Sustainable work and the sustainable provision of research results for others is an essential criterion for efficient work in science. Only if results are accessible to the entire scientific community and thereby reusable, scientific progress can be accelerated in a targeted manner. Since the publication of the FAIR data principles , more and more scientists and stakeholders such as funding agencies and journals/publishers support the generation and provision of FAIR data, regardless of the discipline. Accordingly, data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR), which is particularly relevant for providing research data that form the basis of publications. In chemistry and materials science, a variety of initiatives promote the provision of FAIR data or provide assistance for the implementation of FAIR data measures. Established stakeholders that supported the concepts of FAIR data even before their explicit publication are e.g. IUPAC , RDA or CODATA . These have been joined by other important groups such as EOSC , and in Germany by the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) , in particular the consortium for Chemistry (NFDI4Chem) . In the future, NFDI4Chem will strengthen the chemical community by providing infrastructure for the generation and provision of FAIR data. Adhering to the FAIR data principles and aligning research processes to obtain FAIR data can be the basis for substantial improvement in data availability and quality. FAIR data can strengthen trust in research results through transparency and promote their systemic and barrier-free subsequent use.