Supporting Sustainability in Analytical Labs by Switching from Helium to Hydrogen

 Supporting Sustainability in Analytical Labs by Switching from Helium to Hydrogen

by Lakshmi Krishnan, GC-MS Product Manager, Mass Spectrometry Division, Agilent Technologies

The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in sustainability initiatives in the sciences and technologies sectors. As global biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries have shown significant carbon footprints, scientific labs in this sector have steadily been establishing intentional sustainability programs to decrease their environmental footprint.

Accompanying this effort has been a growing desire from scientific labs for analytical instrument vendors to provide "greener" systems, consumables, and overall operational transparency that helps customers understand various vendors' and solutions' sustainability consciousness. Customers are also interested in vendors’ net zero commitments, energy-efficient instrumentation, use of recyclable materials in production and packaging, and a greener supply chain. Companies, including Agilent, have partnered with non-profit environmental organizations — for example, My Green Lab — that independently audit lab instruments and operations to provide eco-labels, making it easier for consumers to choose environmentally-friendly products and vendors.

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