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To accelerate sustainable chemistry, steal this model
To accelerate sustainable chemistry, steal this model

Collaboration accelerates innovation. Time and again, Change Chemistry has seen companies advance their sustainability and innovation goals by coming together in precompetitive spaces. However, “industry is not set up to collaborate on a broad scale,” says Homer Swei, the... Continue Reading

Postedby Dr. Joel Tickner
Date posted04/23/2024


Finding Harmony in Collaboration: Jennifer MacKellar's Journey Toward Sustainable Solutions
Finding Harmony in Collaboration: Jennifer MacKellar's Journey Toward Sustainable Solutions

A reflection on the importance of collaboration to create systems change. Continue Reading

Postedby Jenny MacKellar
Date posted04/11/2024


Navigating the Transition: AkzoNobel's Path to Sustainable Coatings
Navigating the Transition: AkzoNobel's Path to Sustainable Coatings

Demonstrating AkzoNobel's Journey Away from BPA in Metals Can Coatings and the Path to Sustainable Coatings Continue Reading

Postedby Jesse Martens
Date posted03/15/2024


Chemistry Visionaries: A Leadership Conversation on the Future of Green & Sustainable Chemistry
Chemistry Visionaries: A Leadership Conversation on the Future of Green & Sustainable Chemistry

Explore the groundbreaking insights and collaborative efforts of top leaders in the green and sustainable chemistry arena—ACS GCI, Beyond Benign, and Change Chemistry——as they share progress, challenges, and their unique visions for a more sustainable future. Continue Reading

Postedby Jenny MacKellar
Date posted02/21/2024


Collaborative Strategies to Drive Safer and Sustainable Alternatives to PFAS
Collaborative Strategies to Drive Safer and Sustainable Alternatives to PFAS

Change Chemistry and its community are collaborating on efforts to phase out PFAS while promoting data transparency and full-scale collaboration to foster a PFAS-free future. Continue Reading

Postedby Dr. Asli Tamer Vestlund
Date posted02/20/2024


Highlights from the 2023 US Innovators Roundtable
Highlights from the 2023 US Innovators Roundtable

Companies find themselves facing mounting pressures from consumers and stakeholders to take proactive steps to accelerate the green and sustainable chemistry movement and meet the increased demand for sustainable products. Continue Reading

Postedby Jenny MacKellar
Date posted01/25/2024


Empowering Change: Sustainable Chemistry Policy Advocacy in 2024
Empowering Change: Sustainable Chemistry Policy Advocacy in 2024

Change Chemistry views policy as a critical lever for systemic change amid escalating planetary challenges. With a focus on incentivizing safer, sustainable chemistry and harmonizing policies, the organization is eager to bring advocacy to the forefront of its efforts in 2024 while leveraging... Continue Reading

Postedby Dr. Asli Tamer Vestlund
Date posted12/19/2023


GC3 Seeks Input on Silicones
GC3 Seeks Input on Silicones

Beauty product manufacturers should complete a short survey by August 5. he Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3) is working to advance the development of more sustainable alternatives to silicone chemistry currently used in skin care, hair care, and cosmetic products. To ensure the work... Continue Reading

Date posted07/16/2022


Facing Pressure, Chemical Industry Grapples With Sustainability Push
Facing Pressure, Chemical Industry Grapples With Sustainability Push

The chemical industry is facing growing pressure from consumers and shareholders to adopt more sustainable practices, including producing less-toxic chemicals and cutting greenhouse gases (GHG), though industry officials told a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel they face significant... Continue Reading

Date posted08/20/2020


Congress Poised To Approve Long-Sought ‘Sustainable’ Chemistry Program
Congress Poised To Approve Long-Sought ‘Sustainable’ Chemistry Program

Lawmakers appear poised to approve long-sought legislation creating a federal “sustainable” chemistry program, four years after Congress declined to include the popular measure in TSCA-reform legislation due to concerns that it would delay the broader bill. The Senate last month... Continue Reading

Date posted08/12/2020


Signs of progress for green chemistry
Signs of progress for green chemistry

Three advances are bringing the concept into the mainstream: better communications, policy support and meaningful collaboration. Speakers at the GreenBiz 20 breakout, from left: Michele Jalbert, GC3 (speaking); Avery Lindeman, Gap; Martin Wolf, Seventh Generation; and Viviana Alvarez, Unilever. ... Continue Reading

Date posted03/4/2020


Seeking Startups to Pitch Green Chemistry Innovations to Global Industry Leaders
Seeking Startups to Pitch Green Chemistry Innovations to Global Industry Leaders

Apple, BASF, Best Buy Company, Inc., New Balance, Patagonia, and Target among the companies seeking new green chemistry and materials technologies Lowell, MA, Feb. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3) Startup Network is now accepting applications for... Continue Reading

Date posted02/26/2020