Working with our lab-based researchers, they have now managed to secure the Gold LEAF Award. The ESI is the first lab at the University of Exeter to reach this accreditation and I’m very grateful to everyone involved. This work puts us on the right path to make sure our lab research lives up to the Institute’s name. Many thanks and congratulations to everyone who was involved in this work. Jenny Lord from the ESI Technical Services Team said: Applying for the LEAF Gold accreditation for the ESI wet labs was a great chance to collaborate with our research groups to learn about the sustainable practises already happening and share that knowledge with the wider UoE lab community via the Exeter Sustainable Labs Teams group set up by Daniela Farina.