IndiNature

First UK industrial hemp carbon negative construction insulation now #BBACertified! Design, specify & install #IndiTherm with confidence in retrofit and new build construction with a full BBA Agrément Certificate from the British Board of Agrément https://lnkd.in/eg4uRgU9 IndiTherm - UK grown & made natural fibre insulation: ✅ Healthy and soft to touch for installers - quick to install ✅ Net negative embodied carbon - capture & store in your building ✅ Simple friction fit in structural framing /against masonry ✅ Exceptional thermal & moisture buffering properties ✅ Low-density heat storage - warm in winter, cool in summer ✅ Reaction to Fire: Euroclass E - BS EN 13501-1:2018 ✅ Excellent rigidity to resist slumping - durability tested ✅ Sound reduction: min 40db (50mm+) - internal partition walls Available now - UK wide distribution > https://shorturl.at/eqDV6 #netzero #retrofit #missionretrofit #housebuilding #newbuild #insulation #insulationmaterials #insulationinstallation #construction #supplychain #decarbonisation #repairandmaintenance #housingassociations #IAA #BBA #trustmark #socialhousing #embodiedcarbon #ccu #biobasedmaterials #industrialhemp #hemp #madeinbritain #zerowaste #sustainability #architecture #scotland #uk #ukhousing #climatechange #greenbuilding #specification #design #circulareconomy #circularbioeconomy #sdg9 #sdg12 #sdg13 #sustainable #sustainabledesign #climateaction #cleantech #warmhomescoolplanet #coolplanet

The latest SOSE Spotlight podcast episode is now live! 🎙️ Ahead of global climate summit COP29, we speak to IndiNature co-founder Sam Baumber on how the innovative business is focussed on the future of the planet. Sam also discusses the variety of benefits offered by being based in the South of Scotland. Listen here 🎧 https://lnkd.in/geTsNw8G #SustainabilityStartsHere #LetsDoNetZero IndiNature Sam Baumber

This week, the Biofibre Special Interest Group and the Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping had the privilege of visiting IndiNature's impressive production facility in the Scottish Borders. Alongside Adrian Hayler from Elsoms Seeds Ltd, and Lydia Smith and Jasmine Toole from Niab, we explored the exciting possibilities of hemp and other natural fibers. IndiNature's commitment to sustainable innovation and their state-of-the-art facility providing the inspiration. A huge thank you to Sam Baumber and the entire team at IndiNature for their warm hospitality, showing us around and sharing some of their new innovations, and research and development work. It’s clear that big things are happening at IndiNature, and we can’t wait to hear more about this in the near future. #SustainableInnovation #NaturalFibers #Hemp #ResearchAndDevelopment #CircularEconomy #GreenTechnology #PlantBasedMaterials #InnovationInAction #BehindTheScenes #IndustryVisit

Good luck to all semi-finalists in Scottish EDGE #EDGE24! Coincidentally, this week as an #EDGEAlumni, IndiNature finished repaying the loan element of Scottish Edge funds after winning #EDGE11 in 2017. A great feeling! What a journey! A flashback few images are below, showing highlights that winning Scottish EDGE has enabled since then (see if you can spot us in the crowd!). Checkout their IndiNature case study video here too: https://lnkd.in/eASgNdy5   We will always be grateful to Scottish EDGE - for backing us with grant, loan and encouragement at the start, working with us to help manage through the pandemic, and being a great supporter helping promote IndiNature’s #impact as we scale to the next level. We’re incredibly proud to have been able to reach this point, hopefully proving out the important investment and risk taken by the Scottish #startup support ecosystem as a whole to get new innovative, purpose-led companies up and running for people & planet. Thank you Evelyn McDonald, Kevin Walls, Jack Proctor & all at Scottish Edge, including the excellent Scottish EDGE Judges, and everyone in all the support organisations along the way, and to the IndiNature team - keep it going! Looking forward to seeing the next innovative companies this year! We recommend grabbing an EARLY BIRD ticket for this year's Live Final in Edinburgh, 28th November - and be inspired: https://lnkd.in/ehADQ2-V #entrepreneurship #impactentrepreneurship #innovation #climatechange #hemp #industrialhemp #insulation #SDG9 #SDG12 #SDG13 #SDG15 #SouthofScotland #ScottishBorders #IndiTherm #IndiBreathe #IndiSilence #warmhomescoolplanet #wehaveaplanettocool

