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Manage. 2025, 2, 1618−1619  \nRead Online  \n\n|  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| ACCESS   | Metrics & More |  |  Article Recommendations |\n\nDownloaded via INDIAN INST OF TECH MADRAS on December 30, 2025 at 05:38:34 (UTC) . See [https://pubs.acs.org/sharingguidelines](https://pubs.acs.org/sharingguidelines) for options on how to legitimately share published articles.  \nSustainability has rapidly become a defining criterion for  \ndecision-making across science, industry, and government. It now shapes how policymakers, businesses, and consumers evaluate the viability of products, processes, and technologies. This is done not only to improve their performance but also to ensure sustained economic and environmental vitality. In 2013, the American Chemical Society (ACS) launched the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS-SCE) to convene and celebrate advances and discoveries in chemical processes and technologies that demonstrate the principles of green chemistry and green engineering. Thanks to the global research community, ACS-SCE has experienced rapid growth in stature and is now among the leading journals in the discipline, based on the increasing number of submissions from authors worldwide. During the past decade, the topics of waste recycling and circularity have become increasingly important in the context of sustainability. To provide more bandwidth for publishing work in these rapidly emerging areas, ACS Sustainable Resource Management (ACS-SRM) was launched in 2024. Together, these journals form a cohesive journal family that reflects ACS’s commitment to sustainability from cutting-edge scientific, technological, and systems-based perspectives.  \nWhile both titles continue to rapidly grow in submissions, we are often challenged, as editors, to articulate how the two journals differ in scope and to clarify what attributes set these two journals apart. This editorial seeks to offer a clear comparison between ACS-SCE and ACS-SRM, helping authors determine the best venue for their work while underscoring the shared vision that unites both journals.  \nACS-SCE continues to focus on the design of novel processes, technologies, and materials that minimize negative environmental impacts and maximize the efficiency of these activities. The key principles under consideration are (i) green chemistry and engineering that reduce hazardous compounds in chemical processes, (ii) circularity that produces products that can be reused, recycled or degraded by organisms, and (iii) efficiency of energy utilization and storage by focusing on advanced materials and low-energy manufacturing processes. A key motivation of ACS-SCE is thus to minimize the generation of toxic waste during chemical production, develop environmentally friendlier materials that produce less waste, and enhance industrial processes to reduce their ecological footprint. Examples of ACS-SCE principles include (i) lifecycle assessment (LCA), which examines the environmental impact of extraction of raw materials, their use, and finally their disposal, (ii) the application of appropriate mass and/or  \nPublished 2025 by American Chemical Society  \nintensity based metrics the at drive waste minimization thereby quantitatively leading to more effective and productive processes, (iii) the use of renewable feedstock instead of crude oil or coals, and (iv) intensification of chemical processes that minimize energy use or waste generation. Several editorials on these topics and others provide guidelines to authors on manuscript attributes that have the best chance of being published in ACS-SCE. Some of these editorials can be found in the repository of editorials as indicated in ref 1.  \nIn contrast, ACS-SRM welcomes manuscripts that present novel approaches in managing ","cbCaiaOGW1xxpEQm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaOGW1xxpEQm","pdf",1339017,"English","# Complementary yet Distinct: editorial overview\n## Background: sustainability’s role in decision-making\n## Launch and purpose of ACS journals\n## Differing scope: ACS-SCE vs ACS-SRM\n## Examples of journal-relevant topics","[{\"question\":\"Why did ACS launch ACS Sustainable Resource Management (ACS-SRM) in 2024?\",\"answer\":\"To expand publishing capacity for rapidly emerging sustainability areas, especially waste recycling and circularity.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the core focus of ACS Sustainable Chemistry \\u0026 Engineering (ACS-SCE)?\",\"answer\":\"Design of novel processes, technologies, and materials that minimize environmental impacts through green chemistry/engineering, circularity, and efficient energy use and storage.\"},{\"question\":\"How does ACS-SRM differ from ACS-SCE in manuscript scope?\",\"answer\":\"ACS-SRM emphasizes novel approaches to managing natural resources and wastes, including reducing wastes, controlling effluent to air/water/soil, and supporting policy and governance for sustainable resource use.\"}]","The ACS Sustainable Family - Complementary yet Distinct: Some Evolving Thoughts from the Editors’ Desks | PDF",1789999898]