3BL Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Regardless of the end product or the manufacturing modality, biopharmaceutical processes are resource intensive. This raises an important question for pharmaceutical manufacturers: between conventional stainless steel and single-use systems, which type of processing equipment will align best with your corporate sustainability goals?

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

In Aotearoa New Zealand, 85% of buildings and construction steel waste is recycled 3 - making it an important part of the circular economy, where materials are reused, repaired, refurbished, and recycled for as long as possible. Counting carbon. Manufacturing structural steel has traditionally been a high carbon activity.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

But recycling is near the bottom of the waste hierarchy. Recycling destroys most of the embodied carbon in an electrical product, and should only be used if reuse, repair and remanufacture are not possible. An increasing number of lighting manufacturers now offer to upgrade existing lighting products to LED.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2022

Additionally, life sciences companies are committing to sustainability including goals for zero c arbon operations and drastically limiting water consumption and waste production. Many reduction measures focus on energy and carbon, but water and waste minimization are important to holistically reduce a facility’s footprint.

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3BL Media

JULY 12, 2023

Biopharma and F&B manufacturers are taking concrete action to positively impact our planet and the health and well-being of those on it. Across these industries, manufacturers are reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions , using water more efficiently, and developing facilities with the employee’s wellness in mind.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 31, 2022

To begin, there’s the embodied carbon in the building’s construction and component materials – labs typically use large amounts of concrete, steel and glass. There’s also the matter of operational carbon, which looms especially large in labs that run 24/7 and must meet strict scientific protocols.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Sanch Gupta and Milton Calderon Donefer have saved 52,000 pounds of food from going to waste and delivered more than 60,000 meals to homeless shelters in eight cities. million tonnes of plastic waste over the following decade. I firmly believe in waste reduction and working on leaving the world a better place than I found it,” he says.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Many IT and electronics equipment manufacturers are still lacking when it comes to offering modular upgrades of equipment, leading to the rip-and-replace culture for hardware assets such as TVs, mobile phones, IT servers, laptops, network kit and cabling every 3 – 5 years. billion per year.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Delegate feedback from the event: “Simon delivered a superb CPD workshop explaining and unravelling the complexities of the circular economy from the perspective of designers and manufacturers. Delegates will learn: • How TM66 and TM65 combine to validate the circular and embodied carbon content of products already designed. •

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Green Technology

JANUARY 26, 2023

Summit Floorplan Advisory Board With guidance and direction from our advisory board, the concurrent sessions offer insights from the experts and practitioners at the leading edge of green progress, in fields ranging from transportation and energy to funding, architecture and green schools.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Another thing that we're super proud of - our new commitment in terms of reducing embodied carbon by 40 percent by 2030. We can generate that ourselves on site with, think like waste potato peels, The other solution that we're actively involved in trying to promote is market-based mechanisms. So, you have a natural gas pipeline.

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Sustainable Round Table

JUNE 8, 2023

As a digital company, PTC has a unique ability to assist customers with their decarbonization journeys by creating products that eliminate waste, reduce energy, and innovate towards greater sustainability. PTC’s tagline – “Digital transforms physical” – perfectly describes this ‘superpower.’

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Green Technology

JANUARY 25, 2023

Education Program With guidance and direction from our advisory board, the concurrent sessions offer insights from the experts and practitioners at the leading edge of green progress, in fields ranging from transportation and energy to funding, architecture and green schools.

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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 23, 2024

The 1960s industrial precinct formerly owned by Phillip Morris has been transformed into a $200 million commercial community, sustainably retaining the existing structure throughout the build, resulting in savings of 19 million kg of embodied carbon.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Newly designed high-efficiency fixtures and systems provide the same comforts as their wasteful counterparts. HVAC and plumbing professionals can consider keeping their own items in their truck instead of using plastic items to reduce unnecessary waste. Let’s not forget plastic tableware.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

These alternatives are known as Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCM) and can be blended with cement to achieve a lower carbon footprint than traditional concrete. The most widely used SCMs derive from industrial waste; however, a host of more promising and more long-term alternatives are already in development and being trialled.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Nick Brown Education Sessions: What’s New for 2025 in the Energy Code Embodied Carbon and CALGreen Nick Brown is President of Build Smart Group, an independent energy consultancy focused on California’s residential and nonresidential energy modeling, energy code, and building performance.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

Going forward, it will include lifecycle assessment of materials employed in the construction phase as part of the development design as a way of reducing embodied carbon, waste and pollution. The programme will target a broad range of ESG themes, aligning with the objectives of the EU’s environmental taxonomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Retaining and re-using the existing structure, rather than demolishing and building anew, Garrard House will save over 2,500 tonnes of embodied carbon emissions, creating a sustainable building for the future.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

Teresa Parejo, Sustainability Director for Iberia who presented Iberia’s plan: “Fleet renovation, digitalization of on-board paper, and a zero cabin waste plan are some of the actions to incorporate the SDGs into the aviation sector.” Anirban Ghosh, CSO of Mahindra discussed the impossible mission: heavy transport.

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3BL Media

MARCH 10, 2025

Originally published on Saint-Gobain Newsroom Saint-Gobain Ceramics, through its subsidiary Saint-Gobain NorPro, recently announced its intent to build a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Wheatfield, New York. Saint-Gobain owns over 160 manufacturing locations in the United States and Canada.

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