Infineum’s Jacquie Berryman to become President of ATC
Voted for by her industry peers, Jacquie Berryman became President of The Additive Technical Committee of Petroleum Additive Manufacturers in Europe AISBL ( ATC). The ATC was established to bring members together to discuss technical and statutory topics of industry concern and develop common approaches. It has a long history of leading the industry in areas of Health, Safety and the Environment and for providing strong technical input to performance test development and, with other industry partners, in providing input to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association ( ACEA) in the area of specification development.
Berryman believes ATC will need to adapt to key industry trends like globalization, electrification and digitalization and she is particularly excited about bringing ATC's history of industry leadership to the topic of sustainability.
Recognizing the industry's need for common understanding, ATC set up a Sustainability Sub- Committee in September 2019, with the aim of delivering harmonized approaches and methodologies for calculating sustainability data and ways of working effectively with partners along the value chain.
When asked, what success would look like at the end of her two- year term as president, Jacquie Berryman said: “A common industry approach to carbon footprint and Life Cycle Assessment, recognized for its robustness and benefit to the entire value chain, would be a good outcome.”
This approach could facilitate informed discussions with suppliers, so lubricant marketers can ask the right questions to understand what the provided sustainability data mean. Having quality information should then enable informed product purchasing decisions.
From a supplier perspective, a common approach to sustainability data would bring improved certainty of industry expectations and any differences from the norm could be established upfront. Progress and accountability against these metrics, over time should improve the energy efficiency of products and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Repeatable, reliable and field relevant test data will allow lubricant marketers to compare and consider product quality.