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Is the pharmaceutical sector realising its potential for sustainable manufacturing?

European Pharmaceutical Review

Globally, the pharmaceutical sector emitted around 52 megatonnes of CO 2 in 2015, the most recent period for which detailed numbers are available. 1 Every major pharmaceutical manufacturer in the UK and Ireland is investing in making their operations and supply chains more environmentally friendly.

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Building CO2-neutral, defossilised supply chains for chemicals

European Pharmaceutical Review

2 However, most of these efforts relating to catalysis, 3 process waste metrics, 4 lifecycle assessments, 5 pharmaceuticals in the environment 6 and the phase out of substances of concern 7 mainly mitigate the consequences of pharmaceutical manufacturing. In 2015 he joined the Process Chemistry & Catalysis group at F.