Since their launch in 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have been adopted by a wide range of businesses to capture their efforts in corporate sustainability.
Sustainable green chemistry depends on technically feasible, cost-effective and socially acceptable decisions by regulators, industry and the wider community.
Until now, much Green and Sustainable Chemistry has been focused on how chemicals are made.
Actions on climate change (SDG 13), including in the food system, are crucial.
Activities in the food-energy-water nexus require ecosystem services to maintain productivity and prevent ecological degradation.
A policy and research agenda has emerged in recent years to understand the interconnected risks natural resource systems face and drive.
A brief review of Chilean policies on sustainability along with the academic efforts related to green chemistry, in order with this new scenario are discussed.
Dealing with current and future global challenges, corporate social responsibility has become a key element for sustainable and responsible companies.
The authors work at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) at the University of York and are all currently involved in the H2020-BBI-funded project ReSolve for the development of safer bio-ba
Bruce H. Lipshutz is currently a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
