Links : Research Institutes
BRASS
The Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability & Society. Fair Trade; public procurement and sustainable development; governance, diversification and structural change in the developing world.
Brook Lyndhurst
While their range is fairly broad they have considerable specialist experience in both the food industry and the waste sector, particularly carrying out macro- or systems-level analysis.
Institute of European Environmental Policy
Deals mainly with agricultural policy reform and fisheries.
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research
A research institute focusing on forage-related plant breeding, plant biology and genetics, animal science and nutrition, organic dairying, soil science and agro-ecology.
John Innes Centre
An independent, international centre of excellence in plant science and microbiology. Its mission is to carry out fundamental and strategic research, towards generation of economic and societal impact, to train scientists and to make its findings available to society.
Landcare Research New Zealand
The foremost environmental research organisation in New Zealand. It specialises in sustainable management of land resources optimising primary production, enhancing biodiversity, increasing the resource efficiency of businesses and conserving and restoring the natural assets of its communities. LCA of food systems, carbon footprinting for agricultural sector, Food Miles.
Manchester Business School
Here, researchers are particularly interested in the environmental and social implications of innovations at both the production and consumption ends of the food system.
Rothamsted Research
Research into sustainable land management and its environmental impact. Disciplines include genetics, biochemistry, cell biology and soil processes as well as investigations at the ecosystem and landscape scale.
Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
A non-profit research and public policy organization devoted to improving the world’s diet, preventing obesity, and reducing weight stigma. The Rudd Center serves as a leader in building broad-based consensus to change diet and activity patterns, while holding industry and government agencies responsible for safeguarding public health.
Sustainable Development Research Network
An initiative funded by both Defra and the Department for Transport and coordinated by the Policy Studies Institute in London. Undertakes a wide variety of activities to promote the use of sustainable development research within policy making.
Sustainable Technologies Programme
A major research initiative by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. Funds innovative and policy-relevant research on the social and economic processes that shape, foster or inhibit more sustainable technologies.
The Royal Society
This is is the independent scientific academy of the UK and the Commonwealth dedicated to promoting excellence in science. Included in its areas of investigation are climate change, energy and biofuels.
Water Footprint Network
This website outlines the concept of the water footprint. There are also online water footprint calculators (for individuals and nations) and an extensive publication list.