Adecade ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Center for Environmental Research published “Bioengineering for Pollution Prevention,” a groundbreaking report examining industrial biotechnology's unique potential to improve the environmental profile of manufacturing.1 The report authors reviewed industrial biotechnology's state of the science in 2007 and suggested future research priorities to overcome remaining challenges to commercializing the technology. Our industry has good reason to recognize—even celebrate—the 10th anniversary of this trailblazing report; the 2017 Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology provides the perfect opportunity. Over the past decade, the industrial biotechnology sector has commercialized unique environmental solutions to produce renewable chemicals, biobased products and biofuels from sustainable biomass, and many of them have premiered at the annual BIO World Congress. Companies have achieved quantifiable improvements in biomass sustainability, energy efficiency and carbon re-utilization. The developments illustrate the potential for sustainable manufacturing growth—which generates jobs and economic opportunity—while minimizing the environmental impact of industry.