Sustainability
Our planet faces critical challenges – from plastics polluting the oceans, to the urgent need to find more sustainable resources.
But where will new solutions come from? How can we achieve global collaboration to address the big issues? And where can the chemical sciences deliver the biggest impacts?
On this page you can find our perspectives on a range of issues related to Sustainability, including research reports, campaigning materials, and a list of our policy positions and engagement activities.
What's in Sustainability?
View our Sustainability policy summaries
#RSCsustainability
Our strategic approach to sustainability
The chemical sciences will play a pivotal role in solving the challenges associated with sustainability.
Read our strategic actions, find out about careers in chemistry, download educations resources, all with a view to improving international sustainability.
Chemistry and COP26
Find out how we got involved with the United Nations Climate Change Conference
For COP26, we focussed on chemistry’s unique opportunity to bridge the gap between the SDGs; in particular Goal 12 (responsible consumption and production) and Goal 13 (climate action).
You can view recordings of all of our talks and events.