PLANETS engages in Dialogue on Safe and Sustainable Chemistry in Vienna

On 26 November 2025, PLANETS participated in an event jointly organised by Platform Green Chemistry (PGC) and SusChem-AT at the Vienna University of Technology. Bringing together stakeholders from policy, industry, research and the start-up community, the meeting focused on “From idea to impact: Start-ups and safe and sustainable by design for future-oriented chemistry.”

Clemens Wolf (BNN) introduced the evolving EU Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) framework, outlining its importance for developing safer and more sustainable advanced materials.

Martin Himly (PLUS) demonstrated how SSbD principles can be practically implemented to support innovation within green chemistry start-ups.

Clemens and Martin also conducted an informal live survey with the participants, to assess their level of knowledge on SSbD. Results available here.

Their presentation is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International in the PLANETS Community in Zenodo with DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17817072.

PLANETS was pleased to be part of this forward-looking exchange.

A warm thank you goes to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Regional Development and Water Management (BMLUK) and the Austrian Environmental Agency for making this event possible.