Chemistry Network wins Green Apple Award
Posted on 8 August 2000
The Network was runner-up in the National Services and Utilities section of the annual Green Apple Environment Awards, organised by The Green Organisation at the Café Royal, London on Tuesday 1 August 2000. The National Award winners received their trophies from actress Cherie Lunghi.
The Green Apple Environment Awards are presented annually to local authorities, industry and commercial organisations who are working to preserve and protect the environment. The Green Chemistry Network was established in 1998 to provide a forum for academic and industrial chemists with an interest in using environmentally friendly or sustainable chemistry. The various programmes of the Network include training courses, conferences, producing educational resources and promoting the sharing of green ideas and technology between academia and industry.
Commenting on the Award, Green Chemistry Network manager Mike Lancaster said: "It was a special honour to receive this Award on behalf of the GCN since it was recognition from outside the science community that chemistry can be carried out in an environmentally benign way. There is a rapidly growing number of chemists who believe that we can continue to have the benefits that modern society expects the chemical industry to provide but without the adverse environmental side effects we have sometimes seen in the past. This is a tonic for all of us."
Notes to editors:
- The Green Chemistry Network is an independent organisation based in the Chemistry Department, University of York. It is funded and supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
- The Royal Society of Chemistry is the Learned Society for chemistry and the Professional Body for chemists in the UK with 46,000 Members world-wide. It can trace its history back to the Chemical Society founded in 1841. The Society is a major international publisher of chemical information, supports the teaching of chemistry at all levels, organises hundreds of chemical meetings a year and is a leader in communicating science to the public.
- The Green Organisation is an independent environment group dedicated to promoting the positive side of environmental endeavour. It awards the Green Apple Environment Awards to recognise companies, corporations and individuals who are working to preserve and protect the environment for future generations. The Green Organisation is non-political, non-activist and non-profit making and is supported by membership and sponsorship.