On November 15, 2024, Brazilian Chemical Management Law No. 15. 022 officially came into effect, marking a significant step forward in the field of chemical regulation in Brazil. According to the provisions of this regulation, manufacturers and importers must complete registration in a newly established… Read More »Brazil Officially Launches Its Own REACH Regulation
Brazil REACH’s registration deadline will be no later than November 14, 2030. On November 14, 2024, the President of Brazil sanctioned Brazil’s chemical law (Law No.15, 022), also known as “Brazil REACH”. The law establishes the National Inventory of Chemical Substances and the assessment and… Read More »Brazil REACH Adopted into Law
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and CDP have announced a new cooperation agreement to enhance collaboration and alignment between their reporting standards and platforms. This initiative aims to simplify sustainability reporting for companies and improve access to data on corporate environmental impacts. GRI Sustainability Reporting… Read More »GRI and CDP to Improve Sustainability Reporting Framework Alignment
On November 4, 2024, the Social Construction Committee of the National People’s Congress announced the review results of the handling opinions for 41 representative proposals, including the “Chemical Safety Law.” To better regulate the management of hazardous chemicals and ensure the safety of people’s lives… Read More »China Accelerates Legislative Process for Chemical Safety Law to Enhance Public Safety and Regulation
On September 25, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced draft revisions of the Enforcement Order and Enforcement Rules of the Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles Act (hereafter, “Resource Circulation Act”), which corresponds to the RoHS (Restriction of… Read More »South Korea now applies RoHS and EPR to all EEE
MEM released the Guidelines for Key Issues in the 2024 Law Enforcement Inspection of Work Safety of Hazardous Chemicals Enterprises in March 2024. This document listed 32 important law enforcement inspection items, including the management of hazardous chemical identification and registration. In order to drive… Read More »Management of Hazardous Chemicals Registration and Identification has Been the Focus of Law Enforcement Inspections by China’s Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM)
New Market Standards: In an effort to increase transparency and maintain market integrity, the CFTC releases the first rules for the voluntary trading of carbon credit futures in the United States. Curbing Manipulation: The guidelines set forth actions that exchanges may do to stop price… Read More »U.S. CFTC Approves Inaugural Guidelines for Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Trading
Background OEHHA is the lead agency for implementation of Proposition 65. The CIC advises and assists OEHHA in compiling the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer within the meaning of the Act, as required by Proposition 65 (Health and Safety Code… Read More »California’s OEHHA to Evaluate Carcinogenic Status of Vinyl Acetate
An Act Establishing the Framework Strategy on Sustainability Reporting Covering Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Considerations, Institutionalizing Assurance Therefor, and for Other Purposes (henceforth referred to as the “ESG Reporting Act”) was filed by the Philippine Senate in August of 2024. By creating a strong… Read More »Philippines Senate Bills on Mandatory ESG Reporting Act
New limitations on N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) and N-methylpyrrolidone (NEP) have been added to Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation, according to updates released by the European Commission. On July 30, 2024, it sent Notification G/TBT/N/EU/1079 to the WTO. Twenty days after being published in the EU… Read More »EU Expands REACH Annex XVII Chemical Regulations to Include DMAC and NEP
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