Leading Change for a Sustainable Chemical Industry - Distance Learning Courses

The Natural Step and Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden are calling all professionals in the chemical industry and value chains reliant upon it. We invite you to join industry leaders in this exciting and innovative 10-month course for industry professionals.

We are currently running the 2011 course and applications are open for the 2012 course. The next course will kick off on April 5th 2012 and run until December 2012, with workshops scheduled in Europe.

Join participants from companies like Dow, DSM, Omya, Eliokem, Akzo Nobel and many more!

• February 23rd, 2012 (16.00 GMT+1)
  

Chemicals are the building blocks of life and are used in products all throughout society. The challenges for sustainable chemical use span across industries and multiple value chains, and to make meaningful progress, collaboration is essential. We are pleased to be offering this course as a means to build competence of industry leaders, facilitate value chain dialogue and deliver business results to participating companies.

• Learn the principles for sustainable business drawing on our 20 years of experience.
• Define the business case - address sustainability to manage risk and generate opportunity.
• Access cutting edge sustainability insight from industry experts.
• Network with your customers and suppliers to address shared challenges.
• Methods are applied directly to your business with customized advisory support.
• Cost-effective professional development delivering a university-accredited Advanced Certificate (7.5 ECTS credits).

• Course schedule: Spread over 10 months (8-10 scheduled days + project time + study).
• Participants: leaders within organisations both within the chemical sector and entire value chains reliant upon it: executives,  managers, function leaders & specialists dealing with sustainability / EHS issues.
• Delivery mode: flexible, to suit working professionals; blended learning methods with online access (elearning, readings, videos, webinars x10), + workshops (x3) in Europe.
• Award-winning content: using the internationally recognized framework for strategic sustainable development promoted by The Natural Step.
• Professional coaching: from experienced sustainability advisors.
• Pricing: € 5000 / participant, plus VAT. Course literature is included in the price.

"The LCSCI course provided absolute clarity on the subject of sustainability. It facilitated the opportunity for people, from many diverse backgrounds, to come together and focus on real achievable goals that are common to all. The collaboration between The Natural Step and the BTH was superb and the resulting course thoroughly enjoyable. The lessons learnt from this course will prove invaluable for both mine and my company's future."

-- Paul Nelms, Business Excellence Systems Manager, Telford Extrusions, UK.

• General Enquiries: contact Richard Blume (+46 768 4321 96) at The Natural Step International 
• Download Brochure (.pdf)
• Visit the course website: www.bth.se/lcsci
• Background on past courses
• Testimonials (on course website)

• Sponsorship opportunities are available for organisations wishing to support the course and its outcomes.
• Register or express interest in the course by applying online.
• Admission Requirements - Applicants must hold, or be in the process of attaining, a leadership position within the chemical industry and must hold a bachelor’s degree.