Reasons for the annual award winners: 2013 (18th) Green Reaction Conditions Award Dow Chemical Company developed EVOQUETM pre-composite polymer technology. Green Chemicals Award Cargill has developed a transformer oil made from vegetable oil, making the product less flammable and less toxic. Small Business Award Life Technologies develops a more efficient and cost-effective production process for key chemicals used in genetic testing. 2012 (17th) Academic Award The organic catalytic technology developed by Robert M. Weymouth and James L. Hedrick can remove harmful metals in the plastic production process and produce Producing safer end products is conducive to the recycling of plastic bottles and can significantly reduce plastic waste. Academic Award: The degradable polymer synthesis technology developed by Geoffrey W. Coates uses carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide as raw materials to synthesize degradable plastic products. Small Business Award Elevance Renewable Sciences has developed a low-cost technology to produce high-performance green specialty chemicals that reduces energy consumption and significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions relative to petrochemical production technologies. Green Reaction Condition Award Cytec Industrial Company develops MAX HT "Bayer Process" antiscalant product technology. Green Chemical Award Buckman's fiber-modifying enzyme technology used in the paper industry can improve the strength and quality of paper without adding chemicals or increasing energy consumption. It can also enable the paper industry to increase the proportion of recycled paper. Green Synthesis Route Award A doctor from Kedicos and the University of California developed a more efficient and safer green chemical method to produce simvastatin. 2011 (16th) Green Synthesis Route Award Genomatica
The company uses renewable raw materials at a lower cost to produce basic chemical products with green reactions Conditional Award Kraton High Performance Polymer Co., Ltd. innovated polymer membrane technology Green Chemical Award Sherwin-Williams Company of the United States for its water-based acrylic alkyd resin synthesis technology Small Business Award BioAmber Company Bio-based Academic Award for Integrated Production of Succinic Acid and Its Downstream Applications Professor Bruce H. Lipshutz of the University of California, Santa Barbara strives to end dependence on organic solvents 2010 (15th) Green Synthetic Routes Award Utilized by Dow Chemical Company and BASF Academic Award for Environmentally Friendly Innovative Processes for Oxidating Hydrogen to Produce Propylene Oxide Academic Award Professor Liao Junzhi from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for "CO2 Recycling in Biosynthesis" Small Business Award Biotechnology company LS9 in South San Francisco, USA, uses a series of genetic modifications Microorganisms convert plant sugars into various products such as alkanes, alkenes, fatty alcohols and fatty esters. Green Reaction Conditions Award Merck and Coticos use new transaminase to produce type Ⅱ diabetes drug technology Green Chemical Design Award Clark Company’s green insecticide uses spinosad to control the growth of mosquito larvae