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Can workforce diversity stimulate transformation towards a more sustainable future? 

The foundation industries face stark challenges that are worsened by a persistent lack of workforce diversity. In 2020, women represented 16% and BAME workers only 7.1% of all workers. Coinciding […]

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Published: March 8th, 2023
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Co-designing a goal interdependency method for deciding corporate sustainability strategy

The project will push the boundaries of management research by examining how future and current goals can be aligned. It aims to answer three objectives: (1) How can a company’s […]

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Published: March 8th, 2023
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Circular business model innovation in the UK cement, glass, and ceramics industries

The UK Foundation Industries are worth £52B, produce 28 million tonnes of materials per year and account for 10% of the UK total CO2 emissions, posing a major challenge to […]

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Published: March 8th, 2023
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Enabling business models innovation for sustainability in the UK glass sector

A deep understanding of policy interventions and combination of these interventions for business model innovation in the flat glass sector can bring several technical, environmental, economic, and societal benefits. Specifically, […]

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Published: March 8th, 2023
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Overcoming Adoption Barriers of Next Generation Processing Technologies in Ceramic/Glass Industries

Next Generation Processing Technologies (NGPTs) can open pathways to double net energy productivity by facilitating novel processing concepts and enabling rapid manufacture of energy-efficient products through greater control, optimisation, and […]

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Published: March 8th, 2023
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Ensuring a sustainable future for recycling in the paper value chain (SRPV)

Paper based products often require thin films of plastic to serve as a waterproof barrier. In an effort to make products more recyclable, there has been a push towards to […]

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Published: November 8th, 2022
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Low-temperature densification of α-Al2O3 through a modified cold-sintering process

α-Al2O3 is a technical/advanced ceramic used in applications such as electrical, wear, and corrosion resistance, with approximately 120,000 metric tonnes manufactured per year worldwide. As with all ceramics, processing takes […]

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Published: October 28th, 2022
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Developing biocomposite materials as low-carbon alternatives to ceramic tiles

The aim of this project will be to further develop and refine a sintering process (BioSintering®) for the fabrication of low-carbon alternatives to ceramic tiles. The project will improve the […]

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Published: October 28th, 2022
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Element-based mapping of waste and by-product material flows – a transformational enabler for industrial symbiosis

An outstanding knowledge gap for Foundational Industries (FIs) is the lack of an overarching understanding around the material flows of their wastes and by-products, including their volumes, chemical composition ranges, […]

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Published: October 28th, 2022
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Improving surface interactions of waste plastics as grain substitutes within concrete

The cement industry is one of the biggest CO2 emitters on the planet and concurrently, we are facing a global crisis in plastic waste and how to repurpose, reuse or […]

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Published: October 28th, 2022
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