Chemistry International
Vol. 23, No. 1
January 2001
News
from IUPAC
Green
Chemistry
Vol. 72, No. 7 (July 2000) of Pure and Applied Chemistry (PAC)
is a Special Topic Issue on Green Chemistry.
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The terminology "green chemistry" or "sustainable chemistry" is the
subject of debate. The expressions are intended to convey the same or
very similar meanings, but each has its supporters and detractors, since
"green" is vividly evocative but may assume an unintended political
connotation, whereas "sustainable" can be paraphrased as "chemistry
for a sustainable environment", and may be perceived as a less focused
and less incisive description of the discipline. Other terms have been
proposed, such as "chemistry for the environment" but this juxtaposition
of keywords already embraces many diversified fields involving the environment,
and does not capture the economic and social implications of sustainability.
The Working Party decided to adopt the term green chemistry for the
purpose of this overview. This decision does not imply official IUPAC
endorsement for the choice. In fact, the IUPAC Committee on Chemistry
and Industry (COCI) favors, and will continue to use sustainable chemistry
to describe the discipline.
Intent and content of the Special Topic Issue on Green Chemistry are
summarized in the Foreword
and Preface.
Online note |
Triple
Bottom Line' @ SustainAbility
Founded in 1987, SustainAbility is the longest established international
consultancy dedicated to promoting the business case for sustainable
development. Much of their work focuses on environmental strategy
and management. As the area evolves, they are helping to define
the sustainable development agenda around what they call the "triple
bottom line". |
Safeguarding Venice
M. Freemantle reports in C&EN 78(35), 28 Aug 2000 (p.23) on the
sceintific research that is key factor in efforts to save Venice
and its lagoon from pollution and rising waters. Among others, Freemantly
interviews Prof. P. Tundo and Dr. S. Memoli, contributors and editors
of this PAC Special Topic Issue - online>search:venice |