Design for Sustainability & Circular Economy
One-day course introducing the main principles for designing for sustainability and circularity
One-day course providing an insight into the principles of Life Cycle Assessment and how to interpret a report
This one-day, classroom-based training course provides an introduction to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). It covers LCA in the context of sustainability and life cycle thinking, as well as introducing the methodology behind LCA and how to interpret and critically evaluate information produced.
Requests for product environmental information have increased dramatically, and more and more organisations are expected to report on product environmental impacts or make decisions using LCA results.
The training course will help you to:
The fee for this one day course is £685 +VAT at 20% where applicable. We have increased the IOM3 member discount for this course from 10% to 20% for the rest of 2025, so the preferential fee for IOM3 members is £548 and subscribers to our Business Partner Programme are entitled to a discount of 10% on the course fee.
A limited number of places are available at the highly discounted rate of £129 for Student & Early Career members of IOM3*.
Secure your place more than 8 weeks before the course date to receive an additional early bird discount of 10%.
Fees includes CPD Certificate, lunch and refreshments.
* This rate is available to Student & Apprentice, and Associate (AIMMM) member grades
IOM3, 297 Euston Road, London
10:00am to 5:00pm, Wednesday 29 October
One-day course introducing the main principles for designing for sustainability and circularity
Chairman , British Standards Committee on Sustainable Performance, Consumption and Production (SCP/1)
Louis is a Fellow of IOM3 and a chartered Chemical Engineer. Currently working as a consultant and business advisor specialising in sustainable development and life cycle assessment (LCA). His leadership skills, innovative approach and vision has helped businesses to develop sustainability strategies and build R&D programmes that support life cycle thinking in product marketing strategies.
Having worked in the steel industry for 30 years, latterly at Tata Steel, he gained international recognition for his work on Life Cycle Assessment and led the international project to produce the first Global Life Cycle Inventories for steel products (1997). He continued to develop strategy in this subject area and in 2015 became the inaugural Chairman of the Product Sustainability Committee of the World Steel Association.
Meanwhile in his day job for 15 years, to 2016, Louis also led a 45-strong research team as Head of Environmental Technology at Tata Steel where the Department gained a strong reputation for delivering value-added R&D projects to the Tata Steel businesses whilst making cost effective improvements to both the manufacturing processes and new product development areas.
Outside of steel, he Chaired IOM3’s, Sustainable Development Group till April 2021, with membership across all materials sectors, supply chains and markets including KTNs, Universities. This group promotes collaboration between industry and academia to help raise awareness and develop projects on sustainability in line with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
More recently (2020-2024) he held the role of Chairman of the British Standards Committee SCP/1 “Sustainable Performance, Consumption and Production” leading the development of new standards in the field. He delivers annual lectures by invitation on Sustainability, Ethical Business and Life Cycle Thinking (including 2024) at Oxford University and University of Manchester). He has also created and teaches “An Introduction to LCA” training course for IOM3 and carries out independent critical review work for LCA projects.
He also Chairs the Strategic Advisory Board for the SUSTAIN project, a research programme aiming for zero carbon/resource efficiency/circular economy for the steel industry run collaboratively by Swansea, Warwick and Sheffield Universities.
In 2014, Louis was awarded the Sir Robert Hadfield Medal by IOM3 and he delivered the Bessemer Master Class in 2014 and again in 2018. He is an experienced assessor of research proposals for UKRI and Innovate UK competitions.
LCA Specialist,
Dr Sophie Parsons is an LCA specialist, a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) with over 10 years’ experience in life cycle assessment and systems modelling specifically focused on new and emerging technologies. This includes research into the use of environmental and economic analysis to inform technology design and new product development. She has held roles in academic research, manufacturing, and consultancy, and worked on a number of EPSRC, Government, and EU projects to ensure their industrial relevance, scalability, and long-term sustainability.