· During the 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 AICIS registration years, registrants who imported and/or manufactured any of the 522 PFAS compounds must submit specific information. · EVA00204, an assessment on the introduction (import/manufacture) and usage of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), has been started by the… Read More »Australia Needs Data on 522 PFAS Substances

On October 7, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that sodium perfluorohexanesulfonate (PFHxS-Na, CAS RN 82382-12-5) has been officially added to the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) under the automatic listing mechanism of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA). The… Read More »U.S. EPA Adds PFHxS-Na to Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)

On September 1, 2025, the Australian government released the September 2025 Industrial Chemicals Categorisation Guidelines, including an updated list of chemicals considered high hazard for categorisation. The online Guide to Categorizing Chemical Importation and Manufacture has also been updated. These annual updates take effect on… Read More »Australia Adds 118 High-Hazard Chemicals to Updated Categorisation List

On September 8, 2025, Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) released a draft regulation targeting equipment that uses hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as refrigerants. Public consultation ran until September 19, 2025. The regulation seeks to amend the Environmental Protection and Management Act to prohibit the sale of equipment… Read More »Singapore Proposes Ban on Equipment and Vehicles Using HFCs with GWP Above 150

The European Union has introduced new restrictions on all PFAS used in firefighting foams, effective October 23, 2030. On October 2, 2025, the European Commission adopted Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/1988, which amends Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 to limit the use… Read More »EU Takes Action to Limit Use of “Forever Chemicals” in Firefighting Foams

Lawmakers in the European Parliament have reached an agreement on a negotiating position for the EU Commission’s Omnibus I initiative, which aims for deeper cuts to sustainability reporting and due diligence rules than initially proposed by the Commission. The deal significantly narrows the scope of… Read More »EU Lawmakers Agree on Cuts to Sustainability and Due Diligence Rules

The European Commission has announced plans to delay several pieces of scheduled legislation as part of its “de-prioritisation” process, including the adoption of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for non-EU companies under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This de-prioritisation was outlined in a… Read More »EU Postpones CSRD Sustainability Reporting Requirements for Non-EU Companies

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has introduced a new standard, ISO 17298: Biodiversity for Organizations, designed to help organizations assess and manage their biodiversity impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities. The launch comes as businesses face growing regulatory, reputational, and operational pressures linked to biodiversity… Read More »ISO Introduces New Standard for Biodiversity Management

On September 5, 2025, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) released a draft decree titled “Detailed Provisions and Guidelines on the Management of Certain Articles and Hazardous Chemicals in Products and Goods of the Law on Chemicals” for public consultation. The Law on Chemicals… Read More »Vietnam Publishes Draft Decree Providing Details for the Law on Chemicals: Part 3

On August 13, 2025, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published a draft mandatory national standard, Regulations for the Preparation of Chemical Safety Labels, on its official website and opened it for public consultation until October 12, 2025. This draft is intended to… Read More »China’s MIIT issues draft GB standard on chemical safety labeling