North American Region Environmental Programs
American Chemical Society Award for Affordable Green Chemistry
This award recognizes outstanding scientific discoveries that lay the foundation for environmentally- friendly products or manufacturing processes at a cost comparable to or less than that of current technologies. Rohm and Haas has provided an endowment to the American Chemical Society in support of the award. |
Fairmount Park Conservancy
The Fairmount Park Conservancy is dedicated to enhancing the community, economy and environment of Philadelphia by raising funds and awareness for the Fairmount Park System. With the help of the conservancy, the Fairmount Park System will safeguard air and water quality and remain a major tourist attraction that will attract people and jobs to Philadelphia and its neighborhoods.
Morton Arboretum
The Morton Arboretum is an internationally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to the planting and conservation of trees. Its 1,700 acres hold collections of more than 4,000 kinds of trees, shrubs, and other plants from around the world. The Arboretum offers extensive educational programming for all ages, conducts leading research on tree health and tree improvement, breeds and introduces hardy and disease-resistant trees and shrubs for distribution throughout the Midwest, and presents nature-related activities year-round for people of all ages and interests.
 Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
The Schuylkill Center promotes the preservation and improvement of our natural environment by fostering appreciation, understanding and responsible use of the ecosystem by disseminating information on current environmental issues and encouraging appropriate public response to environmental problems.
Wagner Free Institute of Science
The Wagner Institute began in 1855 as one of the earliest free adult science education programs in the United States. The institute combines access to natural history and science materials with lively education programs taught by acknowledged scholars. Annually, Rohm and Haas funding brings environmental education into a number of classrooms.
Philadelphia Zoo
Support to the Philadelphia Zoo sustains the Junior Zoo Apprentice program, the zoo’s signature youth leadership program. Rohm and Haas's contributions also go towards the Community Passport program, which enables local schools and community groups to have access to the zoo.
Shedd Aquarium
The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, IL, hosts a number of educational outreach programs that engage students in activities that connect them to the environment through their animal collection. Funding from Rohm and Haas allows the Shedd Aquarium to extend their reach to auditoriums and classrooms throughout the Chicago area to teach young people about animals and the environment.
Christina River Watershed Clean-up
Employees from Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, CMP Technologies, Inc. in Newark, Delaware actively work to protect natural resources in their communities. As part of an annual Christina River Watershed Clean-up, volunteers walk the banks and negotiate the waters along the river’s 31-mile path—from its headwaters in Pennsylvania to the mouth at the Delaware River—collecting trash and other discarded items. Over the years, hundreds of tons of trash have been reclaimed for proper disposal, with the volunteer group commonly collecting as much as 15 to 20 tons of trash during a single four-hour period.
Cool Roof
In partnership with the Energy Coordinating Agency and the Community Advisory Committee in Bridesburg – the host community for the Philadelphia plant – Rohm and Haas sponsored a Cool Block. Using Rohm and Haas’s cool-roof technology – a white, acrylic-based reflective coating that reduces the amount of heat absorbed by asphalt roofs during the summer months – Cool Block project planners coated 62 rooftops along a residential block. The primary goal was to reduce the adverse effects of high temperatures in a neighborhood with a large population of senior citizens. In addition a number of households in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia received energy audits and energy education. The residents felt that the in-home educational sessions were helpful in teaching how to stay cool and save energy and 79% of the homes which received a cool coat said their homes were more comfortable than they had been.
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