The Australian Government has amended the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standards (IChEMS) Register, adding 21 new chemicals through the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Instrument 2026.  Published on 18 June 2026 and effective from 19 June 2026, the amendment strengthens Australia’s environmental management framework for industrial chemicals.  Chemicals Added: … Read More » Australia Adds 21 Chemicals to IChEMS Framework, Including PFHpS

The European Commission has approved France’s €63 billion state aid program to support the development of offshore wind energy over the next 25 years, reinforcing the European Union’s commitment to achieving climate neutrality and accelerating the transition to a net-zero economy. The program includes the construction and operation… Read More »EU Endorses France’s €63 Billion Offshore Wind Strategy 

The European Commission has officially adopted the revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), along with a voluntary sustainability reporting standard for companies that fall outside the CSRD scope.  This marks a significant milestone in the Commission’s Omnibus I simplification initiative, aimed at reducing the reporting… Read More »European Commission Officially Adopts Corporate Sustainability Reporting Standards 

· 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