By Cecilia Smith, Administrative Assistant, ACS Green Chemistry Institute, and David A. Laviska, Portfolio Manager for Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Education, ACS Green Chemistry Institute

The 2025 ACS GCI Summer School brought together 71 passio

This year marked the 30th Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, a program that has exemplified the pollution prevention impact of green chemistry innovations. But this milestone is not just a moment to reflect, it represents a call to action for our community to actively steer innovation toward solutions that meet planetary needs and restore public confidence in science. 

By Cecilia Smith, Administrative Assistant, ACS Green Chemistry Institute

How can polymer additives help create stronger and more sustainable recycled plastics? At Columbia University, Assistant Professor Neil Dolinski explores this possibility through hi

The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable Ignition and Key Research Area Grants support innovative green chemistry projects in academia, connecting academic thought leaders with industry expertise. Ignition Grants fund high-risk, high-reward research with $40,000 over six months, while Key Area Grants offer $80,000 for targeted 12-month studies. This year’s winners exemplify the spirit of innovation and sustainability, with projects spanning cutting-edge catalysis, biocatalysis, enzyme engineering, peptide synthesis, and process engineering, all aimed at transforming chemical synthesis for a greener future.

A new collaboration between Beyond Benign, the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute (ACS GCI), and leading educators is helping chemistry instructors bring real-world sustainability concepts into the classroom through practical, adaptable case studies. 

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry—for the discovery and development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) by Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi—underscores just how central MOFs are to the ambitions of green chemistry: designing chemical p

ACS GCI and the green chemistry community celebrate the life and legacy of green chemistry pioneer Roger Sheldon.

By Jeffrey Whitford, Vice President of Sustainability & Social Business Innovation, MilliporeSigma

You may be thinking that the big picture is looking a bit tough at the moment, but I think there’s another way to look at it.

When you think about the idea

By David Laviska, Portfolio Manager for Green Chemistry and Sustainability in Education, ACS Green Chemistry Institute

Attention all ACS Student Chapters, graduate student organizations, chapter advisors/mentors, and students at institutions where forma

Contributed by Amy Cannon, Co-Founder and Executive Director; Monica Soma Hensley, Instruction and Research Manager of Higher Education; and Omar Villanueva, Chief Program Officer, Beyond Benign

Green Chemistry education is essential for preparing the nex

By Cecilia Smith, Administrative Assistant, ACS Green Chemistry Institute 

In our next spotlight article on the 2023 ACS Sustainable Future Grant winners, learn about Nicola H. Perry’s recent sabbatical at Imperial College in London, where she gained ex

By Vittoria Valentine and Isamir Martinez, ACS GCI

At ACS Fall 2025, the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable (GCIPR) marked two decades of impact by hosting a summit dedicated to advancing U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Heal

By Sarah Prescott, Ph.D. (University of New Hampshire) and David A. Laviska (GCI) 

Transforming chemistry education to meet the challenges of the 21st century requires more than new curricular materials; it requires strong communities of practice. Facul

Thirty years in, the Green Chemistry Challenge Awards demonstrate that industry, small businesses, and academic researchers can and are making real progress in reducing hazards, improving efficiency, and delivering economic and environmental impact. Since

Producing life-saving medicines in a way that is environmentally sustainable by implementing green chemistry and engineering has been the focus of the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable (ACS GCIPR) since its inception in 2005. Investing in green chemistry has brought substantial benefits, both environmental and economic, and solidified green chemistry across the industry as the gold standard.