New this year, the ACS GCI Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference technical programming was organized into thematic tracks. Each track was able to be followed throughout the conference so as to provide a deeper understanding of the theme, which reflecte

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

Contributed by Lisa Miller, SUNY Oneonta Office of Communications

Dr. Jacqueline Bennett has invented a new chemical process that’s safer, greener and more efficient than traditional methods used to make imines, a class of chemical compounds that has house

Heather Buckley and Florence Chardon were selected from a competitive group of applicants to receive the 2014 Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award. The award ceremony was held at the 18th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference on June 17 in Bethesda

The ACS GCI team will be traveling to San Francisco this August to attend the ACS National Meeting. If you are coming, please visit us at booth #825 in the Expo and share your green chemistry story for a chance to win prizes!

There will be a lot of sustain

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

Last week the ACS GCI Roundtables hosted the 4th Annual ACS GCI Roundtable Poster Reception, dedicated to green chemistry in industry. The event was co-located with 18th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference in Bethesda, MD, and was welcomed b

Contributed by Raymond Borg, recent graduate of the University of Maine, and new student at UMass Boston

The ACS GCI green chemistry workshop provided me with an opportunity to network with leaders in the field of green chemistry and to make acquaintances

Contributed by Giulia Paggiola, PhD student, University of York, UK

As a European PhD student I found the conference really worth the travel, a truly wide-ranging event, filled with inspirational people and exciting initiatives.

The strong focus on applicab

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

Once again it was a very hectic winter and spring this year as the ACS GCI staff prepared for 18th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference held this past week. Conferences like this require a significant amount of work on the part of many people

On Monday, just before the opening of the Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, I arrived jetlagged and exhausted into Washington DC. I was there to speak with Laura Hoch at the ‘From Bench to Big Picture’ event and to formally launch NESSE, a brand n

How is science making a difference on critical environmental, economic, and social issues? How do you bring your science from the bench to the big picture?

Today’s most pressing problems require all hands on deck, therefore it is crucial for scientists to

Last year the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable sent a call for proposals, seeking to fund projects that are developing alternatives for widely employed transition metal catalyzed cross-coupling reactions (the assembly of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroat