SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS

Our Solutions & Activities

Our Solutions & Activities are addressing directly or indirectly several Sustainable Development Goals across all institutes.

Gut Microbes and Health, DTU-FOOD: We work towards enhancing acces to science between the North and the global South through our active collaborations with universities in Africa (target 17.6).
Sustainable Food InnovationDTU-Biosustain: We aim to create food alternatives that replace the use of endangered species, such as the development of endive root tonic as a replacement for (15.5)

Bacterial Ecophysiology and BiotechnologyDTU-Bioengineering: We increase scientific knowledge about the use of probiotics instead of antibiotics, developing research capacity and transfer of marine technology (target 14.a).

Synthetic Biology Tools for Yeast, DTU-Biosustain:  Target 14.7 on sustainable management of aquacultures is addressed in our EU project "COMBO". We support accurate co-cultivations with marine organisms and yeast and bacteria aiming at marine production.

Gut, Microbes and Health, DTU-FOOD: We work towards reduction of greenhouse gasses emissions through projects based on plant based fermented foods to substitute fermented dairy products. (target 13.2).
Sustainable Food Innovation, DTU-Biosustain: We work towards optimisation of natural resources by exploring the use of byproducts and upcycling (target 12.2), we aim to use i raw materials, when possible from an industrial by-product (target 12.5) and support the Global South through ongoing collaborations with Brazil (target 12.a)
Sustainable Food InnovationDTU-Biosustain: We work towards optimisation of energy efficiency through the use of more traditional fermentation processes and culinary techniques. 

Sustainable Food InnovationDTU-Biosustain: We work towards optimisation of our water resources by water through the use of more traditional fermentation processes and culinary techniques (target 6.4). 

Bacterial Ecophysiology and BiotechnologyDTU-Bioengineering: We work towards protection and restoration of our water resources by limiting antibiotic effluent through the use of probiotics in aquaculture (target 6.6).

Sustainable Food InnovationDTU-Biosustain: We work towards gender equality by making it a conscious criteria when hiring, as well as making space for non-binary and genderqueer folks.

Bacterial Ecophysiology and Biotechnology, DTU-Bioengineering: We actively ensure a 1:1 male to female ration within our laboratory at all carrier stages.

Synthetic Biology Tools for Yeast, DTU-Biosustain:  We actively ensure a 1:1 male to female ration within our laboratory.

 

Gut, Microbes and HealthDTU-FOOD: We work towards prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases in order to reduce premature mortality from them by targeting the microbiota to prevent, reduce toxic effects of, and alleviate inflammatory and metabolic diseases (target 3.4). We further identify microorganisms than can target the virulence of pathogenic streptococci (target 3.b).

Bacterial Ecophysiology and BiotechnologyDTU-bioengineering: Through the work performed at the Center for microbial secondary metabolites we aim to discover new antibiotics (target 3.d).

Gut, Microbes and Health, DTU-FOOD: We promote access of sustainable food for all by improving the quality of fermented camel milk (target 2.1)