What if electronics were built for repair, reuse & recovery from day one? Apply now to the ISC3 Innovation Challenge for sustainable electronics startups. Win support, mentoring & €25K prizes. Deadline: May 4.
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#SustainableElectronics #CircularEconomy
🌱 Sustainable Chemistry Changemakers: Natupla (Colombia) is rethinking plastic with starch-based, biodegradable packaging. From ISC3 Start-up of the Month (2022) to market-ready production, they’re scaling impact, supporting farmers & advancing circular economy. Read more 👇
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ISC3 Start-up of the Month, Ecovon from Ghana, produces coconut-husk boards as an alternative to MDF (medium-density fibreboard). Their process relies on material´s natural bonding properties, eliminating the need for toxic binders or harmful additives.
Learn more: www.isc3.org/page/ecovon
ISC3 Start-up of the Month, Ecovon from Ghana, produces coconut-husk boards as an alternative to MDF (medium-density fibreboard). Their process relies on material´s natural bonding properties, eliminating the need for toxic binders or harmful additives. Learn more: www.isc3.org/page/ecovon
Apply the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry — and go further. Green is a start. Sustainable goes all the way. The ISC3 Key Characteristics guide innovation and responsibility across the full life cycle. Learn more:
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Join the ISC3, IOMC, and UNITAR webinar series on Global Framework on Chemicals! The sessions will explore how innovation in chemistry can be safer, more sustainable, and aligned with global efforts to reduce chemical risks.
Register: unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Sustainable Chemistry? Design for circularity! Even renewable resources are finite. Recycling requires energy and chemicals, so make the initial design count. The ten ISC3 Key Characteristics of Sustainable Chemistry provide a framework to guide innovation.
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Start-ups: apply now for the ISC3 Innovation Challenge in Sustainable Chemistry and Electronics!
- EUR 25,000 total monetary prizes
- Cohort support programme
- Final pitch event
Deadline: 4 May
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Sustainable Chemistry? Innovate responsibly.
Move beyond selling chemicals. Focus on solutions, services and value. Create win-win outcomes for people, planet and profit.
The ISC3 Key Characteristics guide sustainable innovation across the full life cycle.
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📊 If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.
Chemical Leasing can deliver economic, environmental, & social benefits — but you need the right indicators.
✅ Module 5 introduces the SMART 5 tool, KPIs, & practical steps for data collection & impact assessment.
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🌟 Start-up of the Month: Zuripacks! Kenyan innovator turning banana pseudostems into durable, biodegradable packaging to replace plastic where waste systems are limited. ♻️🍌 Low-tox production, water-efficient processes, & jobs for youth & women.
isc3.org/page/zuripacks
Sustainable Chemistry? Collaborate and be transparent.
Openness builds trust and drives innovation.
The ISC3 Key Characteristics of Sustainable Chemistry guide responsible decisions across the chemical life cycle.
Learn more:
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🛠️ Ready to move from concept to implementation?
Chemical Leasing isn’t “one contract and done” — it’s a structured process.
✅ Module 4 walks through a three-phase approach!
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Sustainable Chemistry needs systems thinking. Innovation isn’t in a vacuum—it’s part of a changing, interconnected system. Zoom out: who and what does it impact? The ISC3 Key Characteristics guide responsible chemical innovation across the full life cycle.
Learn more: www.isc3.org/page/key-cha...
The innovate! call is open 🌱 A great opportunity for green chemistry innovators: equity-free funding, free lab infrastructure, mentorship, and access to Berlin’s ecosystem. Open to entrepreneurs with or without patents.
Apply by Mar 15, 2026: www.greenchem.berlin/innovate-call
Sustainable Chemistry means thinking holistically. How do innovations affect people, animals, and ecosystems—today and in the future? Consider the full life cycle, resources used, and hidden impacts. The 10 ISC3 Key Characteristics guide responsible innovation.
Learn more: isc3.org/page/key-cha...
🌍 Sustainable chemicals management needs more than good intentions — it needs policy alignment.
📑 Chemical Leasing connects to major frameworks like REACH, the GFC, Circular Economy strategies, and the United Nations SDGs.
👉 Register on atingi for free: online.atingi.org/course/view....
10 start-ups, 1 stage! At ISC3 Investor Forum @ IMPACT FESTIVAL 2025, innovators pitched solutions from chemical recycling to clean energy & circular agriculture. 💬 Investor feedback 🤝 Partnerships.
Watch the recap & apply 2026: isc3.org/page/innovat...
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How can chemistry education shape a sustainable future? 🌍
*Chemistry Education for a Sustainable Future* by Royal Society of Chemistry, co-edited by Prof Kümmerer, shows why #SustainableChemistry needs systems thinking, responsibility & respect for planetary boundaries.
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🎥 From hair waste to circular materials!
Human Material Loop turns discarded human hair into high-performance raw materials, cutting waste & supporting a circular economy.
Thanks to Brightlands Chemelot Campus! 🌱
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What does it really mean to “pay for performance”?
🤝 Chemical Leasing is a service-oriented business model where suppliers provide not only chemicals, but also process know-how and optimisation—creating win-win solutions.
👉 Access the course on atingi:
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ETB Global is developing bio-based butadiene — a key building block for rubber & plastics — offering a drop-in alternative to fossil production and supporting the shift to renewable chemistry.
ISC3 Global Start-up Service:
www.isc3.org/page/global-...
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📢 New partnership: Global Electronics Association Europe + ISC3 join forces to advance circular, sustainable electronics.
Join free workshop “Advancing Circular & Sustainable Electronics” - 24 Apr, Tangla Hotel Brussels.
Register: events.chemicalwatch.com/1647976/chem...
Great news for Sustainable Chemistry 🌍💚 We contributed with IYCN Science for Policy Team to a new RSC Sustainability article on strengthening the science–policy interface. It highlights how youth and early-career researchers bring fresh perspectives.
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🎥 From start-up innovation to real-world impact
Global Start-up Service member Cashew Shell BioRefinery (CSBR) shows how bio-based materials from nature can replace fossil inputs in manufacturing.
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Chemicals are essential — but selling more volume shouldn’t be the goal.
🔄 Chemical Leasing shifts the focus from quantity to performance (e.g., items cleaned, m² coated, water purified), aligning incentives to reduce consumption & waste.
Learn more in our course:
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This video features Alkyl Recycling, part of the ISC3 Global Start-up Service, showing how start-ups can drive circular & Sustainable Chemistry with the right ecosystem. Thanks to Brightlands Chemelot Campus for enabling innovation.
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🧴 What if chemicals were sold for performance, not volume?
Our new free online course on Chemical Leasing (ISC3 + UNIDO) shows how this model boosts efficiency and cuts environmental impact 🌍
👉 Course: online.atingi.org/enrol/index....
#ChemicalLeasing #Sustainability #CircularEconomy
How can chemistry become part of the solution - instead of part of the problem?
Sustainable Chemistry turns everyday challenges into opportunities — through collaboration, innovation & action.
Be part of the change: isc3.org
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#SustainableChemistry
Check out our Start-up of the Month:
Dutch start-up ETB Global has developed a patented one-step catalytic process that converts bioethanol directly into butadiene in a single reactor. The company aims to make the production of commodity chemicals more sustainable.
isc3.org/page/etb-glo...
