ISC3 Joins the Elsevier Foundation Green & Sustainable Chemistry Challenge

The International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3) will contribute new expertise, networks and a third prize for entrepreneurial spirit to the 2019 Challenge

BONN, Germany, April 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Elsevier Foundation and Elsevier's chemistry journals welcome ISC3 as a new partner for the 2019 Elsevier Foundation ISC3 Green & Sustainable Challenge (GSCC) which promotes capacity and community building in the field of green and sustainable chemistry. Focusing on developing and emerging countries, the new collaboration builds on the existing partnership between the Foundation and Elsevier's chemistry journals which awards first and second prizes of €50,000 and €25,000 EUR to sustainable chemistry projects addressing challenges in the developing world focusing on energy, water, waste reduction, agriculture, and medicine.

The ISC3 will contribute an additional €25,000 as a third prize for entrepreneurial spirit bringing a broad industry and policymaking network to the Challenge.

"The ISC3 is proud to partner with the Elsevier Foundation on the Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge," said Friedrich Barth, Managing Director of ISC3. "With the new prize for 'Entrepreneurial Spirit in Sustainable Chemistry' we seek to inspire the scientific community to bring sustainable solutions to the market and help tackle the major challenges of our times."

The three prizes will be awarded during the annual Challenge competition at the Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference taking place May 5-8 in Dresden, Germany. The Conference will address a range of broad topics highlighting the role of chemistry in contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including in developing countries.

During the Challenge, this year's finalists and the third innovation prize winner will pitch their awards to a panel of distinguished judges. Prof. Klaus Kümmerer from Leuphana University Lüneburg, the Scientific Chair of the Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference and Director of Research and Education at ISC3, who chairs the judging panel, welcomes the new collaboration: "This mutual support and co-operation is an important next step to advance the sustainable chemistry movement," he said.