Certificate Safe and Sustainable by Design: Contents

In this module you will deal with the following topics, among others:

• Introduction to Sustainable Chemistry and its role in product design
• Comparison of Green Chemistry and Sustainable Chemistry principles
• Holistic views of chemical products across the life cycle

This module addresses sustainable resource management through three interconnected phases:

Phase 1: Sustainable Water Management and Circular Water Economy

• Adapted water management strategies to address rising global water demand

• Opportunities and limitations of water reuse within a Circular Water Economy

• Integrating sustainable chemistry and water quality management to reduce micropollutants

Phase 2: Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD)


• Applying SSbD in the development of chemicals, materials, products, and processes

• Conducting safety and sustainability assessments throughout the innovation process

• Linking SSbD to circular economy principles and broader chemistry frameworks, including sustainable materials

Phase 3: Metals, Recycling, and Circular Strategies


• The critical role of metals in clean technologies and climate change mitigation

• Fundamentals of metal supply, demand, price dynamics, and recycling opportunities and challenges

• Circular strategies, policy frameworks, and system-level approaches to sustainable metals management

In this module you will deal with the following topics, among others:

• Life cycle-based approaches to environmental, social, and economic sustainability
• Fundamentals of LCA, LCC, and Social LCA
• Practical exercises in sustainability modelling and evaluation

• Revised Regulations of the Presidential Committee of Leuphana University of Lüneburg on Fees for Cross-faculty Academic Certificate Programmes at Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• Revised Regulations on Admission to Cross-Faculty Academic Certificate Programmes at Leuphana University of Lüneburg

• Revised General Assessment Regulations for Cross-faculty Academic Certificate Programmes at Leuphana University of Lüneburg