Environment, Sustainability and Energy Forum

The Environment, Sustainability and Energy Forum was formed in 2003 in order to support, manage and co-ordinate more effectively on behalf of the members, and in line with our Charter, the various important activities that take place related to health & safety, environmental chemistry, toxicology, hazard management, green chemical technology, energy and sustainability.

ESEF is now open to all members of the RSC as a society wide grouping to represent environmental and related activities. ESEF has the same status as the other Divisions and Forums. 

The Forum will provide a home within the RSC for members with an interest in the environment, sustainability and energy.

Remit of ESEF

The role of this body is to set, drive and deliver the strategy for environmental, sustainability and energy issues within the RSC and in doing so increase coherency and enhance current activities within RSC committees, special interest groups and other bodies in environmentally related affairs. 

RSC Council has agreed that the Forum should also carry out the following roles on behalf of the RSC as a whole:

• Act as the co-ordinating body to represent the RSC in its activities related to energy, the environment and health & safety.
• To be the responsible body for the development of all policy matters touching energy, the environment and health & safety within the RSC.
• Advise and lobby governmental bodies within the UK and EU on behalf of the chemical sciences within these areas.
• Build strong links with funding bodies, charities, the media, other learned societies, and universities.
• Build strong links between the Forum and the editorial boards of Green Chemistry and Journal of Environmental Monitoring.
• Advise the RSC on new developments, key issues and keynote conferences we should hold in this area.
• Act as one of the major drivers within the RSC for improving the perception of the chemical sciences in the public eye.