The European Commission has introduced the Clean Industrial Deal Framework (CISAF)—a comprehensive, long-term state aid framework designed to drive clean energy deployment, industrial decarbonisation, and clean technology investment across the EU. Replacing the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF), CISAF will remain in effect until… Read More »EU Adopts State Aid Framework to Boost Clean Industry by 2030

The UK government has released exposure drafts of the new UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), aligned with the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards, to establish a framework for delivering sustainability-related financial information to capital markets. This release is part of a… Read More »UK Unveils Draft Sustainability and Climate Reporting Standards

Overview The Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India, in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), has issued the 2025 Amendment to the Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, updating the provisions of the original 2024 Order. Key Highlights of… Read More »Implementation Deadline Extended for the 2024 Omnibus Technical Regulation on Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has introduced its new Sustainability Taxonomy, a digital framework that transforms its full suite of standards—Universal, Sector, and Topic—into machine-readable formats using XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language), the global standard for digital business reporting. Key Benefits: · · Digital Efficiency:… Read More »New GRI Digital Taxonomy Enables Automated and Standardized ESG Disclosures

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk evaluation drafts and associated technical support documents for dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) were made available for public comment and peer review by the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency… Read More »TSCA Risk Assessments for Phthalates DBP and DEHP Are Published by the U.S. EP

A public consultation regarding the addition of three SVHCs to the Candidate List is being planned by ECHA.  The following chemicals have recently been proposed for identification as substances of very high concern (SVHCs) by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA):  An ad hoc SVHC public… Read More »ECHA Announces Plans to Find Three SVHCs 

The governor of Maryland formally signed Senate Bill 901 into law on May 13, 2025, making it the sixth state in the union to enact a statewide Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for paper and packaging goods. This action comes after comparable laws were approved… Read More »Maryland Passes Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

Standardised Framework: The Sustainability Reporting Body of Knowledge (SR BOK), developed by Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), establishes a national benchmark for sustainability reporting education. It is aligned with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards to ensure consistency and global relevance. Workforce… Read More »Singapore Unveils Guidebook for Training Providers on Sustainability Reporting