ACS/RSC’s Sustainability Alliance

The American Chemical Society/Royal Society of Chemistry sustainability alliance acknowledges that the challenges of sustainability won’t be solved by a single organization or country. International collaboration is needed to move our world toward a sustainable future.

Elements of the ACS/RSC partnership include:

  • Developing a guide to help people understand the basic chemistry behind our global challenges and potential solutions
  • Jointly promoting scientific seminars in the US and UK
  • Collaborating to train chemists to speak (in non-technical terms) about the world’s sustainability challenges

More about the ACS/RSC Sustainability Alliance.

Areas of Research

ACS and RSC launched significant efforts toward exploring and communicating sustainability topics even before their alliance. Both organizations have covered topics in the following areas:

Energy (RSC)
- Biofuels (ACS)
- Confronting climate change: The quest for permanent solutions (ACS)
- Energy Conversion Factsheet (RSC)
- A more economical process for making ethanol from non-food sources (ACS)
- New Fuels: The Sun and More (ACS)
- Nuclear Energy Factsheet (RSC)
- Producing cost-effective biodiesel from sewage sludge (ACS)
- Roadmap for preserving the planet (ACS)
- Saving energy by reducing food waste (ACS)
- “Smart” roofs that can save energy (ACS)
- Solar Energy Factsheet (RSC)
- Stopgap measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (ACS)

Food (RSC)
- Agricultural Productivity Factsheet (RSC)
- Black rice bran may fight inflammation (ACS)
- Providing nutritious food (ACS)
- Providing safe foods (ACS)

Future cities (RSC)
- Nanotechnology promises more sustainable buildings, bridges, and other structures (ACS)
- The quest for permanent solutions (ACS)
- The right choices on transportation can shrink your own personal carbon footprint (ACS)

Human health (RSC)
- Combating disease (ACS)
- Diagnostics Factsheet (RSC)
- Drugs and Therapies Factsheet (RSC)
- Hand washing really helps stop spread of disease (ACS)
- Promoting public health (ACS)
- Providing nutritious food (ACS)
- Providing safe foods (ACS)
- Toward a fast, accurate urine test for pneumonia (ACS)

Lifestyle and recreation (RSC)
- Dusting off a hidden challenge (ACS)
- “Green” roofs can help fight global warming (ACS)
- Just five minutes of “green exercise” optimal for good mental health (ACS)

Raw materials and feedstocks (RSC)
- Biodegradable plastic from milk and clay (ACS)
- Conversion of Biomass Feedstocks Factsheet (RSC)
- Conservation of Scarce Natural Resources Factsheet (RSC)
- Decomposing BPA-containing plastic using a “fungus among us” (ACS)
- New Fuels: Biofuels (ACS)
- Our sustainable future (ACS)
- Stopgap measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (ACS)
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Sustainable Product Design Factsheet (RSC)

Water and air (RSC)
- Combating disease (ACS)
- Drinking Water Quality Factsheet (RSC)
- Electrified nano filter promises to cut costs for clean drinking water (ACS)
- Promoting public health (ACS)
- Supplying safe drinking water (ACS)
- Water desalinisation: Freshwater from the sea (ACS)