My Green Lab Gold Certification for Microbiology & Parasitology Research Group
Congratulations to the Microbiology & Parasitology Research Group in the School of Veterinary Medicine on receiving a (opens in a new window)My Green Lab Gold Certification.
Recognised by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign as a key measure of progress towards a zero-carbon future, My Green Lab (MGL) Certification is considered the gold standard for laboratory sustainability best practices around the world. The programme helps organisations to achieve their sustainability goals, offering a range of methods rooted in science to dramatically reduce the environmental impact of laboratories without disrupting the critical work underway.
The Microbiology & Parasitology Research Group began the programme in late 2021, with all members of the Lab answering a questionnaire about lab sustainability (on 14 different topics) as it applies to their lab work. The questionnaires were collated and analysed by the MGL team, and the Group subsequently received a 'sustainability score' including specific measures they could apply to improve sustainability.
The Group implemented a number of these changes and after a year, they re-took the questionnaire. The resulting improvement led to their gold level certification. The Group are now part of a community of hundreds of labs that have been MGL certified, including several in UCD.
More information about this programme can be found here: (opens in a new window)https://www.mygreenlab.org/
Pictured above - Microbiology & Parasitology Research Group - Green Lab Team (l to r): Nola Leonard, Ana Vale, Sharon Flanagan, Emma Conlon, Orla Byrne, Tristan Russell and Mary Sekiya
Not pictured: Gina Duggan, Annetta Zintl, Gerald Barry, Grace Mulcahy, Nagwa El-Ghryani and Theo DeWaal