Analysing responsible innovation along a value chain - a single-cell protein case study

Flight, MH, Tait, J, Chronopoulos, T, Betancor, M, Wischhusen, P, Burton, E ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2784-6922, O'Neill, HM, van der Heul, K, Hays, J and Rowe, P, 2024. Analysing responsible innovation along a value chain - a single-cell protein case study. Engineering Biology. ISSN 2398-6182

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Abstract

The British Standards Institution's Publicly Available Specification 440 (PAS 440) provides a Responsible Innovation Framework (RIF) that companies can use to continuously monitor the societal, environmental and health benefits and risks of their innovations, as well as relevant changes to the supply chain and regulations. PAS 440 is intended to help companies achieve the benefits of innovation in a timely manner and avoid any potential harm or unintended misuse of a new product, process or service. Here, the authors have applied the PAS 440 RIF to a novel single-cell protein (SCP) animal feed ingredient taking into consideration the perspectives of the value chain partners (VCPs), companies and laboratories involved in an Innovate UK research project. The authors' findings show how VCPs can use PAS440 to demonstrate that they are innovating responsibly. Using this approach to responsible innovation along the value chain-from manufacturing scale-up, through regulatory approval, to incorporation in animal feed and from there to food on supermarket shelves-can support the development of innovations that contribute to the economic and environmental sustainability of the animal feed sector. The authors conclude that the PAS 440 Guide can facilitate the progress of a new product throughout a value chain and contribute to coordinating responsible behaviour among companies involved in the value chain.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Engineering Biology
Creators:	Flight, M.H., Tait, J., Chronopoulos, T., Betancor, M., Wischhusen, P., Burton, E., O'Neill, H.M., van der Heul, K., Hays, J. and Rowe, P.
Publisher:	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Date:	20 March 2024
ISSN:	2398-6182
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1049/enb2.12031 DOI 1877188 Other
Rights:	© 2024 The Authors. Engineering Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Institution of Engineering and Technology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/], which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	22 Mar 2024 16:45
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2024 16:45
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51144

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