Assoc. Prof Simon Lockrey

Group Member

Dr Simon Lockrey is a leading sustainability and design-based entrepreneur, board member, and academic, having been based at RMIT since 2009. The domains in which Dr Lockrey has managed research include life cycle assessment (LCA), co-design, design innovation, marketing, resource efficiency, flammable cladding, automotive history, and food waste. As a result, he has generated millions of dollars of ‘industry facing’ Category 1, 2, 3 and 4 research, creating global impact through policy changes, commercial outcomes, media coverage, quality academic publications, and hundreds of citations. Dr Lockrey’s projects have required the deployment of sustainability strategy, tool development, and training for global and nationally significant companies, including CHEP, Visy, Nestlé, Lendlease, Costa, Grocon and Breville. Relevant government and NGO projects have also ensued, with Sustainability Victoria, Australian Fresh Produce Alliance, Australian Food and Grocery Council, Australia Post, Australian Antarctic Division, Uniting AgeWell, and Meat and Livestock Australia. On practice, his experience has been wide and varied for organisations such as Cyclone, Dyson, Whirlpool, Sabco, Sorbent, Novatech Controls, Schiavello, and Henkel, which has resulted in the generation of many billions of dollars in income and Intellectual Property (IP). Products he has designed have won Australian Design Awards, and the internationally recognized Red Dot Award. Simon is the Reduce Program Leader in the Fight Food Waste CRC (FFW CRC), worth $121 million over 10 years, and currently Executive Director of Glowpear, Vice President of Automotive Historians Australia, and sits on the board of International Sustainable Development Research Society.