đź“… Date: June 4th, 2025 đź•“ Time: 08:00 PDT / 11:00 EDT / 17:00 CET 🎙️ Speakers: Lynn Chiam, Siddhant Shahane, Yuko Yamamoto & Alex Li Asia's regulatory environment for ESG and sustainability is evolving rapidly. Are you prepared for what’s coming in 2025? Join our must-attend webinar, “Asia’s ESG & Sustainability Landscape: Compliance Essentials for 2025”, where our panel…
Ben KempMay 28, 2025
Chemical list screening today is no longer just a compliance checkbox. It’s about navigating regulatory shifts and anticipating emerging concerns to enable safer and smarter sourcing and product decisions that are globally compliant. Join us on Tuesday 11 June for the first of a two-part webinar series on Strategic chemical list screening. In Part 1, we’ll focus on Compliance and…
Ben KempMay 28, 2025
Publication of GB mandatory classification and labelling (GB MCL) Agency Opinions The next batch of GB MCL Agency Opinions are now available for download. A GB MCL Agency Opinion formally proposes the GB mandatory classification and labelling for chemical substances, based on the scientific and technical assessment of the scientific data in line with the GB CLP Regulation, together with…
Ben KempMay 28, 2025
Revamped C&L Inventory now in ECHA CHEM Our redesigned Classification and Labelling (C&L) Inventory is now available in ECHA's new chemicals database, ECHA CHEM. It comprises information on over 4 400 EU-level harmonised classifications and seven million classifications notified or included in REACH registrations. In total, the inventory includes data on approximately 350 000 substances. Read our news for more…
Ben KempMay 28, 2025
The fourth round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund, worth ÂŁ5.5 million, is now open to support innovation in high-growth sectors such as AI-powered medical software, engineered biology, satellite technology, and autonomous vehicles. The goal is to help cutting-edge products reach the public faster by streamlining outdated regulatory processes. Delivered by the Regulatory Innovation Office, the fund enables regulators and local…
Ben KempMay 27, 2025
GB active substance expiry dates postponed until 2027 This applies to biocidal active substance/product type combinations which expire between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2026. The active substance/product type combinations are able to be postponed providing a timely renewal application has been submitted and accepted. HSE provided information about the decision to postpone expiry dates in a previous ebulletin.…
Ben KempMay 23, 2025
E-waste is the world’s fastest-growing waste stream, with over 100,000 tonnes of electricals binned every year in the UK alone. Material Focus is making it easier to fix, donate and recycle our existing electricals, helping us all to save the valuable, critical and finite materials inside them from going to waste. Some brilliant innovation is already happening, but many electrical…
Ben KempMay 23, 2025
Reminder that companies placing products on the EU market (and Northern Ireland) that contain intentional microplastics, which continue to be allowed, are subject to reporting requirements. Reports made to ECHA are being monitored to ensure that over time the amounts of microplastics derogated under the REACH legislation progressively fall, and to demonstrate the measures in place to prevent emissions. A…
Ben KempMay 23, 2025