{"id":23,"date":"2023-07-06T14:08:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:32:39","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p class=\"vf-lede\">Welcome to EMBL sustainability. We have put together information on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/strategy\/\">sustainability strategy<\/a>, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/green-labs\/\">green lab initiatives<\/a>, how EMBL scientists are responding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/global-challenges\/\">global challenges,<\/a> our Sustainability Stories <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/blog\/\">blogs<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/reports-resources\/\">reports and resources<\/a> to download. Our contact details can also be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/contact\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!--\/vf-lede-->\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GreenEMBLlogo_RGB-s1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GreenEMBLlogo_RGB-s1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GreenEMBLlogo_RGB-s1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GreenEMBLlogo_RGB-s1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>\n    <\/style>\n\n<section id=\"wp-block-1\">\n  <div class=\"vf-card-container  | vf-u-fullbleed  \n  | vf-u-background-color-ui--white \">\n          <div class=\"vf-section-header | vf-u-margin__bottom--600\">\n        <h2 class=\"vf-section-header__heading\" >\n        Our sustainability journey    <\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n      \n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-2\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p>Green EMBL, a staff-led initiative, was established in 2019 in response to our staff&#8217;s desire to contribute to environmental improvement. This initiative was preceded by our Staff Association\u2019s own Green Initiatives Working Group. Our staff are extremely passionate about environmental issues and we want to harness this enthusiasm and demonstrate leadership and commitment to a sustainable transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We commissioned a Materiality Assessment in 2019 with input from staff, our leadership team, and key external stakeholders. The assessment identified seven material topics to incorporate into our Sustainability Strategy, and these have been grouped in the three pillars of sustainability at EMBL which are detailed on the Sustainability Strategy page,<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n<style>\n    <\/style>\n\n<section id=\"wp-block-1\">\n  <div class=\"vf-card-container  | vf-u-fullbleed  \n  | vf-u-background-color-ui--white \">\n          <div class=\"vf-section-header | vf-u-margin__bottom--600\">\n        <h2 class=\"vf-section-header__heading\" >\n                <a class=\"vf-section-header__heading--is-link\"\n                href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/tag\/sustainability\/#\">Latest sustainability news<svg aria-hidden=\"true\"\n        class=\"vf-section-header__icon | vf-icon vf-icon-arrow--inline-end\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n        <path\n        d=\"M0 12c0 6.627 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