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| 2025 | Appointed as a non-executive director of Chanel |
| 2025 |
Spike Island, Widnes
Pulp released the song 'Spike Island' as the first single from their album 'More', inspired by the original 1990 concert.
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| 2025 |
Prices of chemical elements
Price data collected for Osmium and Iridium
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| 2025 |
Together for Sustainability
Celanese and Novonesis became members of TfS, further expanding the organization's reach in the chemical industry.
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| January 2025 |
Triangle of death
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Italy violated the right to life of 2.9 million citizens in the Triangle of Death, finding that Italian authorities had known about the pollution problem since 1988 but failed to take adequate protective measures.
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| January 20 2025 | Posted pictures of himself at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC during the second inauguration of Donald Trump. |
| 2024 | Concluded her membership on the Supervisory Board of Bayer AG |
| 2024 | Recognized as The Best Professor of SkolTech. |
| 2024 |
Prices of chemical elements
Price data collected for Gold
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| 2024 | The IChemE Malaysia Awards will return, and the first-ever IChemE Australasia Awards will be launched, expanding the organization's global recognition of chemical engineering achievements. |
| 2024 | Forbes estimates Blavatnik's net worth at $32.1 billion, ranking him the 52nd-richest person in the world. |
| 2024 |
Energy & Environmental Science
Royal Society of Chemistry launched two additional companion journals: EES Batteries and EES Solar, expanding the EES Family to four journals with the original Energy & Environmental Science as the flagship journal.
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| 2024 |
Together for Sustainability
Altana, Syensqo, Symrise, and Univar Solutions joined TfS, continuing the organization's steady membership growth.
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| 2024 | Institute of Chemical Technology ranked 251-260 in Asia on the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2024 | Ranked 5th in the NIRF rankings in the Pharmacy Category. |
| 2024 | Ranked 801-1000 globally by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. |
| July 2024 | Conducted an interview with Tucker Carlson in El Salvador, discussing his inability to travel to the European Union and the United States due to sanctions. |
| June 2024 |
Substance of very high concern
Most recent update of the SVHC list, expanding the total number of substances to 241 SVHCs.
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| April 2024 | Participated in a video call with New York City Mayor Eric Adams regarding Columbia University protests, and donated $2,100 to Adams's campaign. |
| March 8 2024 | Ranked #91 on Forbes list of The Richest People In The World with a net worth of $21.1 Billion. |
| January 23 2024 |
Substance of very high concern
Multiple substances added to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC), including 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenol (2,4,6-TTBP), Octrizole, a dimethylamino compound, Bumetrizole, Dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and Oligomerisation and alkylation reaction products of 2-phenylpropene and phenol. These substances were added for various reasons including being toxic for reproduction, having endocrine disrupting properties, or being very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB).
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| 2023 | Ranked first among Russian billionaires with a fortune of $25.2 billion, placing 58th globally in wealth rankings. |
| 2023 | IChemE formed a hydrogen alliance with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), collaborating to support industry's adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier in the pursuit of net zero emissions. |
| 2023 | The Institution of Chemical Engineers launched DiscoverChemEng, an educational outreach initiative designed to inspire future process and chemical engineers. The program includes creating resources for IChemE volunteers and STEM ambassadors to use in schools and careers fairs, and establishing an Educator Network to coordinate local events. |
| 2023 |
Green Chemistry
Journal Citation Reports reported an impact factor of 9.3 for Green Chemistry journal, highlighting its scientific significance and citation influence.
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| 2023 |
Together for Sustainability
HA Group, Indorama, Johnson Matthey, Momentive Performance Materials, Nouryon, Oleon NV, Sabic, Semperit, Synthomer, Tricon, and Yara became members of TfS, further expanding the organization's global representation.
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| 2023 | Ranked 188th in Asia by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. |
| December 2023 | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed personal sanctions against Len Blavatnik during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, reflecting international scrutiny of his business connections and potential ties to Russian oligarchs. |
| November 2023 | Became a member of a WhatsApp group chat involving powerful business leaders focused on supporting Israel's narrative after the Hamas attack. |
| November 2023 | Vincent Monteil and Fanny Bonnet become President and Secretary General respectively in November 2023 |
| November 6 2023 |
Industrial Green Chemistry World
IGCW convention held from 6-8 November, bringing together experts from academia and industry to discuss and showcase green sustainable innovations in chemistry and engineering.
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| November 6 2023 |
Industrial Green Chemistry World
IGCW convention series held from November 6-8, featuring four main sub-events: Symposium, Expo, Awards, and Seminars, showcasing green chemistry innovations and sustainable technologies.
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| October 2023 | Melnichenko settled the lawsuit with Kuzbassenergo, which owns Sibeco. The settlement involved diverting an undisclosed amount of money to a social charity focused on children's education. |
| August 2023 | Russia's Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit against Melnichenko seeking to nationalize his former company Sibeco, which owns several thermal power plants. |
| June 2023 |
Together for Sustainability
Jennifer Jewson, CPO of LyondellBasell, was elected as president of the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative.
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| June 24 2023 | Wrote in support of the Wagner Group mutiny, urging citizens to help the mutineers. |
| April 2023 | Felix Yevtushenkov steps down as Chairman of the Board of Directors of MTS. |
| April 30 2023 | Signed a joint declaration with other exiles in Berlin, declaring the Putin regime as 'illegitimate and criminal' and needing to be eliminated. |
| January 2023 | Sanctioned by Japan in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2022 | Recognized as The Best Professor of SkolTech. |
| 2022 | Concluded his adjunct professorship at Aalto University. |
| 2022 | Sanctioned by the UK government in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War. |
| 2022 | Estimated net worth reached $15.8 billion by Forbes and $17.4 billion by Bloomberg, establishing him as one of Russia's richest entrepreneurs. |
| 2022 | Spoke out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling for urgent peace and warning of potential global food crisis due to fertilizer price increases. |
| 2022 | The Institution of Chemical Engineers celebrated its centenary by creating a special website featuring short historical articles about chemical engineering and IChemE's history, and hosting a series of videos and webinars throughout the year as part of the ChemEng Evolution project. |
| 2022 | Blavatnik sold his stake in Russian aluminum producer United Co. Rusal International PJSC, divesting his last major asset in Russia. |
| 2022 | Co-authored 'The Russian Conundrum: How the West Fell for Putin's Power Gambit—And How to Fix It' with Martin Sixsmith, providing critical analysis of Russian politics and Western engagement. |
| 2022 | Forbes estimated Sergei Popov's net worth at $3.1 billion, ranking him as the 984th richest person in the world. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist), Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Prices of chemical elements, Energy & Environmental Science, Simone Bagel-Trah, Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances, Together for Sustainability, French Group for the Study of Polymers and their Application, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Albert Nasibulin, Sergei Popov (businessman), Spike Island, Widnes, Green Chemistry (journal), Industrial Green Chemistry World, Len Blavatnik, Institute of Chemical Technology, Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Substance of very high concern & Triangle of death (Italy), which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.