According to market circumstances, the Canadian government is announcing that it would issue its second green bond denominated in Canadian dollars. This comes after the first $5 billion, 7.5-year green bond issued in Canada was successfully issued in March 2022. The first Green Bond issue… Read More »Canada Issuing Nuclear Energy-Related Innovative Green Bonds
In an effort to combat the growing amount of packaging waste in the EU and advance the circular economy, legislators in the European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on a new set of sustainable packaging regulations. One of the goals of this… Read More »EU Lawmakers Agree to New Law Targeting 100% Recyclable Packaging by 2030
The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers released a draft resolution on February 16, 2024, with the goal of raising the bar for chemical product safety regulations. “On the Approval of the Technical Regulations for the Classification of Hazards, Labelling, and Packaging of Chemical Products,” is the… Read More »Ukraine Improves Chemical Safety: Draft Resolution Reveals GHS Implementation
On February 12, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China notified a draft of a mandatory national standard (GB) entitled “Household and similar electrical appliances – Energy saving and environmental protection specification” to the WTO and started collecting comments. The deadline for submitting comments… Read More »China notifies WTO of draft GB on recyclability calculation requirements for household appliances
The Environment Committee approved its recommendations to enhance the EU’s food and textile waste prevention and reduction efforts. With 72 votes in favor, 0 against, and 3 abstentions, MEPs(Member of European Parliament) in the Environment Committee approved their opinion on the proposed modification of the… Read More »New EU Law to Address Food Waste and Textiles, Supporting the Circular Economy
On February 4, 2024, the Ministry of Transport of China promulgated the revised “Regulation on the transport of dangerous goods by air”. The revised Regulation will take effect from July 1, 2024. The Regulation stipulates the restrictions, approvals, management of transportation manuals, responsibilities of shippers… Read More »China revises the regulation on the transport of dangerous goods by air
On December 27, 2023, Vietnam promulgated Circular No. 38/2023/TT-BCT on Measurement, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in the Industry and Trade Sectors, which will enter into force on February 11, 2024. The Circular was formulated as one of… Read More »Vietnam promulgates new Circular on GHG inventory preparation in industry and trade sectors
On January 29, 2024, “Department Circular No. DC2024-01-0001 Providing a National Policy and General Framework, Roadmap, and Guidelines for Hydrogen in the Energy Sector” was promulgated in the Philippines. The Circular, abbreviated as “Hydrogen Energy Guidelines,” is intended to address the following four objectives. Specifically,… Read More »Philippine to Promote Hydrogen Energy Guideline
Introduction Reuse and recycling are two important concepts in environmental sustainability, waste management, and resource conservation. They both aim to reduce waste, lower environmental impact, and promote the efficient use of resources, but they do so in different ways. Reuse Reuse involves using an item… Read More »EU Sets New Standards for Reuse and Recycling
Introduction January 2024 has certainly been a busy month for the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT). In August 2023 the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) had announced plans to extend CE recognition indefinitely for certain products. On 26 January 2024, the… Read More »UK Publishes Draft Regulations to Extend CE Recognition Indefinitely and announces plans to Introduce E-labelling
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