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SWDA / WSQ Sustainability & ESG

WSQ Ethical Innovation and Sustainable Value Creation

15.5 hours · 2 days Classroom English TGS-2025057151
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WSQ Ethical Innovation and Sustainable Value Creation
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About this course

This advanced-level course empowers learners to embed environmental sustainability and ethical considerations across the entire design lifecycle.

Key learning areas include:

  • Early-stage user research and ethical insight gathering
  • Compliance with environmental laws and sustainability standards
  • Circular economy strategies for reuse, recycling, and longevity
  • Lifecycle thinking to reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency

Learners will build hands-on skills in:

  • Conducting user-focused research
  • Aligning with sustainable codes and corporate standards
  • Designing for repairability and recyclability
  • Optimising products for low energy and reduced impact

The course supports ESG alignment, enhances career progression, and fosters innovation across sustainable industries.

What You Will Learn

Knowledge Gained

  • Understand principles of ethical and sustainable design thinking
  • Learn to assess environmental impact and design lifecycle
  • Become familiar with sustainability legislation and codes of practice
  • Explore technologies that support circular design approaches
  • Understand ethical implications in human-centred design
  • Identify opportunities for energy-efficient and environmentally conscious product development

Skills Acquired

  • Conduct user and environmental research to inform sustainable innovation
  • Analyse consumer preferences and sustainability values
  • Apply ethical design principles in digital and physical product creation
  • Integrate legal and corporate standards into design decisions
  • Develop end-of-use product strategies including reuse, repair, and recycling
  • Optimise product form, materials, and mechanisms for low energy and emissions
Course Content

The Ethical Innovation through Sustainable Value Creation course equips learners with advanced capabilities to integrate sustainability and ethics into modern design practices.

Participants will gain specialised knowledge in:

  • Environmental impact assessments

  • Circular design principles

  • Regulatory and ethical compliance

  • Low-energy product development

These competencies align with global ESG frameworks and sustainability reporting requirements.

By addressing the full product lifecycle—from ideation to end-of-use—learners will be able to apply responsible design strategies that support enterprise innovation, climate goals, and consumer trust.

Targeted at professionals in manufacturing, industrial design, consumer goods, and product development, the course prepares learners for emerging roles such as:

  • Sustainable Design Strategist

  • ESG Product Lead

  • Ethical Innovation Consultant

This programme empowers mid-career professionals and teams to lead transformative change in line with Singapore’s sustainability roadmap, driving both business growth and national green economy priorities.

Modules

01
Investigating Sustainable and Ethical User Insights Gain hands-on experience with user-centric and environmental research methods. Learn to use tools like surveys and interviews to uncover sustainability needs and ethical values that inform responsible product and service design.
02
Embedding Ethics and Compliance in Design Explore ethical dimensions of human-machine interactions. Understand how to integrate legal frameworks, industry codes of conduct, and corporate sustainability standards into your design process to ensure regulatory and ethical compliance.
03
Applying Circular Economy Strategies to Product Design Discover how to apply circular economy principles—such as design for longevity, repair, reuse, and recyclability—using innovative materials and technologies to create sustainable design solutions.
04
Designing for Environmental Impact and Energy Efficiency Learn to minimize environmental impact through lifecycle design strategies. Develop skills in selecting low-impact materials, energy-efficient components, and optimizing packaging and transportation for sustainability.
Venue & training mode
Primary venue
Bendemeer
20 Bendemeer Road, #04-06
BS Bendemeer Centre, Singapore 339914
Training mode
Classroom
In-person classroom training.
Certification & renewal
CREDENTIAL AWARDED
Electronic Statement of Attainment
Upon successful completion of the programme, learners will receive an electronic Statement of Attainment (e-SOA) issued by the Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA).
Course Fee and Government Subsidies - WSQ Ethical Innovation and Sustainable Value Creation
Participant category Individual Sponsored Company Sponsored
Non-SME SME
Before GST After GST Before GST After GST Before GST After GST
Full Course Fee1 S$350.00 S$381.50 S$350.00 S$381.50 S$350.00 S$381.50
SC ≤ 39 & SPR2 S$175.00 S$206.50 S$175.00 S$206.50 S$105.00 S$136.50
SC ≥ 403 S$105.00 S$136.50 S$105.00 S$136.50 S$105.00 S$136.50
  1. Full Course Fee (For Foreigners and those not eligible for subsidies).
  2. For Singapore Citizens (SC) aged 39 years old and below; and For all Singapore Permanent Residents (SPR) (The minimum age for individual sponsored trainees is 21 years old).
  3. For Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and above.
  4. Note: Subject to Grant Calculator & SSG approval.

SkillsFuture Credit & Employer Support

SFC/SFEC can be used to offset course fees after skillsfuture subsidies have been applied.
Claims are submitted via the TPGateway.

Eligible Singapore Citizens SkillsFuture Credit (SFC) Use your available SkillsFuture Credit
Eligible Employers SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) Support may apply to eligible employers

TPGateway Course Code

TGS-2025057151

Only applicable for self-sponsored Trainee to submit SkillsFuture Credit

Upcoming Course Runs

Course dates Language Action
05, 06 - Nov 2026 2 days Weekday English Register
19, 20 - Nov 2026 2 days Weekday English Register
03, 04 - Dec 2026 2 days Weekday English Register
17, 18 - Dec 2026 2 days Weekday English Register
Entry Requirements

Graduate with current working experience

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Up to 10 participants

Priority scheduling, dedicated customer service officer.

11 or more participants

Custom run at Avanta premises and dedicated Schedules

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