31st Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference

October 22, 2026
Christiana Briddell
Event

GCIPR at the GC&E Conference

ACS GCIPR members attending the 2026 GC&E Conference in San Antonio, TX. Photo credit: Chad Isaiah Photography

The ACS Green Chemistry Institute’s Green Chemistry and Engineering (GC&E) Conference is the premier global event for green chemistry and engineering. The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable is a Gold Sponsor of GC&E and organizes many symposia.

The 2027 GC&E Conference theme is “Driving Responsible Consumption and Production”. The Conference will take place June 7–10, 2027, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Roundtable Poster Reception

The ACS GCI Industrial Roundtable Poster Reception, sponsored by the GCIPR, showcases industry-relevant science and provides a space for networking with industry at the GC&E Conference.
Industry Awards

The GCIPR industrial green chemistry awards will be presented at the GC&E Conference. Winners will be presenting their innovations at the session, “Advancing Sustainable Processes in Pharma and Allied Industries via Green Chemistry Innovations.”
Student Travel Awards

In this special session, “Sustainability in Organic Chemistry,” graduate students and postdoctoral scholars accepted to present will receive a $1200 travel grant from the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable to assist in their in-person conference attendance.
Gold Sponsor

The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable is a proud Gold Sponsor of the GC&E Conference.
Symposium Organized

The GCIPR organizes several sessions at GC&E. Sessions will be announced in December.
Roundtable Member Meeting

The summer in-person and virtual meeting of GCIPR member companies will take place on Monday, June 7, 2027, at the GC&E Conference.

Green Chemistry Using Smarter Metrics: A Life Cycle Approach

Chemists and chemical engineers hold immense power to reduce environmental impact through the choices they make, especially when selecting synthetic routes. But how can they be sure they’re making the greener choice?

The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable has developed robust metrics to advance decision making in development of greener synthetic processes, not just for the pharmaceutical sector, but in academic research and in other industries as well. Join David Entwistle of Codexis and Benjamin Küehne of Merck, KGaA (Germany) as they discuss the importance of metrics in driving process development and discover how these tools are helping chemists make faster, smarter, and more sustainable decisions. Register now to gain practical insights through real-world case studies and learn how to elevate your process development with powerful sustainability tools like the new Process Mass Intensity (PMI) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Tool.

This ACS Webinar is moderated by Adelina Voutchkova-Kostal of the American Chemical Society and co-produced with the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable.

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Sustainable Manufacturing: Green Chemistry Breakthroughs in Pharma

October 30, 2024
Christiana Briddell
Event, Webinar

Celebrate groundbreaking advancements in green chemistry and engineering in the pharmaceutical industry, featuring the 2024 Peter J. Dunn Award winners. Established in 2016, the Award recognizes exceptional industrial implementations that achieve significant environmental, safety, cost, and efficiency improvements over existing technologies. This year’s honorees, Boehringer Ingelheim and GSK, have set new standards in sustainable manufacturing.

Boehringer Ingelheim’s team created a highly efficient 3-step synthesis for Spiroketone CD 7659, used across multiple projects. Join Yongda Zhang, a Distinguished Research Fellow in Process Research at Boehringer Ingelheim as he discusses how their process improved yield nearly five-fold, reduced solvent usage by 99 percent, and eliminated halogenated solvents. The sustainability impact was significant, with a PMI of 117, an outstanding Relative Process Greenness (RPG) score of 72 percent, and a top-tier innovation Green Aspiration Level (iGAL). Scalable to meet increasing demand, learn how their method will save over 69 million kg of waste at one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. GSK’s team developed a second-generation route for manufacturing the cancer drug maleimidocaproyl monomethyl auristatin F (mcMMAF) which reduces solvent consumption by 16,160 kg per kilogram of product, cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 71 percent, and slashes energy consumption by 76 percent. Join Danny Mancheno, a Research Scientist at GSK as he discusses their innovative approach that also eliminated single-use silica gel chromatographic separations, achieving an impressive 76 percent reduction in Process Mass Intensity (PMI).

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from industry leaders in the sustainability space as they share insights into these award-winning projects and their contributions to a greener future. This ACS Webinar is moderated by John Tucker of Neurocrine Biosciences and is co-produced by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable.

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