UK research sector launches voluntary environmental sustainability agreement

The UK research and innovation (R&I) sector has developed a voluntary sustainability agreement, with the aim of ensuring future research is “environmentally sustainable.”1The concordat for the environmental sustainability of research and innovation practice sets out six key areas where the sector will take action before 2050 (or 2045 in Scotland), in line with government net zero targets.These actions include ensuring all institutions have “visible and credible leadership for environmental sustainability at all levels,” are transparent about the environmental impacts of their work, take a “climate conscious, low carbon” approach to R&I, and ensure net zero or near net zero carbon infrastructures are being used.“By achieving these aims, the UK will retain its global influence in R&I, continuing and enhancing the strong partnerships and collaborations that exist and aiming to inspire organisations, researchers, and innovators around the world to follow in the UK’s footsteps in how we conduct R&I in an…
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