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In 2024, the American Chemical Society signed agreements to collaborate with the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Chemical Research Society of India, the Latin American Federation of Chemical Associations, and the Regenerative Engineering Society.
ACS has a wide range of relationships with organizations worldwide, including chemical societies, science and engineering societies, and scientific federations. Among the objectives of these collaborations are to promote chemistry and communicate its value, provide technical and career development programming, foster connections among global chemists, and accelerate progress toward a sustainable chemical enterprise.
“At ACS, we join with esteemed organizations around the world to advance the chemistry enterprise. We can accomplish much more working together than what we can on our own,” ACS CEO Albert G. Horvath says.
Partnerships can be focused on a single project, or they can be high-level agreements that cover several areas. Memorandums of understanding (MOUs) define the parameters of many of these relationships. “MOUs play an important role in guiding mutual collaborations for the betterment of each organization involved—and the communities that they serve,” says Horvath.
Following are some examples of outcomes from ACS partnerships with global scientific groups.
Coorganized regional conferences. ACS sponsors the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem) series together with its Canadian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, New Zealand, and Australian counterparts. Pacifichem is held in Honolulu, Hawaii, approximately every 5 years; the ninth congress will take place in December 2025. The Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry (ABCChem), which brings together chemists from countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean, is supported by ACS and other scientific societies in Europe, North and South America, and Africa. To date, two ABCChem conferences have been held: one in Cancun, Mexico, in 2018 and one in Marrakech, Morocco, in 2022.
Green chemistry initiatives. In 2023, the ACS Green Chemistry Institute, the Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, and Beyond Benign partnered to establish the global web platform Green Chemistry For Sustainability. This platform facilitates innovation, research, discovery, and policy discussions. The same year, the ACS Green Chemistry Institute partnered with Beyond Benign to develop the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community. This second platform provides resources to support the teaching and practice of green chemistry.
Shared celebration of special events. Between 2019 and 2021, ACS partnered with the Earth Day Network to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Together, the partners developed programs and resources and ran joint initiatives. ACS continues to disseminate resources developed by the Earth Day Network, such as those associated with the Great Global Cleanup campaign.
Cosponsorship of awards aimed at promoting gender equality. Since 2018, ACS and the Brazilian Chemical Society have jointly awarded the Brazilian Women in Chemistry Award. ACS and the Latin American Federation of Chemical Associations have supported the annual Latin American Women in Chemistry Awards since 2021.
More information on ACS partnerships and alliances can be found at acs.org/global/impact/partnerships.html.
Nina Notman is a freelance writer based in Salisbury, England.
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