Jennifer MacKellar, Program Director at Change Chemistry, discusses how the organization is approaching the increasingly critical intersection of green chemistry
Dr. Martinez described the importance of green chemistry adoption, tools and metrics to develop greener processes, and how green chemistry use can improve a supplier's sustainability profile.
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... moreWe invite you to explore our report that summarizes key details about the 2023 Summer School, and discover a few hints about ex
The Summit facilitated connections between academia and industry to catalyze the propagation of green chemistry and sustainabi
Explore the groundbreaking achievements of the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners, celebrating their innovative solutions and sustainable practices in the chemical industry.
The Green Chemistry Challenge Award, a prestigious recognition present
The ACS Green Chemistry Institute is working with industry partners to form a new collaboration, the Natural Polymers Consortium.
As a global leader in agricultural solutions, Corteva Agriscience is committed to developing technologies to help farmers sustainably increase the production of healthy food and minimize the environm
What does the pharma and agricultural industry have in common? Quite a lot, it turns out. Much of the value that green chemistry and engineering bring to the development of activ
The ACS Green Chemistry Institute, in partnership with in
In April, after a year’s worth of research and member engagement, the Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3) formerly rebranded as Change Chemistry.
Joel Tickner, Executive Director, Change Chemistry
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... moreThe ACS GCI Oilfield Chemistry Roundtable has made great strides in helping to implement green chemistry pract
It is estimated that only 1-2% of chemists ever venture onto the road less travelled—launching a chemistry start-up (Knauer, 2021). The reason likely lies in the significant commitment and sacrifice associated with starting a new venture. How would you kn
Electricity has existed naturally since the beginning of time. Over centuries, humans have devised ways to capture electricity and eventually create it.
Once being able to generate electricity, there has been no shortage of ingenious ways to use it – lighting, kitchen appliances, communications and electronics of all kinds, automobiles – to name a few.
The first 19th-century use for electricity was the incandescent light bulb, devised by the great and prodigious inventor, Thomas Alva Edison. He obtained a U.S. Patent for his lightbulb in 1880. His light bulbs, attached to small generators, started to illuminate the homes of the very wealthy and heralded the ultimate demise of gas-fueled lighting.
moreContributed by Jane Murray, Ph.D., Global Head of Green Chemistry, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (MilliporeSigma)
Biomass feedstocks offer several advantages over conventional fossil-based starting materials. In addition to providing an abundant source of renewable organic carbon, its oxygenated nature, chemical diversity, and inherent chirality render biomass a highly suitable raw material to manufacture a multitude of high-added-value compounds. Furthermore, structural resemblance to nature-derived or -inspired target molecules reduces the synthetic steps required compared to their petrochemical counterparts.
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Glenn Ruskin, ACS GCI Contributor
Ever since humans harnessed fire over 1.5 million years ago, combustion has been at the heart of our energy creation. Fire from wood was first used by humans to cook meat, provide warmth and protection from wild animals. It wasn’t until the early 19th century, that fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) replaced wood as the primary source of energy generation. Today the vast majority, over 80%, of energy is still generated by fossil fuels, with nuclear comprising 10% and other renewable sources making up the rest.
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