"The dawn of Regenerative Manufacturing" by Prof. Steve Evans IfM-UCambridge

"The dawn of Regenerative Manufacturing"

 “Despite progresses with mitigation agendas, mankind and ecosystems faces multiple challenges associated to Triple Climate Crisis: Global Warming, Pollution and Biodiversity Losses.

In this context we cannot continue manufacturing practices that merely avoid adding to the burden of pollution and natural deterioration. It is no longer enough to return resources to the toxic or depleted state we found them. We must therefore move towards Regenerative Manufacturing, driven by a quest to leave the planet a better and healthier place than we found it.”

 What does Regenerative Manufacturing mean in a scientific view point?

What it its potential?

What challenges it faces?

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 Professor Steve Evans short biography

Professor Steve Evans is Director of Research in Industrial Sustainability at Cambridge University. He leads research that seeks to deliver knowledge concerning sustainable change at scale, including programmes in sustainable business model innovation, system transformation, the limits of efficiency and sustainable policy making in developing countries.

Steve has led the first UK research into multi-disciplinary engineering teams, the first into eco-design, the first into Circular Economy and many other projects, totalling over £30 million. Steve loves to bring people together to solve tough problems.

He has over 30 years of academic experience which includes working collaboratively with leading industrial and academic institutions from around the globe. He has been Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee and is a serial clean-tech start-up founder.

Steve is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology, Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.

Steve’s thought leadership has recently been recognized as Honorary Treasurer of Academia Europaea, the leading academy of Europe.