09 - Biobanking Development: Amsterdam UMC’s International Freezer Challenge Win and Carbon Literacy

“I learned that health care has a share of 6 to 8% in our total energy consumption - equal to the aviation sector. Although as health care researchers, we need to face this reality and act.”

This episode of the BBMRI-ERIC podcast goes behind Amsterdam UMC’s recent win of the International Freezer Challenge to explore biobanking sustainability and carbon literacy.

Jörg Hamann, Head of the Biobank and Management Committee member for The Netherlands' BBMRI National Node, tells Saba Abdulghani, BBMRI’s Head of Biobanking Development, about the significance of the win - Europe's first hospital to achieve the award.

Saba is also joined by Phil Korbel, Co Founder and Director of Advocacy at the Carbon Literacy Project, who will be working with BBMRI to develop a certified Carbon Literacy Toolkit. This initiative will form part of the Green Label that will enable Biobanks to demonstrate recognised sustainability credentials.