Compliance with relevant Indian Standards or mandate of Quality Control Orders is a prerequisite for obtaining Ecomark certification. On October 1, 2024, India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MOEFCC) published the Ecomark Rules, 2024 in the Gazette of India. It shall come into… Read More »India Publishes Ecomark Rules for 17 Product Categories
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
The Indian Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has declared that the Quality Control Order (QCO) for morpholine, which was initially supposed to go into effect on August 1, 2024, has been postponed once more, and will now go into effect on May 1, 2025.… Read More »India Delays Enforcement of the Morpholine Quality Control Order Again
According to the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and REACH Regulations, 6% of cosmetic items in 13 European Economic Area (EEA) nations included prohibited hazardous chemicals, according to the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Enforcement Forum, which was held on October 30, 2024. Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), long-chain… Read More »6% of European cosmetics contain banned chemicals, according to ECHA
The import, manufacture, and use of chlorpyrifos are expected to be banned in New Zealand. New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently opened a public consultation on the proposal to ban chlorpyrifos. The EPA also notified WTO of this proposal on November 13, 2024. Comments… Read More »New Zealand to Prohibit Chlorpyrifos
On November 15, 2024, Brazilian Chemical Management Law No. 15. 022 officially came into effect, marking a significant step forward in the field of chemical regulation in Brazil. According to the provisions of this regulation, manufacturers and importers must complete registration in a newly established… Read More »Brazil Officially Launches Its Own REACH Regulation
Brazil REACH’s registration deadline will be no later than November 14, 2030. On November 14, 2024, the President of Brazil sanctioned Brazil’s chemical law (Law No.15, 022), also known as “Brazil REACH”. The law establishes the National Inventory of Chemical Substances and the assessment and… Read More »Brazil REACH Adopted into Law
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and CDP have announced a new cooperation agreement to enhance collaboration and alignment between their reporting standards and platforms. This initiative aims to simplify sustainability reporting for companies and improve access to data on corporate environmental impacts. GRI Sustainability Reporting… Read More »GRI and CDP to Improve Sustainability Reporting Framework Alignment
On September 25, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced draft revisions of the Enforcement Order and Enforcement Rules of the Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles Act (hereafter, “Resource Circulation Act”), which corresponds to the RoHS (Restriction of… Read More »South Korea now applies RoHS and EPR to all EEE
MEM released the Guidelines for Key Issues in the 2024 Law Enforcement Inspection of Work Safety of Hazardous Chemicals Enterprises in March 2024. This document listed 32 important law enforcement inspection items, including the management of hazardous chemical identification and registration. In order to drive… Read More »Management of Hazardous Chemicals Registration and Identification has Been the Focus of Law Enforcement Inspections by China’s Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM)
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