Sustainable Chemistry Club

Sustainable Chemistry Club

Join The Sustainable Chemistry Club!

Do you want to learn what impact can be achieves with Green and Sustainable Chemistry? Do you want to connect to experts from Academia, Industry and Innovation? Would you like to be part of a growing community of people committed to sustainability? Join our Sustainable Chemistry Club!

The International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3), together with the Science and Technology Park Pune (Scitech), launched a webinar series about Sustainable Chemistry called the Sustainable Chemistry Club. Our goal with the club is to raise awareness on the pivotal role of Green and Sustainable Chemistry (SC) as a major contribution to achieving the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Chemistry contributes to every aspect of modern life, from food, agriculture, personal care, clean drinking water to waste management, circular economy and energy, 90% of global production depends on chemical products. The chemical industry and downstream sectors affect nearly every manufacturing and service sector worldwide and it´s therefore one of the largest contributors to climate change! The chemical sector consumes 10% of the world's total energy and contributes to 8% of greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Sustainable Chemistry Club 2022/ 2023

The final session took place on April 25th, 2023 in the frame of the ISC3 Sustainable Chemistry Spotlight on Sustainable Chemistry and Innovation. The ISC3 has awared three best start-up solutions from all of the webinars. Congratulations to E[co]work, SCHÜTZEN, and Ashaya! The three start-ups will present their innovations in the frame of the upcoming ISC3 Investor Forum on September 28th, 2023 in Bonn, Germany.

The objective of the 2022/2023 series was to highlight actions being taken to promote and implement Green and Sustainable Chemistry across different stakeholders: Policymakers, Entrepreneurs and Academia. The event series, which began with a Roundtable discussion, aimed to foster a common understanding of Green and Sustainable Chemistry and showcase how UNEPs Green and Sustainable Chemistry: Framework Manual and the 10 Green and Sustainable Chemistry objectives can be useful tools for stakeholders to take relevant actions. Participants had the opportunity to see the potential of green and sustainable chemical innovations to support the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. After the Roundtable, five webinars followed, each focusing on two of UNEP’s Objectives, with corresponding illustrative examples from impactful Sustainable Chemistry start-ups, MSMEs and innovators from across India.

The club was created to bring together the Sustainable Chemistry ecosystem and discuss the pivotal role of Sustainable Chemistry across sectors and value chains. Panelists discussed the holistic concept of Sustainable Chemistry and it´s linkages between various industry sectors and innovation. Each session was followed by a networking event, where all participants had the opportunity to exchange with our Panel of experts.

Learn more about our second season: SSC 2022/ 2023
The Sustainable Chemistry Club 2021

The club was created to raise awareness on the pivotal role of Sustainable Chemistry (SC) across sectors and value chains. Participants had the opportunity to learn the holistic concept of Sustainable Chemistry and understand the linkages between SC, various industry sectors and innovation. In every session one speaker from Europe and India present their insights, experiences and challenges followed by an open discussion.

Learn more about our first season: SSC 2021

You can also find our past Sustainable Chemistry Club Webinars on Youtube