The new legislation follows the issuance of a letter early 2021, by European markets regulator ESMA to the European Commission, advising that the current unregulated status of the ESG ratings sector and the resulting lack of transparency posed a potential risk to investors. In July… Read More »EU Council Approves Legislation to Regulate ESG Ratings Providers

This initiative aims at establishing a complete list of currently regulated dual-use items, without any adjustments to the specific scope of control. On November 15, 2024, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the General Administration of Customs, and the State… Read More »China Issues Export Control List of Dual-use Items

Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 371 to 240 to a one-year delay and amendments to alter the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), a new law aimed at ensuring that products imported to or exported from EU markets no longer contribute to deforestation and forest degradation… Read More »EU Lawmakers Agree to Delay, Ease Law Banning Deforestation-Linked Products

A new set of guidelines called the ISO ESG Implementation Principles was released by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) with the goal of helping businesses all around the world enhance their ESG performance, integration, measurement, and reporting. According to ISO, the new principles are… Read More »ISO Releases ESG Performance and Reporting Guidelines

The Indian Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) declared on October 24, 2024, that the quality control orders for acrylonitrile, maleic anhydride, and styrene (vinyl benzene), which were initially set to start on October 24, 2024, would now start on October 24, 2025, one year… Read More »India Postpones Three Chemicals’ QCO Implementation Until 2025

Auditing, quality control, and assurance standard-setting body the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) announced the publication of its finalized International Standard on Sustainability Assurance 5000 (ISSA 5000), aimed at establishing a new standard for practitioners in carrying out sustainability assurance engagements. The new… Read More »IAASB Releases New International Sustainability Reporting Assurance Standard

The Taiwanese Ministry of Environment has released a draft amendment to the Categories and Management of Handling for Toxic Chemical Substances and opened the public comment period. The main focus of this amendment is persistent organic pollutants, which are dangerous to biological health because of… Read More »China Taiwan Designates 357 PFAS as Toxic Substances

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released the Guidance on the Application of the Classification, Labeling and Packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP) Criteria on its official website on November 13, 2024. Unlike the single document versions released from 2009 to 2024, the new guidance is… Read More »ECHA Releases New Edition of CLP Criteria Application Guidance