Nobel symposium on Chemistry for Sustainability

From May 19-22, 2025 Nobel Symposium 193 “Chemistry for Sustainability: Fundamental Advances” was hosted by SUCCeSS

Chemistry for sustainability is a strongly growing research field focusing on the transformative, dynamic and adaptive power of green chemistry and sustainable chemistry  to progress towards the SDGs. The field drives future progress through developments within catalysis, resource efficient processes, alternate drivers for chemical transformations, use of green solvents, biobased chemicals and materials, toxicity /hazard screening, environmental foot print evaluation, system thinking, and data driven design at molecular scale. Leading researchers and emerging scholars from across the globe were invited to Stockholm to discuss the significant breakthroughs which have played a significant role advancing sustainability in the field of chemistry.

Program: Chemistry for sustainability, fundamental advances pdf, 522.3 kB. (522 Kb)

Satellite Events

There were also several satellite events in connection to the Nobel symposium, to reach out to a diverse audiences including schools, academia, industries, policy makers and the general public.  

Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future

Ben Feringa and Paul Anastas outside the Nobel Prize Museum

Ben Feringa and Paul Anastas outside the Nobel Prize Museum. Photo: Per Larsson

A major outcome of this event was the signing of the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future. The purpose of the Stockholm Declaration is to advance health and sustainability by calling on scientists, industry, educators, students and policy makers to collaborate on implementing solutions for human well-being while preserving and protecting the environment. “By embracing this vision, we can harness chemistry´s full potential as a catalyst for a fairer, more sustainable, and resilient world.”

Read and sign the declaration

Article about the Declaration and interview with Paul Anastas

Reimagining Chemistry: Building a Circular World

Popular science event at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Watch the video

The organizers of the Nobel symposium and satellite events:

Chair: Prof. Berit Olofsson, SU (Deputy Director of SUCCeSS) 
Co-Chair: Prof. Aji Mathew, SU (Director of SUCCeSS)
Advisory Chair: Prof. Paul Anastas, Yale University, USA (Senior advisor SUCCeSS) 
Member: Assoc. Prof. Oskar Karlsson, SU (SUCCeSS board member)
Member: Ass. Prof. Tetyana Budnyak, Uppsala University 
Member: Assoc. Prof. Yuanyuan Li, KTH

Funders included the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation as well as the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and SUCCeSS.

Last updated: 2025-12-18

Source: SUCCeSS

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