Ginkgo will be part of the CE100 network to help inform sustainability efforts and continue to pioneer a global shift away from the wasteful and extractive models that characterize traditional approaches to manufacturing and industry
Image: Ginkgo Bioworks joins the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Circular Economy 100 (CE100) Network. Photo: courtesy of Ben Kerckx from Pixabay.
Ginkgo Bioworks, the organism company, announced it has joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy 100 (CE100) Network, the world’s leading circular economy network, as an Emerging Innovator.
As one of the world’s top synthetic biology companies committed to harnessing the power of biology to build a more sustainable world, Ginkgo will be part of the CE100 network to help inform sustainability efforts and continue to pioneer a global shift away from the wasteful and extractive models that characterize traditional approaches to manufacturing and industry.
The CE100 platform brings together businesses, innovators, cities, governments and universities committed to collaborate on the transition to a circular economy model built on making the best use of resources through designing for the prevention of waste, the reuse of products, and the recycling of materials. The network enables members to collaborate and unlock new opportunities that support the objective of building a framework for an economy that is restorative and regenerative by design.
Ginkgo has been instrumental in demonstrating the potential of synthetic biology to replace and optimize costly or unsustainable manufacturing processes, and is already making an impact across industries, from pharmaceuticals to food.
“Building a better, more sustainable world through biology is at the core of Ginkgo’s mission as a company,” said Jason Kelly, CEO and co-founder at Ginkgo Bioworks. “We are honored to be joining forces with an organization so aligned to our own vision and values, and look forward to working with the CE100 network and countless other innovative organizations who are at the forefront of this transition.”
“We are delighted to welcome Gingko Bioworks to the CE100 Network, a leading organisation in synthetic biology to contribute its unique perspective to the Network,” said Joe Murphy, CE100 lead for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. “We look forward to working together as we raise the ambition and collective efforts of our network to develop and promote the concept of a circular economy and its global adoption.”
Source: Company Press Release