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SUMMARY:The Business of Alt Protein: Introduction to Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs)
DESCRIPTION:The Business of Alt Protein: Introduction to Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs)Past\n\n\n\n\nJoin GFI and Foodsteps for a seminar on Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs). We’ll discuss best practices for conducting LCAs\, what to be aware of before conducting LCAs\, and how companies can use LCA results to understand and communicate their environmental impact. \n\n\n\n	Share this page on Facebook\n	\n	Share on Facebook\n\n\n	Share this page on Twitter\n	\n	Share on X\n\n\n	Share this page on LinkedIn\n	\n	Share on LinkedIn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar description\n\n\n\nLife cycle assessments (LCAs) are the most widely used tool for quantifying and evaluating the environmental impact of producing goods and services. Join GFI and Foodsteps\, a UK-based company which helps food businesses understand and communicate their environmental impact with confidence\, for a seminar on LCAs. We will cover:  \n\n\n\n\nThe fundamentals of LCAs – what they are\, when they should be used\, and how they should be conducted.\n\n\n\nWhat companies should be aware of before embarking on an LCA.\n\n\n\nAn overview of GFI’s newly released LCA Guide\, which contains detailed guidance and best practices for alternative protein companies interested in undertaking LCAs. \n\n\n\nAn inside look into the unique software Foodsteps has modeled for GFI’s community to measure\, understand\, and reduce alternative protein impact.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the speakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Chapman\n\n\n\nFOOD SYSTEMS IMPACT ADVISOR\, GFI CONSULTANT \n\n\n\nTom Chapman\, is a food system impact advisor with a focus on alternative proteins. He is currently Head of Food Systems Impact for Sentient Ventures\, a VC fund focused on plant and fermentation-enabled FoodTech. In addition\, with GFI he has developed a series of industry tools\, such as the GFI & FAIRR ESG Framework for Alternative Protein companies and the recently published LCA Guide for Alternative Protein Manufacturers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaura Heinbokel\n\n\n\nSENIOR LCA DATA ANALYST\, FOODSTEPS \n\n\n\nMaura is a Senior LCA Analyst at Foodsteps\, a tech company that supports food businesses in measuring and reducing their environmental impacts. During her time at Foodsteps\, she has led the delivery of numerous life-cycle assessments for food service companies and food brands\, while also expanding the team’s capacity for insights that span from farm to fork. Prior to her role at Foodsteps\, Maura supported organizations both large and small in translating their data to improve stakeholder outcomes. She previously worked as a Strategy and Analytics Consultant for U.S. Government clients at IBM before relocating to Bangalore\, India\, to assess the efficacy of South Indian rural development programs as an Impact Manager at a local NGO. Driven by a strong passion for building people-centered\, nature-friendly food and farming systems\, Maura holds both an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a BSc in Science\, Technology\, and International Affairs from Georgetown University. She can often be found whipping up delicious plant-based dinners and extolling the virtues of the humble legume. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Arnott\n\n\n\nPRODUCT MANAGER\, FOODSTEPS \n\n\n\nPaul boasts an extensive professional background encompassing a remarkable span of 15 years\, during which he has cultivated invaluable expertise in the realms of product management and software engineering. Notably\, his illustrious tenure spans 7 years as the distinguished head of product for an ensemble of sports performance management utilities at Hudl\, a preeminent global trailblazer in this domain. Within his current capacity at Foodsteps\, Paul shoulders the pivotal charge of formulating and executing the strategic vision\, trajectory\, and realization of the Foodsteps life-cycle assessment platform. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Foodsteps\n\n\n\nWith food creating 26% of global greenhouse gas emissions\, Foodsteps are a UK food-tech startup dedicated to helping the food industry further understand and communicate the carbon impact of their recipes\, products and food items – making impact targets easier to achieve. \n\n\n\nFrom Life Cycle Assessments from cradle to grave\, to carbon rating labels on your menus – Foodsteps offers an inclusive data suite which is easy to use for any team. Learn more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming events\n\n\n\nView all events\n\n\n\n\n	\n															\n								\n		\n										\n						\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													November 12\, 2026\n																\n								Virtual Event\n																			\n				\n				\n					The Science of Alt Protein: Genome-scale modeling of porcine cell metabolism\n				\n				\n							\n				Explore how a GFI-funded genome-scale metabolic model can reveal porcine cell nutrient requirements and inform lower-cost culture media for cultivated…
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SUMMARY:The Science of Alt Protein: Jumpstarting techno-economic analysis for fermentation
