Sustainable Manufacturing
The world is changing at an ever greater pace, and manufacturers are responding – improving the products they make and the way they make them. This enables reduced environmental footprint and improved resource efficiency, but also creates benefits such as competitive advantage and a closer alignment with the customer’s needs.
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The world is changing. Manufacturers are improving the products they make and the way they make them. This reduces our environmental footprint, increases resource efficiency and creates competitive advantage. Energy efficiency, circular economy, remanufacturing and industrial symbiosis are all areas we specialise in as a team.
UK and global targets for carbon reductions and net zero mean that environmental and societal considerations are as important as economics in driving change through innovation. Sustainability is not an added cost – it’s an innovation opportunity.
If you are looking to improve your sustainability and resilience, reduce the carbon footprint of your operations, product, resource energy or material costs, or find new uses for waste and contribute to a more circular economy, we can work with you and introduce you to a network of powerful connections.
Working with the UK Circular Plastics Network (UKCPN), we have built a strong, powerful community around the sustainable use of plastics. We work across sustainable manufacturing sectors such as automotive, medical devices, packaging, sustainable fashion.
Related Opportunities
AgriScale - Accelerating Agri-tech manufacturing: Experimental Development
Opens: 30/03/2026 Closes: 03/06/2026
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million for projects to accelerate Agri-tech manufacturing.
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AgriScale - Accelerating Agri-tech manufacturing: Industrial Research
Opens: 30/03/2026 Closes: 03/06/2026
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for projects to close product technology gaps that are preventing movement towards commercial acceptance, scale up and manufacture.
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Battery innovation feasibility studies round 2
Opens: 09/04/2026 Closes: 27/05/2026
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million for innovation in battery technologies for electrification.
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Advanced manufacturing supply chain innovation: CRD
Opens: 27/04/2026 Closes: 10/06/2026
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6.5 million for collaborative industrial research to make supply chains more productive, resource efficient and resilient.
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Heat Pump Ready Programme Round 2: innovation funding competition
Opens: 24/04/2026 Closes: 25/06/2026
Up to £2m per project to develop and bring forward innovative technologies focusing on four identified barriers to heat pump uptake.
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Innovate UK Venture Builder Pilot Expression of Interest
Opens: 22/04/2026 Closes: 22/05/2026
Up to £150,000 per SME to support new deep-tech spin-outs in Frontier AI, Engineering Biology, or Advanced Materials & Manufacturing, and to help them in raising their first significant investment. This is the Expression of Interest stage of the competition.
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18/10/2024
SusChem: the network driving innovation in sustainable chemistry
How the UK’s SusChem National Technology Platform (SusChem UK) is supporting the UK chemical industry by fostering innovation and promoting sustainable practices.
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20/09/2024
Getting to GRIPS with plastic waste
Over 600 delegates attended the fourth annual Global Research and Innovation in Plastics Sustainability Conference (GRIPS 2024) on Thursday 19 September, held at the University of Sheffield, and online.