The French Embassy in the Czech Republic annually awards prizes to young scientists for the results obtained during their doctoral studies. This year, Jaroslav Aubrecht from the Institute of Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels won the main prize for environmental and climate research MAKE OUR PLANET GREAT AGAIN 2022. The quality of his contribution entitled "Development of Cr-free environmentally-friendly hydrogenolysis catalysts to make ester hydrogenolysis sustainable" was evaluated as the most successful by an international commission composed of members of the academic and industrial spheres. At the award ceremony, which took place in the Buquoy Palace, where the French Embassy in Prague is located, the winner was presented with a financial check as well as a scholarship for a one-month internship at a selected French workplace. The ceremony was attended by the French Ambassador to the Czech Republic Alexis Dutertre, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Helena Langšádlová, winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry and Economics Jean-Marie Lehn and Jean Tirole, and other representatives of companies and universities. In particular, Jean-Marie Lehn tried to share his experience with young scientists during the ceremony and give them additional motivation in their work. Two of our colleagues from VŠCHT, Filip Antončík and Bronislav Jurásek, also placed in other categories.

A team of our great tireless colleagues from FTOP VŠCHT Prague educated and entertained visitors to the Rock for People festival. They devoted themselves to all the wonderful arrivals and answered sometimes less and sometimes more tricky questions. As part of FTOP's participation in the festival, Professor Vladimír Kočí also spoke in the panel "Circular Economy and LCA". The participants learned about the basic principles of the circular economy and the life cycle assessment method, as well as what to watch out for in so-called greenwashing and what are the prospects for our company in terms of sustainability in the future.