Driving Sustainability in Green Technology - The Future of Food Technology
About This Course
a. Broaden and deepen your understanding of key corporate sustainability concepts, climate issues and key global movements impacting the future of food technology.
b. Map climate, carbon and environmental systems in the food industry and develop the means to indicate how sustainability issues like Greenhouses Gases and Carbon Emissions are impacting your immediate social, economic, and political environment in the Food & Beverage sector.
c. Reframe business models with circularity and sustainable supply chains in the Food Industry by establishing expectation for the supply chain, how Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards can be used to report a company’s supply chain and introduce circular economy studies.
d. Introduction to food chain and green technology, using practical application of sustainability concepts in Food Retail and develop the means to indicate how sustainability issues are impacting your immediate social, economic, and political environment.
e. Application-oriented pedagogies in food and urban farming industry, incorporating practical learning experiences through in-class activities and discussions using a wide range of case studies.
g. Develop an innovative food business ecosystem with a global presence, where you can understand the present and future challenges and opportunities and how to develop innovation driven capability with consumer-centric mindset.
h. Identify global export opportunities for Singapore food companies and understand basics for food manufacturing and food service central kitchen.
f. Acquire skills to write your sustainability reports and calculate your organisation’s carbon footprint.
What You'll Learn
The movement towards sustainability has begun accelerating on several fronts, one being the master planning to the increase in demand for food resiliency and diversification of food sources. To achieve Singapore’s “30 by 30” goal, it believes science and technology will be critical in overcoming its natural constraints.
This 8-day programme will focus on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) in green technology to equip professionals with the right skills to take advantage of career opportunities in the green sector, particularly in food retail, food supply, urban farming and food innovation sector. It will broaden and deepen the understanding of key corporate sustainability concepts, standards, guidelines and frameworks, map climate, carbon, and environmental systems in the Food Industry, explore sustainable food chain and green technology and how to develop an innovative food business ecosystem with global presence.
Innovation will be essential for companies to meet evolving consumer demands and capture growth; and it will allow companies to develop a niche and capture market share both locally and overseas. Food tech shows how technology can improve the way the world grows, produces, distributes and supplies food by using technology such as AI and automation.
Participants will acquire skills to write their sustainability reports and calculate their company’s carbon footprint.
Entry Requirements
1. Business professionals from the Food Industry or any industry or sector tasked to drive sustainability initiatives in their organisation.
2. Mid-career individuals looking to develop emerging and industry-relevant skills to increase employability and pivot to job roles in the green sector
3. Diploma holders in Food Manufacturing, Food Science and Technology, Urban Farming studies