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Industry-Informed Workshops to Develop Graduate Skill Sets in the Circular Economy Using Systems Thinking
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posted on 2019-11-01, 15:36 authored by Louise Summerton, James H. Clark, Glenn A. Hurst, Peter D. Ball, Elizabeth L. Rylott, Nicola Carslaw, Julia Creasey, Jane Murray, Jeffrey Whitford, Brian Dobson, Helen F. Sneddon, Joe Ross, Pete Metcalf, C. Robert McElroyIncreasing demand for chemicals worldwide,
depleting resources,
consumer pressure, stricter legislation, and the rising cost of waste
disposal are placing increasing pressure on chemical and related industries.
For any organization to survive in the current arena of growing climate
change laws and regulations, and increasing public influence, the
issue of sustainability must be fundamental to the way it operates.
A sustainable manufacturing approach will enable economic growth to
be combined with environmental and social sustainability and will
be realized via collaboration between a multidisciplinary community
including chemists, biologists, engineers, environmental scientists,
economists, experts in management, and policy makers. Hence, employees
with new skills, knowledge, and experience are essential. To realize
this approach, the design and development of a series of workshops
encompassing systems thinking are presented here. After close consultation
with industry, an annual program of interactive workshops has been
designed for graduate students to go beyond examining the “greening”
of chemical reactions, processes, and products, and instead embed
a systems thinking approach to learning. The workshops provide a valuable
insight into the issues surrounding sustainable manufacturing covering
change management, commercialization, environmental impact, circular
economy, legislation, and bioresources incorporating the conversion
of waste into valuable products. The multidisciplinary course content
incorporates industrial case studies, providing access to real business
issues, and is delivered by experts from academic departments across
campus and industry.
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case studieschange managementgraduate studentschemical reactionsbusiness issuesmultidisciplinary communitywaste disposallegislationmanufacturing approachdepleting resourcesconsumer pressureCircular Economypolicy makersIndustry-Informed Workshopssustainabilitymultidisciplinary course contentclimate change laws
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