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) 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).

The first two editions, in collaboration with the Science and Technology Park Pune (Scitech), focused on SC and the UNEP 10 Green and Sustainable Chemistry Objectives and Guiding Considerations while showcasing examples from impactful Sustainable Chemistry start-ups across India. The third edition, in collaboration with the GIZ India, focused on Avoiding and Substituting Single-Use Plastics (SUPs). The current edition, co-organised with the Sector Moda of Colombia Productiva and GIZ Colombia, focuses on Sustainable Chemistry and the textile sector in Colombia.

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.

Join us and learn with us how the Sustainable Chemistry can change the chemical sector and related fields!

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The Sustainable Chemistry Club 2025

The 4th edition of the Sustainable Chemistry Club will start in February 2025 with a webinar in collaboration with the Sector Moda of Colombia Productiva and GIZ Colombia. This edition aims to engage stakeholders from Colombia’s textile sector by exploring Sustainable Chemistry concepts and their role in advancing the circular economy.

More details are coming soon!

The Sustainable Chemistry Club 2024

In August 2024, ISC3, in collaboration with GIZ India's “Circular Economy Solutions Preventing Marine Litter in Ecosystems (CES)” project, hosted the Sustainable Chemistry Club webinar on Advancing Green and Sustainable Chemistry – Avoiding and Substituting Single-Use Plastics (SUPs). The online event, focused on exploring scalable alternatives to single-use plastics and the latest developments in the chemical industry regarding their substitution. The session aimed to foster the development of entrepreneurial ecosystem in Sustainable Chemistry, and featured six start-ups from India and Europe, showcasing real-world success stories and regional business cases that highlight the potential of packaging-free solutions and SUP alternatives.

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