PhilippWeber EMBO: Sustainability in Research Funding

Philipp Weber is Sustainability Officer at EMBO and co-founder of Green Labs Austria. He discusses how EMBO and various international funding organizations are increasingly acknowledging their significant role in advancing more sustainable research practices. In May 2024, EMBO hosted a multi-stakeholder workshop that brought together funders, representatives from research institutes, tool developers, and grassroots initiatives from across Europe to collaborate on environmental strategies. The outcome of this workshop is the Heidelberg Agreement on Environmental Sustainability in Research Funding.
Time Stamps
12:14 The Heidelberg Agreement
13:42 Current funder´s policies
28:38 Take home message
33:58 Q & A
Links mentioned in the talk and discussion:
Heidelberg Agreement on Environmental Sustainability in Research Funding
zenodo.org/rec...
EMBO Sustainability Award (call open since 15.1.2025)
www.embo.org/t...
Wellcome Funding Policy demanding accreditation
wellcome.org/g...
UK Concordat for Environmental Sustainability in R & I
wellcome.org/w...
Certification frameworks:
LEAF - Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework
www.ucl.ac.uk/...
My Green Lab®
www.mygreenlab...
Networks:
sels-network.org/
www.greenlabs-...
greenlabsaustr...
greenlabs.pt/
Publications:
Survey Report: Appraising Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Research Organisations
www.scienceeur...
Framework for the Environmental Sustainability of Research Organisations
www.scienceeur...
What’s in our bin?: Labs kick off and demand the transition towards a circular economy for lab plastics (Weber et al. 2025) doi.org/10.103...
The relevance of sustainable laboratory practices (Freese et al. 2024) pubs.rsc.org/e...