Explore the world of Sustainable Chemistry and join the ISC3 community

Explore the world of Sustainable Chemistry and join the ISC3 community

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 ISC3 Online Atlas
 ISC3 Online Atlas

ISC3 Online Atlas

Connecting international stakeholders across actors and sectors is an important aspect of promoting Sustainable Chemistry. The Online Atlas is an interactive platform that displays actors worldwide. Join the community.

 ISC3 Event Calendar
 ISC3 Event Calendar

ISC3 Event Calendar

Cooperation and knowledge exchange across actors and sectors are key to facilitating a transformation towards Sustainable Chemistry. Explore opportunities to learn, exchange, and interact at events in the world of Sustainable Chemistry. Join the community.

Who we are

ISC3 is an international centre that fosters the transition of the chemical and chemical-related sectors to Sustainable Chemistry, promoting a circular economy that is striving to implement multifaceted aspects of sustainability at every step of the life cycle of products and changing all stakeholder behaviour.Therefore, the Centre takes a multi-stakeholder approach, targeting policymakers, the public and private sectors, academia and civil society.

ISC3 contributes globally to international chemicals policy, develops professional and academic trainings, offersadvisory services, fosters innovations, supports entrepreneurship and conducts research.The ISC3 is hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in cooperation with Leuphana University Lüneburg as ISC3 Research & Education Hub and DECHEMA Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (DECHEMA e. V.) as ISC3 Innovation Hub.The Centre was founded in 2017 on the initiative of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection (BMUV, formerly BMU) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA).