Participants at a sustainable chemistry meeting in Europe have adopted a draft action plan for industry.

Approximately 150 participants at the 4th Stakeholder meeting of the European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem), held in Budapest on 27 August 2006, have adopted the draft SusChem Implementation Action Plan (IAP). Priorities focus around eight themes: bio-based economy; energy; health care; information and communication technologies; nanotechnology; sustainable quality of life; sustainable product and process design; and transport. SusChem was launched jointly in 2004 by the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) and biotech industry group EuropaBio to focus European research in chemistry. It adopted a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) in November 2005.

Links to further information
SusChem website
The draft action plan, August 2006
Euractiv news story, 29 August 2006