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Sustainability Transformation through Green Compass™ * (16 HOURS)
- Green Compass™ is a collaboration between A*STAR SIMTech, TÜV SÜD Asia Pacific and JTC Corporation.
- Singapore Polytechnic is our appointed licensing partner for the training delivery of the "Sustainability Transformation Through Green Compass™" course.
Introduction
| Green Compass™ aims to help companies become more environmentally sustainable. Currently, some companies may not know where to start or how to scale up their environmental sustainability transformation, as they face a wide range of environmental sustainability issues and an even wider range of actions that they can take to address these issues.
Through the four-step Learn-Assess-Prioritise-Plan model, Green Compass™ will guide companies in their environmental sustainability transformation. It can be used by companies at any stage of their transformation journey. |
About the Programme
Green Compass™ is an environmental sustainability assessment and strategic roadmapping tool that helps companies to become more environmentally sustainable by better managing their carbon emissions, energy, water, and waste impacts, as well as chart strategic roadmaps for their transformation based on their current environmental sustainability levels.
Through the four-step Learn-Assess-Prioritise-Plan model, companies will first learn about sustainability trends and methodologies and assess their companies’ environmental sustainability level. Next, they will prioritise areas with the biggest financial and strategic impact and chart the strategic roadmaps for their sustainability transformation based on their assessed sustainability level.
Companies can utilise Green Compass™ through this 16-hour Green Compass™ course, a collaboration between A*STAR’s Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) and TÜV SÜD.
Learn-Assess-Prioritise-Plan model
Key Benefits
- Reduce business costs by learning how to improve resource efficiency
- Future-proof operations against supply chain or resource shocks
- Preparing for sustainability transformation through an increased awareness of key improvement areas and a strategic roadmap for immediate implementation
Who Should Attend
Green Compass™ is recommended for companies who want to start or scale up their environmental sustainability transformation and can be used by companies at any stage of their environmental sustainability transformation journey, from companies that are just starting to experienced ones. The course is most suitable for industries with operations within Singapore.
The course is catered to companies, where it is recommended to send a group of employees from various departments of the company with a mix of seniority levels so as to have a good representation of the company’s current environmental sustainability efforts. Preferably, the participants would consist of representatives from the following departments or equivalent functions, to ensure a good breadth of company knowledge in the room for completing the assessment and effective brainstorming:
- Operations
- Facility Management
- Sustainability
- Product Development
- Procurement
- Finance
- HR/Training
What our trainees say
The Green Compass course was enlightening. It linked sustainability to practical business functions and provided tools to align strategy with measurable actions.
Ms Chan Jing Ling,
Participant from Apr 2025 intake
It provides a step-by-step framework, and the course has equipped participants with tools for identifying gaps and prioritising action for continuous micro actions towards achieving the sustainability goal systematically. The course was well conducted and uses byte-size learning with case studies to gain a full understanding of the concepts.
Mr Yeo Chee Leong,
Participant from Aug 2024 intake
This course has provided me with a better understanding and appreciation for the Green Compass framework. It allowed me to also delve deeper into sustainability as a whole and equipped me with the knowledge to see how sustainability can drive a company forward.
Ms Diana Estella Peter,
Participant from Aug 2024 intake
(Offered) greater understanding of sustainability trends and methodologies. The Green Compass™ (course) also provides a holistic framework that cuts across multiple domains that are imperative for a successful green transformation.
Mr Ian,
Participant from Apr 2024 intake
The Green Compass™ (course) is very useful and it provides a systematic and yet easy-to-use way to measure the organisation's ESG performance, identify areas to improve on and develop an ESG improvement roadmap.
Mr Huang Shuguang,
Participant from Apr 2024 intake
Green Compass™ can be a very useful tool for organisations who are starting to embark on their sustainability journey especially if the knowledge level is low. With the guardian of facilitators, it will give a good roadmap and help jumpstart the process.
Ms Jody Chua,
Participant from Mar 2024 intake
[The Green Compass™ course] helped us assess our company’s state of sustainability across different dimensions and quantify our sustainability efforts. We determined potential areas for tangible improvement focusing on organisation, product life cycle, supply network and operations, which helps with the transformation of a more sustainable business.
Mr Pardhu Vemulamada,
Head (Digital), Durapower Holdings
Through the Green Compass™ workshop, my colleagues and I learnt valuable insights to improve our company's sustainability performance in transition towards a green economy. We learnt how to access our company's performance quantitatively and qualitatively in the various aspects of sustainability. The workshop was well-organised and the facilitators were very helpful to guide us through all the sessions.
Mr Chang Chia Chien,
Lead Analyst, EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for Energy
The Green Compass Assessment results were comprehensive, which helped us to identify not just which specific areas to work on, but how to work on them. The trainers were knowledgeable in the topic covered and were helpful in our specific issues when brainstorming for improvement ideas. As a result of the course, we put together a roadmap of improvement actions that we are excited to get started on to scale up our environmental sustainability transformation.
Mr James Chua,
Senior Manager (Quality), I-PEX Singapore
Our key challenge was the lack of a data-driven structured approach to identify our sustainability objectives. During the 3-day programme, we gained better visibility of various cost structures within the company that impacts our sustainability agenda. The step-by-step consultative approach has also helped us to identify, assess, and prioritise key sustainability focus areas. We would like to recommend this programme to like-minded companies that are interested to further understand their sustainability performance and maturity level.
Mr Colin Tan,
Chief R&D Officer, YEO HIAP SENG (Singapore) Pte Ltd
About the trainers
Mr Lek Liat Boon, 
Dr Jonathan Low, 
Dr Cadence Hsien, 
Mr Chris Chan, Mr Lek Liat Boon
Dr Jonathan Low
Dr Cadence Hsien
Mr Chris Chan
Contact Us
- For technical enquiries, please contact:
Mr LEK Liat Boon,
Email: lek_liat_boon@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg
- For general enquiries, please contact:
Ms Connie NG,
Email: yyng@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg
Registration
- Please register for this course through our Course Registration Form for Public Classes.
- For the first question, please select "Modular Programmes (Standalone Modules)".
- Applicants will be placed on our waiting list if the course does not have an upcoming scheduled intake.
- Once the next intake is confirmed to commence, SIMTech will contact the applicants to share the class information.
schedule
Module | Skills Course Reference Number | Next Intake(s)'s Training Period
(Click on the dates to view its schedules) | Registration Status |
| TGS-2021010206 | The next intake's schedule is still in the planning stage. |
Note: SIMTech and ARTC reserve the right to change the class/schedule/course fee or any details about the course without prior notice to the participants.
Announcement:
- From 1 Oct 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)'s funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. More information may be viewed here.
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