Jacobs and CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, are collaborating on a new innovationprogram to identify and fast-track solutions that address criticalenvironmental challenges.
Tapping into Jacobs' deep design, engineering and process domainexpertise and CSIRO's long history of science innovation and commercialization,Jacobs and CSIRO will jointly identify and develop commercially deployablesolutions to critical business challenges posed by climate change and the needto operate more sustainably.
Jacobs Chief Executive Officer Bob Pragada said as our world and the challenges we face become more complex, wehave a responsibility to be bold and raise the bar in everything we do.
"This collaboration embodies ourvalues, and we look forward to coming together with CSIRO to innovate solutionsthat will have a positive impact," Mr Pragada said.
The Innovation Program will work to identify and validate emergingopportunities in the healthcare, environmental and manufacturing sectors, encouraginginteraction across different disciplines.
The program is launching with three challenge areas: decarbonizinghealth care, effective management of environmental contaminants and plastics. The focus is on identifying new industrial processes that remove,replace and reduce our dependencies to help manage the impact on ecosystems.
As an Australian-led initiative, the program expects to initiallyfocus on developing and deploying solutions that positively impact Australianbusinesses and sectors before taking the solutions to the rest of the world.
CSIRO Chief Executive Larry Marshall said the program willtap into the rich and diverse innovation eco-system.
"This collaboration with Jacobs aligns to our commitment to solvethe greatest challenges – it's undeniable repairing and protecting ourenvironment is one of our greatest challenges. The program will be wherescience and engineering meet, bringing together a diversity of perspectives andexpertise to find workable solutions," Dr Marshall said.
The statement was originally published by Jacobs.
