Amy Fitzgerald is a Research Engineer at the National Composites Centre (NCC) in Bristol, England. She holds an engineering doctorate from the University of Surrey, where her research focussed on understanding the environmental impact of carbon fibre manufacture under different production scenarios. Now she is applying this research more widely to the composites industry to realise the substantial sustainability benefits they can bring. Specifically, this includes, but is not limited to, the use of bio-based materials, understanding sustainable manufacturing scenarios, applications for recycled composites and the implementation of Life Cycle Assessments.