Enabling Better Choices
Green Chemistry for Professionals
Enabling Better Choices: Green Chemistry for Professionals From core concepts to real-world cases—understand what matters and how to act on it.
A compact, practice-oriented course for industry professionals who make decisions involving materials, sustainability, procurement, risk, or innovation — without needing a chemistry background.
Across industries, green chemistry increasingly shapes regulation, procurement criteria, product development, customer expectations, and risk management. Yet many professionals outside of R&D or technical teams are rarely offered accessible training that explains the fundamentals behind these trends.
This compact online course gives non-chemists in industry a clear, non-technical introduction to green chemistry and its relevance for daily decision-making. Whether you work in operations, procurement, sustainability, product management, compliance, innovation, or engineering, this course helps you recognise where green chemistry affects your business — and how greener decisions can reduce risks and costs while supporting competitive advantage.
Through short expert input, industry-relevant cases, and interactive group exercises, participants build the vocabulary and confidence to assess greener options, ask better questions, and connect chemical concepts to real-world challenges. Each participant leaves with 1–2 concrete follow-up ideas or questions tailored to their own role and organisational context.
Key Benefits
Understand essential green chemistry concepts in clear, non-technical language.
Recognise greener options and why they matter for risk, compliance, cost, and customer expectations.
Connect green chemistry to business performance in industrial settings.
Ask sharper, more informed questions about materials, hazards, alternatives, or supplier claims.
Collaborate more effectively with technical teams, R&D, suppliers, and sustainability functions.
Identify where greener decisions could reduce risk or create value in your products, processes, or policies.
Upskill quickly: a 2–3 hour online format designed for busy schedules across all industry sectors.
Leave with actionable takeaways directly applicable to your organisation.
Program
09:00-10:30: Expert-Led Foundations Session
A non-technical introduction to green chemistry and essential chemical concepts.
How chemistry links to regulation, product safety, supply-chain risk, and competitiveness.
Industry examples: substances of concern, safer alternatives, circular materials, cleaner processes.
Simple visuals and structured explanations to build confidence and shared understanding.
10:30-11:25: Interactive Business & Case Exercises
Using short real-world cases from industry and startups
Identify high-impact opportunities for greener materials or processes
Compare conventional vs. greener alternatives using simple business-relevant criteria
Role-play internal decision-making (procurement, sustainability, R&D, management) These exercises help participants ask the right questions and evaluate greener options realistically.
11:25-11:45: Presentation to the group
11:45-12:00: Reflection & Action Session (15 min.)
A structured discussion where participants reflect on insights and identify 1–2 concrete actions relevant to their company, products, or processes. Expert feedback reinforces transfer into daily practice.
Who should register?
This course is designed for industry professionals of all seniority levels who influence decisions related to sustainability, procurement, safety, risk, product development, or operations — with no chemistry background required.
Ideal for:
Sustainability & ESG roles
Procurement & supply chain professionals
Product managers & product development teams
Operations, engineering, and quality management
Regulatory affairs & compliance
Innovation managers and project leads
New employees needing a foundational introduction to green chemistry
Industrial firms without in-house R&D, looking to understand greener options more confidently
Participants come from industries such as manufacturing, automotive, electronics, FMCG, textiles, packaging, logistics, machinery, and beyond.