Innovating Industrial Decarbonisation: digital technologies enabling the transition
This techUK series explores the role that digital technologies can play in enabling decarbonisation of industrial sectors.
Industrial decarbonisation is critical in global efforts to mitigate climate change. In 2022, industrial emissions were 68 MtCO2e, 17% of UK territorial emissions.
The UK Government set out a 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution back in 2020, highlighting the need to leverage innovation to tackle climate change and grow the UK's green technologies.
Whilst recognising this is only part of the puzzle, this series focuses on developing, adopting, and integrating digital technologies into industrial processes to improve efficiencies, capture data, and optimise supply chains.
Indeed, there is a key role for digital technologies to play in supporting the Government's industrial decarbonisation priorities around: resource and energy efficiency (REEE), fuel switching, CCUS for process emissions and Greenhouse Gas Removals for residual emissions.
techUK works with businesses and stakeholders to develop effective policy and regulatory solutions to promote the digitisation of the economy, driving productivity and shoring up the UK's international competitiveness. We believe digital technologies offer significant opportunities to support this. But collaborative efforts between industry, government, and the tech sector are vital to deliver meaningful and scalable results in the net zero transition.
Catch up on the webinar series here:
Webinar: Industry perspectives
Kicking off our Innovating Industrial Decarbonisation series, we heard industry perspectives on the pivotal role that digital technologies can play for decarbonisation of industry.
Join us to hear from industry leaders about what they are already doing, and what more can be done to achieve the UK Government’s net zero target by 2050.
Webinar: Horizon scanning the policy landscape
The second webinar in our Innovating Industrial Decarbonisation series, exploring the role that digital technologies can play for decarbonisation of industry.
Join us to hear from policy experts on the current net zero policy landscape ahead of a big year of politics: including a Mayoral election, an expected General election, and the Chancellor's Spring Budget.
Webinar: Net zero standards and opportunities
The third webinar in our Innovating Industrial Decarbonisation series will explore the standards and reporting requirements that are crucial to enable decarbonisation of industry.
Standards provide common good practice and language agreed by all relevant stakeholders and define expectations that a product or system should meet.
Join us to hear from the British Standards Insititute (BSI), Simply Sustainable and Digital Catapult.
Webinar: Ecosystem building
The final webinar of our Innovating Industrial Decarbonisation series will look at what more can be done to facilitate collaboration for the decarbonisation of industry.
Join us to hear from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, HVM Catapult and Seagate Technology on key questions around:
- What's are the key priorities for the Government's Industrial Decarbonisation team?
- How are digital technologies, AI, digital twin etc, supporting industrial decarbonisation?
- What Government levers, grants/funding etc, are supporting industry to decarbonise in line with net zero ambitions?
You will also be able to follow the series on techUK's LinkedIn.
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Mia Haffety
Mia Haffety
Mia joined techUK in September 2023.
Mia works to ensure that the UK policy and regulatory environment promote investment into the tech sector, recognising the role of digital and emerging technology towards future growth and productivity.
Prior to joining techUK, Mia worked as a Senior Policy Adviser at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) within the Policy Unit.
Mia holds an MSc in International Development from the University of Manchester and a BA(Hons) in Politics and International Relations from the University of Nottingham.
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Craig Melson
Craig Melson
Craig is Associate Director for Climate, Environment and Sustainability and leads on our work in these areas ranging from climate change, ESG disclosures and due diligence, through to circular economy, business and human rights, conflict minerals and post-Brexit regulation.
Prior to joining techUK he worked in public affairs and policy has an avid interest in new and emerging technologies. Craig has a degree in Ancient History from King’s College London and spends his time watching Watford FC and holding out hope for Half Life 3.
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Weronika Dorociak
Weronika Dorociak
Weronika joined techUK as a Programme Manager for Sustainability in October 2023.
Her role involves advocating for the tech sector in front of key policymakers and stakeholders. Weronika also leads the environmental and sustainability efforts within the Data Centres Group.
Prior to joining techUK, Weronika worked in public affairs and government relations in the legal sector, focusing on innovation and ESG within financial services. She also spent 2 years working as a Caseworker at Parliament. She holds a BA in Politics & International Relations from Queen Mary University of London.
Outside of work, Weronika can be found on a tennis court, at the gym, practicing yoga, or indulging in her love for Taylor Swift's music as a dedicated Swiftie.
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Josh Turpin
Josh Turpin
Josh joined techUK as a Programme Manager for Telecoms and Net Zero in August 2024.
In this role, working jointly across the techUK Telecoms and Climate Programmes, Josh is responsible for leading on telecoms infrastructure deployment and uptake and supporting innovation opportunities, as well as looking at how the tech sector can be further utilised in the UK’s decarbonisation efforts.
Prior to joining techUK, Josh’s background was in public affairs and communications, working for organisations across a diverse portfolio of sectors including defence, telecoms and infrastructure; aiding clients through stakeholder engagement, crisis communications, media outreach as well as secretariat duties.
Outside of work, Josh has a keen interest in music, painting and sailing.
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Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach is Programme Assistant at techUK, he works on a range of programmes including Data Centres; Climate, Environment & Sustainability; Market Access and Smart Infrastructure and Systems.
Before that Lucas who joined in 2008, held various roles in our organisation, which included his role as Office Executive, Groups and Concept Viability Administrator, and most recently he worked as Programme Executive for Public Sector. He has a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski Cracow University.
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