Episode Six: Diversity, Functionality and Versatility: Paper

06/06/2024 40 min
Episode Six: Diversity, Functionality and Versatility: Paper

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode of #TheEquityEdge our industry focus is paper. Hosts Professor Sue Black OBE and Jo Stansfield are joined by guests Graham Ormondroyd, Head of Materials Research at the Biocomposites Center and Professor of wood science at Bangor University, Jude Allen, Chair of the Packaging Group and EDI Lead at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and Natanael
Bolson, Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and a Researcher on the TransFIRe programme.

We learn about the manufacturing, functionality and versatility of paper and packaging. The guests focus on sustainability, skills shortage, the circular economy, and attracting and developing people with suitable skills. They consider paper’s role in the transformation to net zero alongside building more diverse and inclusive workspaces that are far reaching than the production line, by creating awareness and sharing best practice.