DESCRIPTION:The Science of Alt Protein: Jumpstarting techno-economic analysis for fermentationPast\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to learn about a new techno-economic analysis tool for fermentation designed to empower companies to better understand the economics required to launch their bioproducts in the mass market. \n\n\n\n	Share this page on Facebook\n	\n	Share on Facebook\n\n\n	Share this page on Twitter\n	\n	Share on X\n\n\n	Share this page on LinkedIn\n	\n	Share on LinkedIn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent speakers\n\n\n\nBrentan Alexander\, Ph.D.Crystal Bleecher\, P.E.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar description\n\n\n\nFermentation technology holds immense potential in the alternative protein space\, but determining commercial-scale production costs has always been a complex and costly challenge for the sector. \n\n\n\nIn June\, Synonym launched Scaler\, its new techno-economic analysis tool for fermentation designed to empower alternative protein companies with a better understanding of the unit economics required to launch their bioproducts in the mass market. \n\n\n\nCompanies looking for a techno-economic analysis for fermentation can now use Scaler to model their costs of building a commercial-scale facility and producing at industrial-scale. Users can refine over 50 parameters in their models\, including variables related to fermentation\, feedstock\, media\, downstream processing\, financing assumptions and more. After providing these inputs\, users receive a customized report with key insights about their process\, including a CapEx breakdown\, COGS\, breakdown\, sensitivity analysis\, bankability analysis and facility sizing analysis. \n\n\n\nDuring this seminar\, the audience will hear directly from the brains behind the model powering Scaler\, Brentan Alexander\, Chief Investment Officer at Synonym\, and Crystal Bleecher\, Director of Engineering at Synonym. Combined\, Brentan and Crystal have many years of experience financing and designing large-scale infrastructure projects across novel technologies and industries. \n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the speakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrentan Alexander\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER\, SYNONYM \n\n\n\nBrentan has a strong entrepreneurial background and has devoted his career to mitigating climate impacts through the commercialization of novel technologies. He has deep technical expertise that allows him to engage with project finance and development at a foundational level\, ​​wrapping underlying technical breakthroughs in the required commercial structures to enable financing. He has seen over 1\,000 different projects over his career\, giving him unparalleled perspective into the structures\, risks\, and opportunities that are attractive to project finance investors and the minimum requirements to attract capital. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining Synonym\, Brentan served in numerous executive roles at New Energy Risk\, a leading technology performance insurer\, and oversaw the underwriting\, structuring and execution of every deal that New Energy Risk closed\, representing over $2BN in deployed insurance capital and $3BN in total project capital. Prior to New Energy Risk\, Brentan was an engineer\, tackling projects in failure root-cause analysis\, manufacturing quality control\, validation test design\, engineering design review\, and technology R&D for clients including Shell\, Microsoft\, BP\, General Motors\, and Columbia Sportswear. \n\n\n\nBrentan received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering\, where he focused on solid fuel gasification and syngas utilization using solid-oxide fuel cell technology. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications\, has presented at a variety of technical symposia\, and has been honored as an NDSEG Fellow (2009-2012) and a Rohsenow Fellow (2007-2008). He holds MS and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrystal Bleecher\, P.E.\n\n\n\nDIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING\, SYNONYM \n\n\n\nCrystal is a professionally licensed chemical engineer and subject matter expert in fermentation process and facility design. She has over 18 years of experience tackling the challenges of commercializing novel fermentation processes and has extensive experience in process optimization\, value engineering\, and sterile and hygienic design. \n\n\n\nCrystal began her career as a process engineer\, working for cellulosic biofuel start-ups.  Most recently\, she spent 10 years at Merrick & Company\, leading a team of process engineers to develop designs for large capital fermentation projects\, ranging from $50-$800 million total installed cost. Crystal’s career has been dedicated to developing complex engineering solutions for the renewable fuel & alternative protein industries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming events\n\n\n\nView all events\n\n\n\n\n	\n															\n								\n		\n										\n						\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													November 12\, 2026\n																\n								Virtual Event\n																			\n				\n				\n					The Science of Alt Protein: Genome-scale modeling of porcine cell metabolism\n				\n				\n							\n				Explore how a GFI-funded genome-scale metabolic model can reveal porcine cell nutrient requirements and inform lower-cost culture media for cultivated…
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