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Federal Sustainable Chemistry Strategic Plan: December 2024

Building on the 2023 Sustainable Chemistry landscape report which identified key strategic areas that could accelerate innovation and transition to sustainable chemistry, this new report defines a plan to advance four strategic goals: Discovering More Sustainable Chemistry for Future Solutions; Supporting, Building, and Bridging Sustainable Chemistry for Discovery to Commercialization; Promoting Adoption and Growth of Sustainable Chemistry in Business and Subnational Government and; Creating a 21st Century Federal Service for Sustainable Chemistry. 

Green Chemistry and public policies: current situation, challenges and proposals for a sustainable future

This paper presents a pioneering analysis on the integration of Green Chemistry into public policies in Chile, highlighting its importance as a key tool to promote sustainability in the country. As environmental challenges become more critical globally, Green Chemistry emerges as a fundamental discipline to mitigate the negative impacts of the traditional chemical industry, promoting safer and more sustainable practices.

Toward Property-Based Regulation

An expanding web of adverse impacts on people and the environment has been steadily linked to anthropogenic chemicals and their proliferation. Central to this web are the regulatory structures intended to protect human and environmental health through the control of new molecules. Through chronically insufficient and inefficient action, the current chemical-by-chemical regulatory approach, which considers regulation at the level of chemical identity, has enabled many adverse impacts to develop and persist.