The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation

Co-developing solutions for economies, communities and ecosystems to thrive together.

About Us

The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation was established in 2012 based on the University’s pioneering decision to place its world-class environmental research at the heart of driving innovation for Clean and Sustainable Growth.

About us

Current Projects & Themes

Our projects have developed a thriving ecosystem of interdisciplinary research bringing together experts from different disciplines to address regional, national and global challenges. See our research themes and current projects.

Business R&D and Innovation Support

Bringing together the cross-disciplinary expertise and cross-sector collaborations needed to create and deliver products, services and practices that help both people and our environment prosper. Discover our business support.

Graduate Research & Internships

Become a part of a vibrant research community of interdisciplinary scientists with a well developed support network and opportunities for a wide variety of training. See current opportunities.

News

Awards event will celebrate eco-innovation across the North West

An awards ceremony in Manchester this week will recognise the success stories of a three year collaborative research project which has worked with businesses across the North West of England, led by the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation team at Lancaster University.

Picture of the world from space and the Earthshot nominator badges

Lancaster University takes a key role in prestigious £5M global prize for the environment

A leading sustainable solutions centre at Lancaster University has been invited to play a key role in a prestigious prize led by Prince William and Sir David Attenborough.

Businesses plan for sustainable futures in Cumbria

More than 30 companies from across Cumbria came together for a Lancaster University event to do their part to address environmental and societal challenges.

Billboard that reads "Demand Change" in spray-paint letters with five people included around the letters

Liverpool SMEs leading the charge to net zero with Lancaster University collaborations

Businesses have saved more than 170 tonnes of greenhouse gases

18 fully funded internships and five part-funded 12-month Master's by Research projects available to the next trailblazing SMEs

2-part image: on the left Eve smiles to the camera wearing graduation gown and mortarboard; right is an image of a pile of clothes in a industrial historical industrial setting including Sewing Café Lancaster

Much of the clothing given to Lancaster charity shops ends up in landfill

Lancaster district residents generate more than a million kilograms of clothing waste each year, which is often shipped abroad for disposal, according to a prizewinning graduate.

Montage: in the centre Professor Kirk Semple smiles to the camera, between images of the inside and outside of Lancaster Environment Centre

New LEC Director – from soil microbiology to multidisciplinary collaborations that make a positive difference

Bringing people together across disciplines and continents and giving everyone a voice to support sustainable, resilient and equitable futures, is the ambition of the Lancaster Environment Centre’s new director.

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Contact us

General Enquiries

Email - cge@lancaster.ac.uk

Business Enquiries

Email - business@cgeinnovation.org

We receive a lot of emails to this address - typically we try to respond within 48 hours, but this can be extended during busy periods.

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