Ecological Innovations It’s about opening up new solution areas for automation and the transformative steps toward a circular economy. Economists have been predicting the end of linear growth for some time now. Moving toward a closed circular economy is the next major goal with new growth potential. Here, too, our great role model is nature, as it knows no waste or garbage. Particularly promising for Festo is the inclusion of biology as a field of activity for automation because automation technology can be used to accelerate and scale biological processes and thus make them economically viable. Following the bioreactor projects PhotoBionicCell (2022) and BionicCellFactory (2023), which focused on the cultivation of algae, Festo’s current BionicHydrogenBattery project focuses on one of the energy sources of tomorrow: hydrogen. Among other things, it will play an important role in the generation of clean electricity. Protecting climate and resources is becoming our most urgent task. How do we save energy and reduce CO2 emissions? How can we use less material, recycle more, and find alternative materials? Picture, bottom left: The PhotoBionicCell automates the cultivation of algae and keeps growth in check. Picture, bottom right: The BionicCellFactory demonstrates a holistic bioprocess – from the automated cultivation of algae to its further processing and refinement. 26 27 1. Blue World 2. Strategy and Management 3. Climate Protection and Resource Efficiency 4. Technical Education 5. People at Festo 6. Ethics and Governance 7. GRI Index 8. Report Profile Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2023 Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2023
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