IUPAC Guiding Principles of Responsible Chemistry
In a world grappling with climate change, pollution, disinformation, and rapid technological shifts, the question is no longer can chemistry help—but how should it?
Explore this bold, forward-looking framework designed to transform how chemistry is practiced, taught, and perceived worldwide.
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Explore this bold, forward-looking framework designed to transform how chemistry is practiced, taught, and perceived worldwide.
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IUPAC supports various initiatives that solicit your involvement. Theses include the following awards ...
- Chemistry Education Awards announcement – DEADLINE 15 Oct 2025
- 2026 IUPAC-Soong Prize for Sustainable Chemistry – DEADLINE 15 Nov 2025
- Thieme–IUPAC Prize – DEADLINE 12 Dec 2025
- 2026 IUPAC-Richter Prize – DEADLINE 15 Dec 2025
- 2026 IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Youn Chemists – DEADLINE 15 Feb 2026
- 2027 IUPAC International Award for Advances in Harmonized Approaches to Crop Protection Chemistry – DEADLINE 1 Oct 2026
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- Chemistry Education Awards announcement – DEADLINE 15 Oct 2025
- 2026 IUPAC-Soong Prize for Sustainable Chemistry – DEADLINE 15 Nov 2025
- Thieme–IUPAC Prize – DEADLINE 12 Dec 2025
- 2026 IUPAC-Richter Prize – DEADLINE 15 Dec 2025
- 2026 IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Youn Chemists – DEADLINE 15 Feb 2026
- 2027 IUPAC International Award for Advances in Harmonized Approaches to Crop Protection Chemistry – DEADLINE 1 Oct 2026
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Oct-Dec 2025 issue
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- Past President ’s Column: Chemistry at the Crossroads, by Javier García Martínez
- IUPAC’s 2025 Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry, by Fernando Gomollón-Bel
- Preventing spread of chemical weapons in an era of rapid technological change, by Sarah Clapham and Peter Hotchkiss
- Why think philosophically about chemistry? by Vanessa A. Seifert
- Spotlight on IUPAC Young Observers
& IUPAC Wire, imPACt, Projects, Conference Call, Where 2B & Y, ...
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- IUPAC’s 2025 Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry, by Fernando Gomollón-Bel
- Preventing spread of chemical weapons in an era of rapid technological change, by Sarah Clapham and Peter Hotchkiss
- Why think philosophically about chemistry? by Vanessa A. Seifert
- Spotlight on IUPAC Young Observers
& IUPAC Wire, imPACt, Projects, Conference Call, Where 2B & Y, ...
Sustainable Digital Standards
IUPAC is initiating a community roadmap and sustainability blueprint for digital standards in chemistry data reporting.
With the rapid advancement of digital technologies, there’s an urgent need for consistent reporting and exchange of chemical data worldwide.
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About IUPAC’s Scientific Work
Chemistry connects us all—from the water we drink to the medicines we take—and behind that connection is a shared scientific language. This document offers a quick look at how IUPAC helps build and sustain that language for over a century. If you’ve ever wondered who standardizes chemical terminology, or sets the guidelines for measuring and reporting data in labs around the world, you’re in the right place. Through international collaboration, scientific rigor and consensus, and community engagement, IUPAC brings order and clarity to the most complex fields of chemistry.
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Diversity and Inclusion
Chemistry is all about diversity: each new bond, each additional group makes the whole richer and stronger. IUPAC recognizes that to fulfill its vision, it must strongly commit to embracing and promoting transparency, diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities for all.
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This project will highlight exemplary systems thinking-oriented teaching and learning approaches (e.g. in-class exercises, laboratory experiments, realworld industry engagement) that demonstrate ways to develop the systems thinking capacities of students, which are integral to addressing sustainable development challenges in society.
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