As the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is enabled by materials science discoveries, there is both an opportunity to advance and a responsibility to consider social and energy justice in materials science and engineering research. This symposium will specifically explore the relationship between energy justice and materials research, raising awareness of this topic within the broader materials community. We will consider both the up-stream (supply chain) and down-stream (disposal or recycling) impacts of sustainable energy technologies. Abstracts will be solicited focusing on the implications of energy technologies on societal justice and equity – including batteries, photovoltaics, H₂ and NH₃ production and use, soft materials (e.g., polymers, plastic recycling), catalysis, biotechnology, solar fuels, and clean water – and on the material life cycles – including extraction, processing, manufacturing, and disposal. Within each technological topic, this symposium will cover the impacts of materials research and development with an emphasis on groups that are disproportionately impacted as well as explore the interrelationship between materials science and social inequities such as racism, sexism, and classism. One goal of this symposium is for materials researchers to learn how to think about the social justice implications of our research and how to use social and energy justice concepts to inform R&D.