Industry and entrepreneurship

The Transition to Zero Pollution initiative recognises that to have widespread impact on society research must be paired with entrepreneurship and industry.  Follow the links below to read more about our activities.

If you are a business looking to access the talent and expertise of our academic community or an enterprising member of staff or student then you can find out more about the support available to you on the Enterprise Division web pages. The Enterprise team has put together a series of infographics and ebooks on sustainable energy,  solutions for pollution and decarbonising business, visit the Enterprise Division's web page on the Transition to Zero Pollution to find out more. 

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A recording of the event 'Identifying the Climate Gamechangers for a Post Net-Zero World'.

Hitachi-Imperial Centre launch event

Identifying the Climate Gamechangers for a Post Net-Zero World: Imperial College academics were joined by our partners at Hitachi and colleagues from industry and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) at an event to launch the new Hitachi-Imperial Centre for Decarbonisation and Natural Climate Solutions. 

Industry and entrepreneurship

Imperial's Professor Francisco Veloso and Hitachi's Dr Norihiro Suzuki shaking hands

New Hitachi-Imperial Centre

The Hitachi-Imperial Centre for Decarbonisation and Natural Climate Solutions is a collaboration between Hitachi Ltd, Hitachi Europe and Imperial College London with the goal of aiding the transition to net zero pollution.
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The Imperial-Iota-Infrastructures Lab (I3 Lab)

The I3-Lab was founded in 2022 with a generous donation from the IOTA Foundation, and is a joint initiative between the Dyson School of Design Engineering, the IOTA Foundation, the Transition to Zero Pollution initiative, and industry partners. The lab will be a lighthouse for translational research activities in the area of the circular economy.
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InFUSE EPSRC Prosperity Partnership

Imperial, Shell and Diamond Light Source have launched an EPSRC-funded Programme, InFUSE, on materials and processes for the energy transition. The programme will examine how technologies like batteries, electric vehicles, chemical production, and carbon capture and storage can be improved by understanding interfaces in these systems.
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Mobility Hub

Imperial partnered with Enterprise Rent-a-Car and Brompton Bikes on a pilot mobility hub designed to empower greater choice in urban transport. Find out more about the scheme on our Mobility hub pages.
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Undaunted: tackling climate change with innovation

Undaunted is an initiative of the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London and the Royal Institution to catalyse innovation of all forms that address the causes and effects of climate change.
A recording of the inaugural Imperial.Tech.Pitch event on Transition to Zero Pollution. Play video
A recording of the inaugural Imperial.Tech.Pitch event on Transition to Zero Pollution.

Imperial.Tech.Pitch: Transition to Zero Pollution

Watch the inaugural Imperial.Tech.Pitch event, which saw researchers and inventors from Imperial College London explain their work and ideas  aimed at building a more sustainable society, by reducing the environmental impact of heavy industries all the way through to redesigning the materials used in products across sectors.