Brown Bag Webinars
Free webinars on LCA and sustainability topics
EarthShift Global is pleased to announce a series of free sustainability 'Brown Bag' webinars. These webinars covering a wide range of topics and are delivered by leaders in their respective fields. Each webinar is held from 1-2 PM Eastern time with a presentation followed by a Q&A Session.
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Upcoming Webinar:
Benchmarking, Storytelling, and Mitigating: How Spiber, a Cutting-Edge Biotechnology Company, Applies LCA

DATE: September 21, 2023
TIME: 1-2pm ET
PRESENTER: Sunita Darbe, Vice President of Sustainability, Spiber America
DESCRIPTION:
Spiber Inc developed and manufactures Brewed ProteinTM fibers through fermentation (brewing) of plant-based ingredients. This new class of fiber is created using Spiber's proprietary technology platform that enables customized design and molecular engineering of nature-inspired protein polymers. Spiber started its first ISO 14044 compliant cradle-to-gate comparative life cycle assessment in 2021, in advance of the opening of its first commercial production facility. The primary goals were to understand, communicate, and improve the environmental benefits of the product in the first target market of luxury textile fibers. Since then, Spiber has also implemented on-going internal life cycle assessment as a key pillar of its internal environmental footprint monitoring and mitigation planning, from identifying climate transition opportunities to determining the materiality of environmental hotspots. In the webinar, we will introduce Spiber Inc and Brewed Protein fiber, walk through the initial comparative LCA study, and share how our LCA has provided value in external communications and our vision for addressing the hotspots we have identified.
PRESENTER BIO:

Sunita Darbe received a SB from MIT and a Ph.D from Caltech in Materials Science where her research focused on renewable energy technologies. After Caltech, she moved to Japan to work as a material scientist at Spiber Inc. Now, Sunita leads Spiber’s Environmental Footprint Management section. Sunita led the team responsible for Spiber’s first LCA report. She is also responsible for coordinating across the Spiber Group to develop and implement the company’s environmental impact mitigation strategy—including its climate transition plan. She and her team focus on quantifying and reducing the environmental impact of Spiber’s protein fiber production process while also supporting external communication about environmental benefits to communicate the value of Brewed Protein™ material.
Past Brown Bag Webinars:
You can access recordings of prior webinars on the EarthShift Global Official YouTube channel and via the links provided below.

Sustainable by Design
July 2023

LCA In Reality from Data to Decisions by Kiyotada Hayashi PhD
June 2023

An Industrial Ecosystem at Work
May 2023

Measuring the Social What, How, Who, and Why
April 2023

PART 2 Understanding Biogenic Carbon: The Science and Application of Biogenic Carbon in Life Cycle Assessment
March 2023 - Part 2

PART 1 Understanding Biogenic Carbon: The Science and Application of Biogenic Carbon in Life Cycle Assessment
February 2023 - Part 1

Impacts of Plastic Litter in LCA: Developments & New Findings
January 2023

LCA for Emerging Technologies
December 2022

Circular Design in Electronics Industry
September 2022

Advancing SMART Futures for Global Sustainability
August 2022

Five Misperceptions Surrounding the Environmental Impacts of Single-Use Plastic
July 2022

CELAVI Framework: Current & Future Capabilities & Applications
June 2022

Using Planetary Boundaries with LCA for Absolute Sustainability Assessment and Target-setting
April 2022

Sustainability Focused Innovation
March 2022

Why Do I Need A Critical Review
February 2022

LCA Study of the Substitution Policy in Colombia
January 2022

Paths to Carbon Neutrality Panel Discussion featuring: Navitas Semiconductor, Interface, HP Inc.
September 2021

Sustainable Water Mgmt for Decarbonizing Fossil Power Gen by Tim Skone, DOE
July 2021

Anticipatory LCA Approach to Improve Climate from Emerging Carbon Capture and Utilization Technologies: NREL
June 2021

HP Taking LCA One Step Further by Tom Etheridge
May 2021

Balancing Creativity & Data, Making Sustainability Easier: TrueNorth Collective
April 2021

Packaging LCA in the Automotive Industry: Cummins
February 2021

Gaining Traction with your Sustainability Initiative: WholeWorks
January 2021

Tackling the Plastic Pollution Crisis: WWF
November 2020

Circularity for Packaging - Past, Present and Future: PTIS
October 2020

Reconciling Values and Facts in Comparative LCA by Valentina Prado
August 2020

Apportionment Lowering Energy Investments: Eastman Energy
July 2020

LCA of an Innovative Shelf Life Extension Technology: Apeel Sciences
May 2020

LCA In the Sub-National Context: Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality
April 2020

Ice Core Tales of Climate Change from Opposite Ends of Earth: UNH EOS
March 2020

Earth Stories & Why They Matter
February 2020

Communicating Sustainability Using Storytelling
November 2019

Lifecycle of Building Materials & Other Embodied Carbon: Thornton Tomasetti
October 2019

Environmental Impacts of Alluvial Gold Mining, Peruvian Amazon: PELCAN
September 2019

The Financial Case for High Performance Buildings: stok
May 2019

LCA and Biomimicry: Arizona State University
April 2019

CO2 Sequestration by Methane Eating Bacteria: Stanford University
March 2019

Anticipatory LCA Explorative Comparative Design with Lise Laurin
February 2019

Anticipatory LCA 101 with Valentina Prado
January 2019

Eliminating the Idea of Waste with TerraCycle
November 2018

Can We Reverse Climate Change: Interface
October 2018

Goals & Tools to Drive Sustainability: Dow
September 2018

Sustainability Services: Waste Management
June 2018