Call to Drive the Next Industrial Revolution

University of Cambridge (9/23) – The authors of "Towards a Sustainable Industrial System" are calling for an industrial equivalent of the human genome project in order to help business address the threat of global warming. Some of the world’s leading manufacturing experts have combined to produce the report published by the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing (IfM)…The report highlights the benefits and opportunities which can flow from a more integrated approach to industrial sustainability…Following in the footsteps of the original human genome project, the project will take an ‘open source’ approach, enabling rapid dissemination of findings. “For years industrial academics have focused on efficiencies and technologies to speed production and save cash, now there’s an opportunity to focus these efforts on solving the greatest issues of our time.”