From Fossil Resources to Biomass: A Business and Economics Perspective
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- Online course - MOOC
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Discover how to use microorganisms and catalysts to create biobased products, and how to market and sell those products in a profitable business model. This MOOC is part of the MicroMasters® Programme Biobased Sciences for Sustainability.
Directly apply what you learn to your own business
Study at the best agricultural university in the world from the comfort of your own home
Plenty of opportunities to ask questions and to interact with other learners
Explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life
Why follow this course?
Explore how to create a sustainable future by moving away from dependence on fossil to biomass resources for the production of food, chemicals, and energy-carriers. The key is using microorganisms and catalysts to create biobased products. In this course, you will focus on the end of the supply chain and how to market and sell those products within a profitable business model.
Is this course for you?
Join this course if you want to advance your career and get the latest academic knowledge on creating a more sustainable biobased future. After this course, you will have an improved understanding of other relevant disciplines, and be able to better communicate outside of your own field of expertise in chemistry or technology. You will get a solid foundation of relevant concepts in the biobased economy and biobased products such as:
- An introduction to biobased sciences
- Achieving sustainability
- Consumer behaviour
- Business Logistics and supply chains
- Economics and regulations
Highlights of this course
What you will learn
- Understand the concept and importance of the biobased economy and biobased products.
- Assess sustainability challenges and opportunities for biobased cases.
- Integrate consumer perspectives into the development of biobased products.
- Recognise commercial, financial and organisational factors in running a biobased business.
- Analyse logistics and regulatory implications within biobased value chains.
MicroMasters Programme Chemistry and Technology for Sustainability
This MOOC is part of the MicroMasters Programme Chemistry and Technology for Sustainability, which is a programme that enables you to discover new resources and help your company make the switch from fossil to renewable, biobased resources. Read more about this MicroMasters Programme:
Wageningen University & Research offers programmes on an academic level so you can advance your career! Do you want to drive the transition from fossil resources to renewable resources? By joining this MicroMasters you will learn how to help engineer a biobased future from the top experts in the field at the #1 ranked agricultural university in the world.
This programme is completely online, study whenever and wherever you choose.
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