Industry Awards
The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable hosts an annual awards program to recognize green chemistry innovations that advance sustainability in the pharma industry and allied industrial partners. Applications for the 2025 cycle are now closed. Winners will be selected in early 2025. The awards are given during a ceremony at the Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, held next June 23-26 in Pittsburgh, PA, and are invited to present their winning technology at a symposium during this event.
Congratulations to the 2025 Award Winners!

From Bottleneck to Breakthrough: Developing a Sustainable and Scalable Manufacturing Process for a Complex ADC Drug-Linker
The Merck team demonstrated the impact of applying green chemistry principles in the manufacturing process of the linker for the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) Sacituzumab tirumotecan (MK-2870).

Recombinant DNA technology and chimeric protein expression for sustainable production of therapeutic peptides by microbial fermentation
Olon S.p.A. developed a flexible manufacturing platform for the synthesis of peptide therapeutics that reduces solvent and toxic material usage, as well as minimizing excess building blocks by using no protecting groups.

A Sustainably-Designed Manufacturing Process to Adavelt™ Active from Renewable Feedstocks
The Corteva team demonstrated the design of an efficient manufacturing process for Adavelt™ active, with sustainability as a core focus.

Walk-Up Automated Reaction Profiling (WARP) System: A Tool for Reaction Monitoring Designed for Discovery Chemists
Pfizer received this innaugral award for thier WARP system emphasizes waste reduction and minimizing exposure to hazardous substances.

Algorithmic Process Optimization (APO) for Pharmaceutical Development
The Merck and Sunthetics team developed and demonstrated the APO technology allows for sustainable process design by minimizing material use and selecting non-toxic reagents, translating into reductions of the drug development costs.
Peter J. Dunn Awards for Green Chemistry & Engineering Impact in the Pharmaceutical Industry
The Peter J. Dunn Awards were established in 2016 by the ACS GCIPR to recognize excellence in the research, development and execution of green chemistry that demonstrates compelling environmental, safety and efficiency improvements over current technologies in the pharmaceutical industry and its allied industrial partners.
Data Science and Modeling for Green Chemistry
The Data Science and Modeling for Green Chemistry award aims to recognize the research and development of computational tools that guide the design of sustainable chemical processes and the execution of green chemistry that demonstrates compelling environmental, safety, and efficiency improvements over current technologies in the pharmaceutical industry and its allied industrial partners.
CMO Excellence in Green Chemistry Award
The CMO Excellence in Green Chemistry Award seeks to recognize outstanding efforts by CMO companies in pharmaceutical green chemistry in support of pharmaceutical research, development and manufacturing that demonstrate compelling environmental, safety and/or efficiency improvements.
Green Discovery Chemistry Award
The Green Discovery Chemistry Award will recognize outstanding efforts in discovery chemistry that demonstrate compelling environmental, safety and/or efficiency improvements through green chemistry and engineering.
Past Winners
- All
- CMO Excellence Award
- Data Science & Modeling Award
- Green Discovery Chemistry Award
- Peter J. Dunn Award