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In a powerful 15-minute TED-style talk at Autodesk 2024, Jaimie Johnston MBE, Head of Global Systems at Bryden Wood, outlined how industrialisation can be leveraged to address some of our most pressing environmental and societal challenges. Focusing on decarbonising industries from life sciences to data centres, Jaimie emphasised the need for cross-sector collaboration and innovative approaches to accelerate the roll-out of new sustainable technologies.
Click here to watch the full session on Autodesk's website.
Here are the key takeaways from Jaimie’s thought-provoking presentation.
Jaimie highlighted how the boundaries between industries are rapidly blurring, creating new opportunities for collaborative solutions. By linking sectors such as pharmaceuticals, digital design, energy, and process engineering, industries can share knowledge and resources, leading to faster and more impactful advancements. He cited the development of a low-carbon Ventolin inhaler by GSK, a collaborative effort across multiple fields, as a case in point for what interconnected, interdisciplinary work can achieve.
Jaimie noted that although sustainable technologies are being developed at unprecedented speeds, their large-scale implementation lags behind. He advocates for harnessing digital tools, prefabrication, and industrialised processes to expedite their roll-out. From designing flexible, modular manufacturing systems to implementing continuous production processes, these approaches can help industries achieve decarbonisation goals faster and more efficiently.
Jaimie discussed Bryden Wood's role in convening leading pharmaceutical companies, such as GSK, Sanofi, Roche, and AstraZeneca, through the Accelerate Pharmaceuticals series. This initiative aims to foster a collaborative environment where companies can collectively address common engineering challenges in pharmaceutical manufacturing. The guiding principle, 'Compete on chemistry, collaborate on engineering,' reflects the approach that while each company maintains its proprietary research focus, they come together to share innovations in process intensification, modularity, and automation. This collaboration is intended to reduce costs, enhance sustainability, and ultimately accelerate the production and accessibility of essential medicines. The event highlighted both the opportunities and obstacles to implementing new manufacturing technologies and provided a space for companies to strategise solutions to industry-wide challenges.
Jaimie emphasised that industrialisation, particularly when guided by sustainability goals, has the power to reshape industries and reduce carbon footprints. Smaller, modular facilities and continuous processing offer more than operational efficiency—they represent a pathway to decarbonise manufacturing processes on a global scale, achieving high-impact results in less time.
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