About

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Founded in 1876 and chartered by the U.S. Congress, we are one of the world’s largest scientific organizations, with more than 173,000 individuals in our global community across 140 countries. Our mission is to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and all its people. Our vision is to improve all people’s lives through the transforming power of chemistry.

The ACS Green Chemistry Institute operates within the Office of Sustainability and is part of the Division of Scientific Advancement at the American Chemical Society. The ACS GCI aims to catalyze and enable the equitable implementation of green and sustainable chemistry and engineering throughout the global chemical enterprise and the Society. We empower chemists to identify and develop chemistries consistent with sustainable development, circularity, and preservation of human and ecosystem health. ACS GCI also organizes the Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference.

Beyond Benign

Beyond Benign develops and disseminates green chemistry and sustainable science educational resources that empower educators, students, and the community at large to practice sustainability through chemistry. We work directly with educators and a network of strategic partners focused on science education, sustainability, innovation, and initiatives supporting human and environmental health to provide an educational continuum from elementary school to higher education.

Two of the major programs of Beyond Benign are the Green Chemistry Commitment, a framework to unite the higher education chemistry community around a common vision of applying green chemistry principles in education and research and the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC), a platform where educators, students, and others with an interest in green chemistry education share, connect and grow.

Center for Green Chemistry & Green Engineering at Yale

The Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale is dedicated to improving the world today for both present and future generations. Through research, scholarship, education, and practical application the Center develops innovative solutions to sustainability challenges while advancing social, economic, and environmental goals. Founded nearly twenty years ago, the Center is an integral part of the Yale School of the Environment and represents an important element of Yale's sustainability efforts.

Together with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Yale University has launched several international programs, including the former Global Green Chemistry Initiative and the current Global Greenchem Innovation and Network Program. This Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded endeavor works with six emerging nations - Indonesia, Jordan, Peru, Serbia, Uganda and Ukraine - and seeks to interconnect and actively engage the global green chemistry and engineering community. With a focus on knowledge generation, innovation and technology implementation, these initiatives are destined to be drivers for change.