India’s Ministry of Finance has unveiled a draft framework for its Climate Finance Taxonomy— a classification system designed to identify sustainable economic activities aligned with national climate objectives. The taxonomy aims to mobilize significant capital flows to support India’s net zero transition while minimizing the… Read More »India Unveils Draft Climate Finance Taxonomy to Mobilize Investment Toward Net-Zero Targets

At the 12th Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, which took place on May 2, 2025, member nations adopted a resolution to add long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (LC-PFCAs) and the hazardous chemical chlorpyrifos to the list of pollutants that need to be controlled. The… Read More »Long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids and chlorpyrifos have been added to the list of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that need to be controlled

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan, under the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL), has recently announced revisions to the Priority Assessment Chemical Substances (PACS) List and changes to the production and import quantity reporting requirements. These updates include the removal of… Read More »Key Revisions to Japan’s Priority Assessment Chemical Substances List: 7 Chemicals Removed, 3 Added

A document outlining the execution of reporting requirements for the REACH restriction on microplastics was published by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) on April 16, 2025.  Background of the Reporting Requirements Commission Regulation (EU)2023/20552 of September 25, 2023, also referred to as “the microplastics restriction,”… Read More »The EU Declares REACH’s Microplastics Reporting Requirements

The European Commission has begun executing a five-year work plan under the ESPR as of this year.. This regulation aims to establish sustainability requirements for a wide range of products to support the European Union’s broader environmental, climate, and circular economy goals. One of the… Read More »Clothing prioritized in EU sustainable products plan

In April, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin unveiled a robust set of measures aimed at addressing the growing concern over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as “forever chemicals.” The initiative reinforces the EPA’s commitment to safeguarding air, land,… Read More »EPA Takes Significant Steps to Tackle PFAS Contamination

Amendment No. 2 to Occupational Exposure Limits for Hazardous Agents in the Workplace Part 1: Chemical Hazardous Agents (GBZ 2.1—2019) was released by the National Health Commission on May 9, 2024. The effective date of this modification is May 1st, this year. Businesses that handle… Read More »The second amendment to the workplace’s hazardous agent exposure limits will go into effect in May