Introduction The shift to electric mobility is a promising global strategy due to fossil fuel depletion, rising fuel costs, and environmental pollution. Adopting electric vehicle (EV) technology offers numerous benefits, including eco-friendliness, improved air quality, reduced GHG emissions, noise reduction, reduced recurrent costs, and increased… Read More »Bihar Electric Vehicle Policy, 2023
On October 10, 2023, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam released the “draft amendment of the Prime Minister’s Decision on the List of GHG Emission Facilities that Must Carry Out Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventories (hereinafter referred to as the Draft). The solicitation… Read More »Vietnam Proposes Amendments to List of Facilities subject to GHG Inventory rules
The National Development and Reform Commission of China, along with three other central government agencies, unveiled the “Three-year action plan for promoting bamboo as an eco-friendly substitute for plastics” on October 12, 2023. By developing an industrial system focused on bamboo substitutes and encouraging cooperative… Read More »China launches three-year plan for promoting bamboo as eco-friendly substitute for plastics
ChemIndia will further improve the efficiency of data collection, compilation and analysis in the chemicals and petrol-chemicals industry. On October 10, 2023, the Indian government’s Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) announced the start of Cheminda, a big and ambitious initiative, on its website. With… Read More »India Launches its Chemical Inventory Platform
For nations trying to find common ground in combating climate change, the UN climate conference this year will include a divisive range of topics. The primary objective of COP28 is to evaluate, for the first time, how well nations are doing in achieving the 2015… Read More »Future of Fossil Fuels and Climate Change: COP28 Climate Summit
RoHS The RoHS is an acronym that stands for Restriction Of Hazardous Substances and every RoHS regulation aims at restricting the use of hazardous substances contained in electrical and electronic equipment, to better protect the environment and human health. As a result, the waste of… Read More »India RoHS
India is one of the fastest-growing large economies in the world. While the country’s energy consumption per capita is only one-third of the global average, India’s energy demand is expected to grow rapidly as the economy expands. This calls for a phasing down of fossil-based… Read More »World Bank Approves $1.5 Billion in Financing to Support India’s Low-Carbon Transition
Due to increased pressure from investors and consumers, as well as a very unstable market that is constantly disrupted by global events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the past few years have seen a broader adoption of ESG transparency policies including supply chain due diligence.… Read More »Global Supply Chain Due Diligence Laws
Businesses can use this list as a guide to make sure they are complying with the Inventory of Severely Restricted Toxic Chemicals (2023) and the List of New Pollutants for Priority Management (2023). China’s Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Center (SCC) under the Ministry of… Read More »China Releases Reference List of 363 PFOA-related Substances
CBAM will increase the costs of carbon-intensive goods imported into the EU. The EU’s 2023/956 Regulation, which creates a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), was published in the official journal on May 10, 2023 Imports of carbon-intensive items are subject to a carbon fee under… Read More »EU Passes Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Regulation
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