This is a directory of green chemistry and engineering technologies from around the world, developed by the Yale-UNIDO Global Green Chemistry Initiative. It provides a worldwide snapshot of technologies that are currently commercially available or are in the process of becoming commercially available. The selected technologies are applicable across a broad range of sectors and industries.
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Improved synthesis of aprepitant, the active ingredient in Emend® — a drug that combats chemotherapy-induced nausea a
One-step, environmentally friendly process for the synthesis of solid oxide catalysts.
Plant cell fermentation (PCF®) synthetic method to produce paclitaxel, the active substance in Taxol.
Higher quality quantum dots for LED screens that use much less toxic feedstock.
Producing phenol from waste nitrous oxide.
Continually improving products by using ingredients that are better for human health and the environment.
EcoCocon has developed an alternative wall panel system that is 89% straw and 10% timber.
Lactones, salts, crystals, and other forms of high-purity glucaric acid through fermentation using microbes from biom
HYCOOL, developed by ADDCON, is an environmentally friendly cooling medium designed for industrial systems.