at all organisational levels, gaining a deep understanding of each customer’s own specific needs and providing the right level and style of engagement to ensure project success.
Lucy Montgomery, Senior Consultant, NNFCC – The Bioeconomy Consultants
Lucy Montgomery is a Senior Consultant at the bioeconomy consultancy, NNFCC. Lucy has substantial experience in the bioeconomy sector, having worked across Europe in biotechnology research and on the development of anaerobic digestion processes. In her role at NNFCC, Lucy provides extensive support from a technical and regulatory perspective to developers of biobased products, helping these organisations assess the feasibility of bringing their new technologies to market and advising on next steps for commercialisation. She also provides planning and regulatory support to both new and ongoing anaerobic digestion installations. A major component of her work is the life-cycle assessment (LCA) of biobased products, such as food ingredients and fine chemicals, as well as calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels and bioenergy for regulatory compliance.
Scott Kennedy, Co-founder, ReviveEco
Scott graduated with a First Class Honours in Entrepreneurship from Strathclyde Business School in the summer of 2015. Scott has experience in the hospitality, property investment & social impact sectors. The great Scottish outdoors is the continued inspiration to protect the natural environment here, and across the world.
Fergus Moore, Co-founder, ReviveEco
Fergus graduated with a First Class Honours in Business from Strathclyde Business School in the summer of 2015. He gained startup experience working for a medical device startup in Silicon Valley. He is passionate about continuing Scotland’s proud heritage of innovation and pioneering technologies and is driven to turn Revive into a sustainable force for good, creating an impact on a global scale.
Antonia Doncila, Group Sustainability Specialist, Croda Europe Ltd
Antonia joined Croda in the role of Group Sustainability Specialist , having previously completed a PhD in Chemical Oceanography at the University of Edinburgh looking at the nutrient cycling in the Arctic Ocean, in the context of climate change. Some of Antonia’s projects focus on developing LCAs, product specific carbon footprints and water stewardship metrics, to help measure progress against our 2030 Sustainability targets, incorporate sustainability in our current and future activities and projects, and to deliver environmental benefits through the use of our products.
Agenda
10.00: Introduction and Housekeeping
10.10: The Data Lab
10.25: NNFCC
10.40: Revive Eco
10.55: Croda
11.10: Q&A
11.30: Close
Effective life cycle assessment (LCA) not only helps companies reduce their environmental impact, but can improve their planning, design and manufacturing processes. It also plays an important role in an organisation’s marketing and communications strategy. As we progress towards Net Zero it becomes increasingly important for businesses to conduct a rigorous assessment of all stages of a product’s life cycle – covering raw material extraction, processing and manufacturing, transportation and logistics, end use and disposal.
Furthermore, businesses developing biotechnology processes that replace petrochemical feedstocks with bio-based alternatives, must be able to demonstrate that these deliver improved environmental performance. Given the enormous range of variables to be considered, it’s widely recognised that LCA presents significant challenges – particularly for SMEs. However, its importance in transforming business models and embracing the circular economy makes it a crucial capacity for industry to develop.
For further information about the Bioeconomy Cluster Builder please contact kim.cameron@ibioic.com or dana.heldt@ktn-uk.org
The Bioeconomy Cluster Builder (BCB) is a three-year collaboration between the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), KTN and Scottish Enterprise. The project aims to grow the Scottish bioeconomy by raising awareness of the applications and benefits of biotechnology and supporting the development of new value chains and markets for bio-based products. Using the extensive networks and knowledge of the three partner organisations, we connect the right people and resources - providing innovation support and signposting to funding opportunities. To find out more about the project and our planned activities, or to get involved, please visit our website: https://www.bioeconomybuilder.com/how-can-i-get-involved
Privacy Notice
The BCB is an ERDF funded project. Information you provide as part of the registration process for this event may be shared between the partner organisations and our funder. You can find full details of the BCB privacy policy HERE.
The Data Lab
The Data Lab Innovation Centre’s mission is to help Scotland maximise value from data and AI and lead the world to a data-powered future. Its activities are focused on accelerating the journey by fueling innovation through collaboration, building skills, growing talent, and strengthening Scotland’s thriving data science community. The Data Lab is one of seven Innovation Centres funded by The Scottish Funding Council with support from Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.