Meeting society's needs without damaging the environment requires new ways of thinking. The link of industrial chemistry and chemoecology will be one of the key factors of sustainable development within the chemicals industry

DR Shonnard

Helen Gavaghan

Peter Saling

PT Anastas

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Industrial chemistry and chemoecology are linked together to 
realize a modern and sustainable chemistry
Peter Saling*
Address: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany, GUP/CE – Z 570, 67056 Ludwigshafen
Email: Peter Saling* - peter.saling@basf.com
* Corresponding author    
Abstract
Meeting society's needs without damaging the environment requires new ways of thinking. The link
of industrial chemistry and chemoecology will be one of the key factors of sustainable development
within the chemicals industry.
Industrial chemistry plays an important role in our soci-
ety. Thousands of products and applications have
increased the standard of living of billions of people in the
last century. Life today without the benefits of industrial
chemistry and the chemical industry would be difficult
and of low quality [1]. Nevertheless, society is often criti-
cal of industrial chemistry and does not accept all prod-
ucts offered by it. Therefore it is an important obligation
of manufacturers and scientists to convince people that
chemicals can offer solutions to current problems. Chang-
ing of resources, of methodologies, of chemical individu-
als, technologies etc. in a competing economy with
different types of industries requires an ongoing dialog
and a realistic proof-of-concept to achieve the "license-to-
operate" for the chemical industry. In this situation, a
well-acknowledged journal with high-quality articles can
bring essential contributions to current discussions with a
high impact. The Chemistry Central Journal intends to be a
platform for the discussion of new trends, processes and
applications of chemicals. Chemoecology, is an impor-
tant field for the evaluation of new and important
impacts. It can help to show, in a scientific manner, where
the weaknesses and strengths of different systems lie.
Quantifying the sustainability benefits of industrial chem-
istry is therefore an important issue for the further devel-
opment of this field of opportunities in the future. A
realistic and validated estimate of innovative potentials of
industrial chemistry by using quantitative methods is
essential for the development of new products and proc-
esses. New approaches and developments of "Green
Chemistry", "Green Engineering", "Chemoecology" etc.
in combination with the development of industrial proc-
esses should be published in the Chemistry Central Journal.
Using life-cycle management tools and assessments of the
entire product life cycle – from concept development to
design and implementation, further to marketing, and
finally, end-of-life issues – will be an important factor for
successful new industrial processes and products. The
chemical industry has played a key role in the develop-
ment of such new tools and techniques as well as in
impact assessment research, consistently allocating a large
portion of its resources to research and development [2].
The design of new processes needs to consider aspects of
the Chemoecology too. The link of industrial chemistry
and Chemoecology will be one of the key factors of sus-
tainable development within the chemicals industry.
Published: 20 March 2007
Chemistry Central Journal 2007, 1:9 doi:10.1186/1752-153X-1-9
Received: 23 February 2007
Accepted: 20 March 2007
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Meeting society's needs without damaging the environ-
ment requires new ways of thinking. The chemical indus-
try has a strong record of innovation – in products that
meet customers' needs, in manufacturing processes that
protect the environment and human health, and in solu-
tions that directly address environmental problems [3].
To promote the communication and understanding
between the academic community and the chemical
industry is important. The best way to bridge the gap
between the ideas that academia generates and the ideas
that the product development industry seeks should be
evaluated [4]. Communication on new topics within a
worldwide network is crucial for additional increases in
quality of life with chemicals for today and tomorrow.
The Chemistry Central Journal will be a platform for the
exchange of ideas in this exciting domain.
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