Podcast
Episode 8 - Sustainability, Net Zero and The Circular Economy
Are Sustainability and Net-Zero anything more than just buzzwords? Colin Brown, Director at Sustainability Consultancy Ecus and Ryan Diver, Chief Engineer at AMRC, uncover what sustainability actually means and what the future of manufacturing looks like in a sustainable world. Get to grips with the three pillars of sustainability, digital passports, scope 4 carbon impacts and the circular economy. There’s even mention of the highly anticipated and highly publicised McLaren fully circular F1 racing car.
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“A lot of good or leading architectural practices are now designing construction for deconstruction. So the buildings they are building now, they are already thinking about the next building after that using the same materials…they won’t build or design any new building without having that approach embedded.”
Ryan Diver
Ryan Diver presently serves as the Chief Engineer of Digital Transformation at the AMRC, bringing 12 years of experience in various technical and leadership roles within the organisation. In his current capacity, he has successfully implemented several digital projects facilitating the transition to Net Zero, with a focus on organisational energy monitoring and project sustainability measurement. Before assuming his current role, Ryan held the position of Head of the Integrated Manufacturing Group and Factory 2050. In this role, he led a team of 80 multidisciplinary engineers engaged in areas such as manufacturing robotics, automation, connectivity, and data. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree in Computer Science from the University of York in 2009.
Colin Brown
Colin is Head of Climate Change and Sustainability at Ecus. Colin has over 30 years of experience in sustainability and climate change, specialising in carbon emissions, net zero transitions, circularity and ESG.
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