This online training course has been designed to provide a framework and the essential actions to be carried out by plastics processors to improve their sustainability performance and credentials.
The training course will be delivered directly by industry expert Dr Robin Kent.
The course will focus on actions that can be undertaken by most people in the plastics processing industry. Sustainability management is not ‘rocket science’; simply good management and engineering with an eye to the long-term effects of our actions.
| Sustainability Management - 8 & 9 June 2022 - 9.30 - 12.30 (This event will take place for 3 hours on both days) |
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Who should attend?
This seminar is aimed at senior and middle managers who are responsible for sustainability policies within their organisation. |
Member Rate: £49 + VAT / Non Member Rate: £99 + VAT
| Programme - (Robin Kent, Tangram Technology) |
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Day 1 (9.30 - 12.30)
- Session 1: Introduction to sustainability management – a general introduction to sustainability and the models that are used to evaluate sustainability.
- Session 2: Management systems for sustainability – a review of the main management systems used in the sustainability arena.
- Session 3: Design – an introduction to the importance of design in sustainability and how good design and materials choices can improve the sustainability of products.
- Session 4: Raw materials – a guide to reducing materials use and choosing materials for recycling and the primary methods and issues of recycling (this session will also cover bio-based and biodegradable materials).
- Session 5: Manufacturing - general – a review of the major actions to improve sustainability in manufacturing. This will cover quality, process control, sustainable procurement and sustainable distribution.
- Session 6: Manufacturing - energy – a review of the methods to reduce energy use in plastics processing.
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Day 2 (9.30 - 12.30)
- Session 7: Manufacturing - carbon footprinting – a review of what a carbon footprint covers and how a carbon footprint is calculated.
• Session 8: Manufacturing - water – a review of water use in plastics processing and a programme to reduce water use and costs.
• Session 9: Manufacturing - waste minimisation – how to quantify and minimise the waste of materials and services with a focus on packaging, oil and hydraulic fluid and solvents.
• Session 10: Use and end-of-Life – a framework for considering how plastics products are used and disposed of and how the life cycle of products influences their utility value.
• Session 11: Social responsibility – sustainability is not just about products but also about social sustainability, many companies do excellent work in this area but do not know how to report and quantify it.
• Session 12: Reporting – a review of the major reporting frameworks that can be used by companies to prove that they are actually improving their sustainability performance.
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