Traditional crops insulating traditional buildings in #ListedHeritage out now - The Listed Property Owners' Club highlighting the UK industrial hemp comeback! #IndiTherm UK grown & made, #BBACertified industrial hemp insulation on show in the Grade II Listed Long Furlong House on the Highgrove Estate, managed by The Duchy Of Cornwall. Perfect alongside natural materials in over 450,000 listed buildings across the UK, modern #naturalfibreinsulation helps buildings breathe, manage moisture and heat, preserving the life of the materials around them, and the life of the building. Easy to handle, and easy to remove and reprocess if necessary, natural fibre insulation does not alter the existing state of the building which is crucial in listed heritage properties. >> Find out more - its a great read! Listed Heritage: https://lnkd.in/eZBNvBUR >>Find #UKgrownandmade industrial hemp insulation: www.indinature.co #historicbuildings #traditionalbuildings #estates #retrofit #insulation #breathable #buildingpreservation #climatechange #missionretrofit #listedbuildings #buildingconservation #ScottishLandandEstates #HistoricEnvironmentScotland #HistoricEngland #HistoricWales #IndiBreathe #MadeinBritain

Thank you to IndiNature for the quick delivery of their IndiTherm insulation that I ordered to insulate my bathroom during renovation. My house was built in the late 60s and as expected, when we stripped the bathroom back to the bare structure, we found zero insulation in the timber frame, so it will be great to get this insulation added, whilst we do the interior fitout. More works to happen in the future from the outside, as part of a staged retrofit of the home. I’m sure the site team will enjoy working with the natural soft touch insulation, which is made from UK grown hemp. It feels good to be able to use super low embodied carbon insulation with exceptional thermal and moisture buffering properties on my own home. You can find out more about their products here: https://www.indinature.co/ #naturalinsulation #lowembodiedcarbon #sustainableconstruction #biologicalmaterials #retrofit

🏆🏆£𝟱𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗼-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 (𝗕𝗕-𝗥𝗘𝗚-𝗡𝗘𝗧)🏆🏆 💚💚𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗕𝗜𝗔 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀💚💚 I am delighted to let you know that the BBIA, in partnership with The University of Sheffield, NNFCC The Bioeconomy Consultants, Perspective Economics, Higginson Strategy and Resource Media, have been awarded £500,000 funding from Innovate UK, for the implementation of the Bio-based and biodegradable materials regulatory science and innovation network (BB-REG-NET). 👏👏A huge thank you to those of you who kindly provided a letter of support for our application👏👏 🌳🌳𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗶𝗼-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀🌳🌳 World-leading #sustainable #biobased #chemicals and #materials (BB-Materials) developed, designed and manufactured in the UK, offer a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transition away from oil-and-gas, creating a resilient-engine for #netzero, and securing and growing hundreds-of-thousands of highly-skilled and productive jobs. Through accelerating the commercialisation of BB-Materials, if 30% of chemicals could be bio-based by 2050, this has potential for £204 billion annual income for UK plc. 🧪🧪𝗕𝗶𝗼-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 (𝗕𝗕-𝗥𝗘𝗚-𝗡𝗘𝗧)🧪🧪 BB-REG-NET implementation will establish a network of BB-Material stakeholders, with the aim of developing new tools, standards and approaches to evaluate the quality, performance and environmental and economic impact of BB-Materials, to assess benefit-risk and facilitate sound and transparent #policy and #regulatory decision-making. Some of the key areas that BB-REG-NET will cover to aim to improve policy, regulations and standards are:  🌳Feedstock availability and sustainability 🌳Infrastructure and end-of-life of BB-Materials 🌳Environmental impact and product safety, including #LCA, #biodegradability standards, #microplastics, development of #labelling systems 🌳Economic impact, including how changes to #regulations can stimulate economic growth 🌳Market acceptance and #consumer awareness, including #communication, #certification standards and #labelling Jonathan Hobson Adrian Higson Charles Newman Alex Davies Rachael Rothman Joanna Gavins Stuart Walker Paul Mines Mark Corbett Linda Bedenik CPI Biorenewables Development Centre Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Catalyst Aline Miller Richard L. Holiferm Jack Weaver Mark Renshaw Antonia Shann George Freeman FRSA MP BSI Tony Breton Afsaneh Nabifar Andy Sweetman Lucy Cowton Sara Holland Alice Mortiboy Vincent Gillingham John Williams

As part of their Build module earlier this year some of our architecture students designed and installed panelling made of IndiNature hemp insulation bats, linen, and wood to improve the acoustics in various rooms in our WISE building. This has been a great success and last week students Brandon, Ellen, Jordan and Amy, assisted by Master Carpenter and tutor on our Tiny House course Carwyn Jones, installed them in our Café extension. A very big thank you for their work. 🔨

Scottish Land & Estates has urged the UK government to use the upcoming budget to implement fiscal reforms that support rural communities, tackle climate change, and ensure the sustainable future of the rural economy.

One of the many enjoyable parts of my job is that I get to visit Scottish Land & Estates members’ businesses and projects and see innovation in action. Today I was blown away by the IndiNature facility near Jedburgh. The potential of hemp for both growers and for those looking to improve the energy efficiency of rural houses using a natural product is huge, so I’m delighted that SLE is able to play a small part in supporting the growth of IndiNature as well as championing the company’s progressive approach. Thanks to Graeme Purves for the tour of the impressive production facility and to Joe Farren & Alex McLeod for the policy, regulation and market potential chat.