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Blog by Dr Maggy Fostier, FBMH Associate Dean for Environmental Sustainability.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Welcome to the 6<\/span>th<\/span> edition of the FBMH Environmental Sustainability (ES) Good Newsletter. It is packed full of inspiring news.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The University is progressing well with its ES agenda, and we are coordinating efforts across Faculties and the central ES team to maximise outreach and efforts to engage everyone on campus and beyond.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To make our research more sustainable, I am also working with external academic networks and industry partners to share good practices and develop common tools and strategies.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At the University level<\/span><\/b>, <\/span><\/b>we have a lot to celebrate:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We also have room for improvement and a lot of work in progress. At the top of the list, we have:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At the Faculty level<\/span><\/b>, we are making good progress overall on our strategic goals, except air travel.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n a) The target to have 100% of our wet labs LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) certified is looming (end of July 2025).\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I urge PIs of wet laboratories with no champion or award to take immediate action<\/span><\/b> \u2013 your next funding may depend on it, and it saves money as highlighted in our blog reviewing <\/span>Reuse<\/span><\/i><\/b> actions from the Dixon\u2019s lab working on bacteria that digest plastics.<\/span> Contact <\/span>srbmh@manchester.ac.uk<\/span><\/a> to find out more.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To support the Concordat for sustainable research and innovation, I have joined the UK-EU <\/span>Laboratory Efficiency Action Network<\/span><\/b> (LEAN)<\/span><\/b>. <\/span>We started mapping existing resources in the sector aiming to harmonise and speed adoption of sustainable practices and identifying where future actions and collaborations are needed. Compared to other Institutions, we are the first ones to have embedded training for LEAF which I have shared, and we are progressing well on our LEAF deployment, but we are behind on plastic recycling. We will soon hopefully hear from pilots and insights from other Institutions on this pressing matter.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0b)\u00a0<\/span>Engaging staff and students with sustainable actions on campus to reach our University targets:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Reduce energy consumption by 10% by 2025 against a 2018 baseline.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Limit annual air travel emissions to 50% of our 2018\/19 level<\/span><\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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