Improving Lab Sustainability This Environment Day!

As we commemorate World Environment Day, the life sciences community is making remarkable strides towards sustainability. Our recent Lab of the Future survey highlights that ensuring sustainable lab operations is a top priority for industry leaders in 2024. Driven by tightening regulations and a genuine commitment to creating efficient, eco-friendly workspaces, lab owners and managers are innovating their design, management, and operational strategies.

To mark this momentous occasion, we’ve curated a comprehensive collection of top tips for designing, developing, and managing greener labs. Explore real-world case studies from leading pharmaceutical companies, discover low-effort, high-impact actions you can implement immediately, and gain insights into how we’re making our AMG World office more sustainable based on your feedback.

Celebrating our Lab Sustainability Expert Speakers, including:

Marilyn Sanchez of Seattle Children's Hospital speaking at AMG World

Marilyn Sanchez

Manager of Lab Operations

Seattle Children's Hospital

Carl Patterson of Latitude Pharma speaking at AMG World

Carl Patterson

Director of Quality

Latitude Pharma

Stephanie Perry of Kumquat Biosciences Inc speaking at AMG World

Stephanie Perry

Associate Director of Laboratory Operations

Kumquat Biosciences Inc

Florian Ammann-Teuscher of Roche speaking at AMG World

Florian Ammann-Teuscher

Sr Market Solutions Manager, Research & Development Solutions

Roche

Jennifer Watts of UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center speaking at AMG World

Jennifer Watts

Director, Facilities & Strategic Projects

UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jeyakavitha Arulprakasam of Jasper Therapeutics speaking at AMG World

Jeyakavitha Arulprakasam

Sr. Manager, Lab Operations

Jasper Therapeutics

Melissa Gutierrez of Seawolf Therapeutics speaking at AMG World

Melissa Gutierrez

Associate Director of Facilities & Operations

Seawolf Therapeutics

Ariana Palencia of Aera Therapeutics speaking at AMG World

Ariana Palencia

Senior Manager, Lab Operations and Facilities

Aera Therapeutics

Anthony Navarro of  speaking at AMG World

Anthony Navarro

Director of Lab Ops, Facilities, and IT

Tamanna Talukder of Avrokbio speaking at AMG World

Tamanna Talukder

Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Quality Assurance Manager

Avrokbio

Panel Discussion: Developing Greener Future Labs By Implementing Sustainable Practices in Lab Operations

Prioritizing sustainability in Lab operations can lead to cost reductions of up to 30%. As pharma labs continue to evolve, the importance of integrating sustainability practices and ensuring Safety (EHS) compliance has never been more critical.

As West Coast lab managers face stricter environmental regulations and safety standards, they must strike a balance between operational efficiency, environmental responsibility, and safety. This panel held at the Lab Facilities Summit West 2024 will address critical aspects to develop the greener labs of the future.

Key themes of the Lab Facilities West Improve Lab Sustainability Panel Discussion

Lab Sustainability Complimentary Resources

Top Tips to Improve Lab Sustainability

Following our conversations with EHS experts, download this complimentary copy of our top tips to ensure your labs are sustainable, including how to build a culture that embraces environmentally-friendly practices, low-effort yet high-impact initiatives, and ensuring sustainable infrastructures. LAF West 2024 – Carousel Sustainable Practices

Complimentary Recording: Future-Proofing Labs to Ensure Productivity, Efficiency, and Guarantee ROI

Ahead of our Lab Facilities Summit East, we recently spoke to lab operations experts from Novartis, Cabaletta Bio, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, and MarathonLS to understand their biggest challenges in the current climate such as keeping up with technologies, ensuring flexibility, minimizing disruptions, and improving safety and sustainability. Complete the form and uncover key strategies to future-proof… Read more »

What Does the Lab of the Future Look Like?

In our recent Future of Lab Facilities survey, we asked facilities management experts what they thought the lab of the future looked like for their organization. Read some of their answers below…

Lab Facilities West 2023 Survey Taker

Capacity-led design; more collaborative, flexible & forward-looking to optimize now and for the future.

Lab Facilities West 2023 Survey Taker

Integrating and standardizing sites across continents, space optimization for increased compliance and organization

Lab Facilities West 2023 Survey Taker

As we move into the future, we are already planning on two newer buildings. Within those buildings, we would like to really build to anticipate all of the newer sustainability requirements the city is putting into place. Also, we would love to see centralized washrooms and autoclave rooms. As well as an automated biorepository.

Lab Facilities West 2023 Survey Taker

Efficient, built for ability to change, Sustainable

How are We Making AMG World More Sustainable?

Inspired by all the positive changes you’re making in your labs, we’re delighted to share some of the sustainable initiatives we’ve implemented within our own office:

Lab Facilities Portfolio Summits

24 September 2024

San Diego, CA, USA

Lab Facilities East

18 March 2024

Boston, MA, USA

27 February 2024

London, UK