The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) of Japan recently announced that starting from October 2024, a series of revisions to the Regulations for Enforcement of the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act will be implemented. These changes aim to simplify the registration requirements… Read More »Japan Simplifies Registration Requirements for Organic Cyanide Compounds
Currently, more than 70% of environmental claims made by products in the EU market are either exaggerated or unsupported by evidence, according to the European Commission. The Green Claims Directive: Setting the Standard To combat this issue, the EU is introducing the Green Claims Directive.… Read More »EU Greenwashing Law: Business Impact
A Circular on the Integration of the Nation’s Renewable Energy Certificate Scheme and Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Market was released on September 11, 2024 by the General Department of the National Energy Administration and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China. A certificate… Read More »China integrates renewable energy certificate scheme with voluntary GHG emission reduction market
EPA proposes to add 16 PFAS chemicals and 15 PFAS categories to the TRI list, setting a reporting threshold of 100 pounds for manufacturing, processing and otherwise uses. On October 8, 2024, The USA’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a rule to add 16… Read More »EPA Proposes to Add Certain PFAS under Toxic Release Inventory
It indicates a trend toward stricter and more standardized management for lithium battery transport. On September 19, 2024, China’s Ministry of Transport (MoT) and nine other authorities jointly issued the Notice on Several Measures for Accelerating the Improvement of Transport and Safety Guarantee Capability of… Read More »China Takes Measures to Enhance Lithium Battery Safe Transport
Net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the EU fell by 8.3% in 2023, according to a new report released by the European Commission, marking one of the largest declines in decades, with the exception of a 9.8% COVID-19-driven drop in 2020 (which was followed by… Read More »EU Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions by More than 8% in 2023
A Circular on the Integration of the Nation’s Renewable Energy Certificate Scheme and Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Market was released on September 11, 2024 by the General Department of the National Energy Administration and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China. A certificate… Read More »China integrates renewable energy certificate scheme with voluntary GHG emission reduction market
In order to facilitate financial flows and investments required to meet the targets of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C, the Government of Canada announced plans to create a new sustainable investment taxonomy, a set of guidelines to help… Read More »Canada to Launch Sustainable Investment Taxonomy
The Government of Canada announced the first expansion of its requirements for climate-related financial disclosures to include private companies, with new plans to introduce mandatory climate-related reporting for large, federally incorporated companies. Alongside the new climate-related disclosure requirements, the government also introduced plans for a… Read More »Canada to Introduce Mandatory Climate Disclosure Requirements for Large Companies
With the arrival of Agriculture 4.0, or the Fourth Agricultural Revolution, agriculture is going through a major transition. Through the integration of state-of-the-art technology like robots, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT), farming techniques are optimized to maximize returns on investment, limit… Read More »Agriculture 4.0
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