When a chemist begins the inventive process; the choice of feedstocks, reagents and reaction condition - all the various decisions that they make will have profound impact on countless people in the future. Industrial profitability, product adoption, worker health and safety, environmental justice, sustainable resource utilization, are just some of the consequences often invisible and unconsidered by the chemist in the laboratory. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are an excellent distillation of all the various aspects of human civilization and the earth's environment that need to be better understood and cared for. This presentation will describe how the 12 principles of green chemistry can be supportive and help achieve the 17 UN SDGs using theory and example.<br/>

Green chemistry addressing the UN sustainable development goals

2019 Spring National Meeting

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