Sustainability Training

There is a need to develop understanding of LCA and design for sustainability at all levels of education and across supply chains in order to develop products which will have lower impact from cradle to grave (or to new cradle). In addition, navigating areas like organisation carbon footprinting, reporting and environmental management can be a challenge, so training is valuable.

Opportunities for training in these areas are growing. These are some training courses from Composites UK and other suppliers. Please note that links are provided for information and Composites UK cannot formally endorse these.

Composites UK

Composites-Focussed Introduction to LCA
Trainer: Decerna – 1 day
Using OpenLCA software to enable you to calculate specific LCA values for individual products and processes.  

Sustainable Design for Composites – Composites UK with IOM3
Trainers: Stella Job, Grazebrook Innovation; Kevin Lindsay, Consultant. Duration: – 1 day
Introducing principles for designing for sustainability (D4S) and circularity; D4S methodologies; computational tools; EOL processes and social impacts.

Check the Composites UK events calendar for more sustainability focussed events throughout the year.

British Standards Institution (BSI)

Composites UK’s Business Support Network partner, the British Standards Insistute (BSI) has identified a number of key sustainability training courses relevant to composites companies wanting to increase its organisational skills base around sustainability. The courses have been grouped into three categories, those particularly suited to non-specialists and SMEs, those around PAS2060 for companies further along their carbon management journey and finally some courses around environmental management.

Composites UK members can access course details through the Member Resources area, here (please login first before clicking on this link)

Grazebrook Innovation

In addition to the training courses through IOM3 / Composites UK, bespoke sustainability training courses can be provided in-house.

IOM3

IOM3 cover various topics such as:

  • Materials Processing – The Road to Net-zero – 1/2 day, e-learning
  • Design for Sustainability & Circular Economy – 1 day
  • Life Cycle Assessment – 1 day
  • Lean Six Sigma – 1 day

Check its training academy calendar for the latest dates.

Make UK

Composites UK members can sign up free of charge as a Make UK Affiliate Member (member login required)

National Composites Centre