Description This category accounts for all emissions that occurred upstream (sometimes known as “cradle-to-gate”) during the production of products that were obtained or purchased by the reporting entity during the reporting year. Products can be divided into two categories : Goods(i.e., tangible things) Services (i.e.,… Read More »Scope 3-Purchased Goods and Services
Introduction Scope 1 emissions are direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that occur from sources that are controlled or owned by an organisation (for example, emissions related with fuel burning in boilers, furnaces, and cars). Scope 2 emissions are indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that arise… Read More »Scope 1 and Scope 2 Inventory Guidance
Corporate Standard The GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard provides requirements and guidance for companies and other organisations preparing a corporate-level GHG emissions inventory. The standard covers the accounting and reporting of seven greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol – carbon dioxide (CO2),… Read More »GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard
ANEC-BEUC Press Release: “Groundbreaking Commission proposal to ban hormone-disrupting chemicals in toys must become law.” The European Commission has put up a ground-breaking proposal to outlaw chemicals in toys that alter hormones. Such a prohibition would be enacted internationally for the first time ever. Chemicals… Read More »Regulation of Toy Safety
The Commission is proposing common criteria against greenwashing and misleading environmental claims. In accordance with the current proposal, consumers will have greater clarity, greater assurance that when something is marketed as “green,” it is in fact green, and higher quality information to choose environmentally friendly… Read More »Supporting sustainable choices and ending Greenwashing
The European Union added 35 chemicals in the Annex I of Prior Informed Consent Regulation, including 27 pesticides and 8 industrial chemicals. It shall apply from November 1, 2023. Introduction to PIC RegulationAn international agreement called the PIC Regulation, sometimes known as the Prior Informed… Read More »EU adds 35 hazardous chemicals to PIC Regulation
In accordance with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restrictions of Chemicals (REACH) legislation, the European Union (EU) has limited the use of diisocyanates. On August 24, 2023, the restriction went into effect and forbade the sale of diisocyanates for commercial and industrial usage in quantities… Read More »EU Restricts the use of Diisocyanates under REACh
The IMDS tool contains original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specific information https://public.mdsystem.com/en/web/imds-public-pages/oem-specific-info, which is dataunique to a given OEM. OEM Specific Information contentThis data may consist of the following:The materials that OEMs need to be used in their productsThe methods used by the OEM to handle… Read More »Original Equipment Manufacturer(OEM) Specific Information
The International Material Data System’s (IMDS) radioactive material list is a list of chemicals that are thought to be radioactive. It aids businesses in following rules requiringthem to monitor and control the usage of radioactive materials. The Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) legislation of the… Read More »IMDS Radioactive Substance List : A guide for companies
The Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2023 were published on July 12 by India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). It is now possible to export used electrical and electronic assemblies that are imported for repair or refurbishment… Read More »India Amends Hazardous Waste Rules to Allow Re-exports of Repaired EEE to Companies other than OEMs.
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