RSC Sustainability Blog

One of the unique features of RSC Sustainability is that all manuscripts should include a Sustainability Spotlight statement (120 words maximum) that should categorically state the sustainable advance of the work and how it aligns with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. This statement should be different from the abstract and set the work in a broader context regarding sustainability. It should aim to answer the following questions.

• What is the situation and why is it important to address/understand this?
• What is the sustainable advancement of the work?
• Which UN SDG(s) does the work align with?

This statement will be seen by the reviewers and will help ascertain the relevance of the article for a broad but technical audience and authors should use it to show that they have given serious consideration to problems that are sustainable in nature. If the paper is accepted this statement will also be published. Manuscripts cannot be reviewed without this statement

Examples can be found in our recent publications. An excellent example of our Sustainable Spotlight statements can be found in James Clark’s work on depolymerising polyethylene. Read the article and its Sustainable Spotlight statement here (and below).

To celebrate the launch of our three new journals, RSC Sustainability, EES Catalysis, and Sustainable Food Technology,  earlier this year, we organised three satellite events that ran in parallel to this year’s COP27 meeting in Egypt.

Our new journals all address topics that align with several of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Each journal hosted a webinar where the panels discussed some of the current challenges and opportunities in their respective fields through a mix of live speakers and pre-recorded contributions.

RSC Sustainability

Join RSC Sustainability board members Tom Welton and Fran Kerton, along with RSC’s Programme Manager for Net Zero John Broderick as they discuss the challenges and opportunities for sustainable chemistry.

Find out more about RSC Sustainability and read our first published articles.

EES Catalysis

Join the RSC’s Programme Manager for Net Zero John Broderick and Jonathan Oxley (CBI Humber Cluster project) as they share their thoughts about challenges and opportunities for hydrogen as a sustainable fuel source.

Find out more about EES Catalysis and read our first published articles.

Sustainable Food Technology

Join Sustainable Food Technology board members Jorge Barros Velázquez, Rekha Singhal, Umezuruike Linus Opara, and Indrawati Oey as they discuss the challenges and opportunities to make food production more sustainable for the future.

Find out more about Sustainable Food Technology and read our first published articles.

We hope you enjoy these webinars and reading the first articles in our new journals!