Sustainability has become a top priority across industries, fueling global initiatives to conserve resources, reduce carbon emissions, and mitigate environmental impacts while promoting efficiency and collaboration throughout product life cycles. The development of large-scale underground infrastructures, such as the Einstein Telescope, requires an integrated and forward-thinking approach to ensure sustainability is embedded across every phase of its lifecycle.

This research-industry workshop seeks to bring together leading experts and industry actors to discuss sustainability challenges linked to large-scale underground scientific infrastructures. Using the Einstein Telescope project as a model case, the event will foster innovative discussions and collaborative solutions to address these critical issues.

The program will facilitate the examination and the discussion of sustainability approaches applicable throughout the complete project lifecycle:

• Design Phase: Integration of sustainability principles in initial conceptualization and planning;

• Construction Phase: Implementing eco-friendly building techniques and material selection and reuse strategies;

• Operational Phase: Minimizing resource consumption and environmental impact;

• Decommissioning Phase: Evaluation of responsible site restoration approaches.