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By Edmond Lam, Assistant Director, and Cecilia Smith, Administrative Assistant, ACS Green Chemistry InstituteThe EPA’s 2024 final risk management rule on dichloromethane (DCM) prohibits the distribution and most uses of DCM, aiming to minimize harmfu...
By Christiana Briddell, ACS GCI Communications Manager
The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable kicked off its 20th anniversary celebrations with a workshop “Driving Sustainability in Pharma and Allied Industries,” hosted at the AstraZeneca campus in Maccles...
By Adelina Voutchkova, ACS Director of Sustainable Development This letter originally appeared in the March/April issue of the Nexus newsletter. Dear colleagues, This issue of the Nexus is hitting your mailboxes amidst unprecedented turbulence for th...
By Cecilia Smith, Administrative Assistant, ACS Green Chemistry InstituteHow can the agricultural industry mitigate emissions while simultaneously increasing production by nearly 50% to meet increasing worldwide demand? The global agriculture industr...
By Vittoria Valentine, Program Specialist, ACS Green Chemistry InstituteThe ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable (GCIPR) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Industry Awards. These awards honor advancements in green chemistry within the pha...
By David A. Laviska, Portfolio Manager for Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Education, ACS Green Chemistry InstituteWith respect and sadness, we at the ACS Green Chemistry Institute share the news that our esteemed colleague and collaborator Dr....
By Edmond Lam, Assistant Director, and Cecilia Smith, Administrative Assistant, ACS Green Chemistry InstituteMeet the winners of the 2024 Sustainable Futures Initiative Grant Program! With research interests spanning from PFAS substitutes to degradab...
By David A. Laviska, Portfolio Manager for Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Education, ACS Green Chemistry Institute, and Michael Wentzel, Professor of Chemistry, Augsburg UniversityTo confront complex challenges like climate change, growing dem...
By David A. Laviska, Portfolio Manager for Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Education, ACS Green Chemistry InstituteJoin us in congratulating the winner of the Teaching Green Fellowship, David Vosburg, Ph.D., and winners of the Rising Star in Gr...
By David A. Laviska, Portfolio Manager for Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Education, ACS Green Chemistry InstituteAndrew P. Dicks, Ph.D., Professor at University of Toronto, is the winner of the 2025 Career Achievement in Green Chemistry Educa...
On the 20th anniversary of the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable, explore the resources and opportunities made available by this industry collaboration powerhouse....
Discover the ACS's strategic plan for the next five years, focusing on the core values of Passion for Science, Lifelong Learning, Inclusion and Belonging, and Sustainability....