Contributed By Melissa Delekta, MSU Bioeconomy Institute

When Michigan State University accepted the Holland, MI-based Bioeconomy Institute in 2007 as a gift from Pfizer, it took on a $50 million-plus property that was poised to set MSU apart from other un

Contributed by Jeffery Whitford, Sigma-Aldrich [PRESS RELEASE]

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation dramatically decreased its global water and energy use, increased its investment in Green Chemistry and donated more than 8,000 hours of community service around the w

A review of some of the talks present at the GC&E Conference from the session, “Greening the Supply Chain Using Biobased Chemicals”

Richard Mehigh from Sigma Aldrich described how his team improved a process to extract β-Amylase from  sweet potatoes (or ya

Contributed by Rachel C. Severance, Arizona Chemical, LLC

While it is easy to take our road network for granted, it is an impressive feat of engineering that must be continually serviced, maintained, and expanded. According to the Federal Highway Administr

LAUNCH is an open innovation platform that was founded by NASA, NIKE, The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and The U.S. Department of State to identify and foster breakthrough ideas for a more sustainable world. LAUNCH aims to move beyond

By Thomas Kläusli, Chief Marketing Officer, AVA Biochem

The evolution of biorefineries has driven the development of bio-based chemicals as an alternative to petrochemicals.  Due to increasing public concerns around health, the environment and limited foss

Arizona Chemical Company, a world leader in bio-refined specialty chemical products and member of the ACS GCI Chemical Manufacturer's Roundtable, received the Bulldog Reporter Silver level award for its 2012 Sustainability Report in the category of Best A

On Wednesday, June 18, the ACS GCI hosted the final round of the 2014 Green Chemistry and Engineering Business Plan Competition. Four semi-finalists arrived at the 18th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference in Bethesda, MD to present their bus

Do you want to make a difference in the world? Do you want to make an impact on issues like climate change, reliance on fossil fuels, continuing contamination of air, land and water, unsafe chemicals in consumer products, and conflict minerals use?

All of

In fall 2012, Professor Neil Garg from University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) received a $50K grant from the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable (ACS GCIPR) Medicinal Chemistry team for his project, “Development of Green Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling

Contributed by Jim Hutchison, Co-chair, Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oregon

This year’s Green Chemistry and Engineering (GC&E) Conference offers an exciting series of multi-day technical tracks al

At this year’s Spring ACS National Meeting in Dallas, TX, Callie Bryan, PhD, a medicinal chemist at Genentech Inc. and ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable participant, organized a “Greening the Medicinal Chemistry Toolbox: Lunch and Learn” through the ACS D

Concern for our planet and its well being is forcing us to think about greener, more sustainable processes to make the things we need and want, such as new technologies, fuels and drugs.

During the 1990s many industries began to earnestly adopt green chemi

The New Year is a time for reflection on the last twelve months and anticipation of the next twelve. As we exit 2013, the green chemistry community has a lot to be proud of considering huge gains made in fields like catalysis, process energy efficiency, a

Contributed by Garine Isassi

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored industrial pioneers and leading scientists in Green Chemistry this month by announcing the winners of the 2013 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge.

An awards ceremony was