Number: 2002-029-1-300
Title: A IUPAC coordinated web page on Green/Sustainable
Chemistry
Task Group
Chairmen: Pietro
Tundo and David Black
Members: Paul
Anastas, Chris Brett,
Paul De Bièvre,
Torbjorn Norin, and Natalia
P. Tarasova
Objective:
The objective is to provide on the IUPAC web site an additional
web page that provides a central reference point on Green Chemistry,
with links to all relevant sites worldwide.
Description:
Green/Sustainable Chemistry is now one of the most important means
for relating chemistry to social needs. Many organisations have
already made progress in this area. IUPAC itself has also constituted
an Inter-Divisional Sub-Committee on Green Chemistry. This Sub-Committee
has been active in holding a workshop on Green Chemistry education,
in Venice in September 2001. The report on this workshop has just
been published in book form, and contains a compilation of existing
Green Chemistry educational materials, a summary of workshop discussions
and a series of recommendations for the future. The OECD had requested
IUPAC to take the lead in the development of Green Chemistry educational
materials, so was interested to follow up the recommendations from
the workshop. IUPAC was therefore invited to participate in a meeting
of the OECD Issues Team on Sustainable Chemistry held in Washington
in March 2002. This meeting endorsed the view that IUPAC was the
most appropriate body to coordinate all Green Chemistry activities
and information on a joint web page. Consequently IUPAC is being
asked to establish this web page on its web site, and to oversee
and maintain it. Such a joint web page would share information with
other relevant organisations, and have links to them. Such organisations
might include UNIDO, EU, WHO, FAO, FECS, FACS and UNESCO.
