'Green Chemistry' Standard Being Drafted by Coalition

摘要

An initiative to develop consensus-based industry standards to identify and define "green chemicals" and process technologies is underway. The American Chemical Society (ACS) is leading a stakeholder coalition of more than 50 organizations to set criteria for chemical producers and users to evaluate the environmental impact and sustainability attributes of chemicals and their derivatives. ACS hopes that the effort will allow users to identify less toxic and more sustainable chemicals and will lead to industry practices that are changed through market forces rather than government regulations.