The objective of providing European Climate Law-aligned pathways and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) underpinning them is to offer a reference that companies can draw on to prepare their transition plans. By addressing an intermediate level between companies and the EU's economy-wide...

The objective of providing European Climate Law-aligned pathways and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) underpinning them is to offer a reference that companies can draw on to prepare their transition plans. By addressing an intermediate level between companies and the EU's economy-wide...

This Methodological Guidance clarifies some aspects of the voluntary application of the 'safe and sustainable by design' (SSbD) framework for chemicals and materials. It combines the disciplines of "Risk Assessment" (RA) and "Sustainability Assessment" (SA), which have different methodologies,...

The chemicals strategy for sustainability towards a toxic-free environment (CSS) embraces two overarching goals of the chemicals legislation: preventing harm to people and the planet from hazardous chemicals and their toxic effects and supporting EU industry in the production of safe and...

In 2020, the Chinese coal chemical industry processed nearly one quarter of national coal throughput, and accounted for about 5.4 per cent of national CO2 emissions. Yet the coal chemicals’ industry ability to limit oil and gas imports is appealing to the Chinese leadership in the context of...

The Coordinated Activities on the Safety of Products (CASP) projects enable all market surveillance authorities (MSAs) from European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries to jointly ensure that unsafe products are swiftly removed from the Single Market. This activity focused on...

Vom 25. bis 29. September dieses Jahres wird in Bonn die International Conference on Chemicals Management 5 (ICCM5) - die Weltchemikalienkonferenz - stattfinden. Hier will die internationale Staatengemeinschaft zusammen mit weiteren Akteuren ein neues Abkommen schließen, um die dritte große...

The OECD Guidance on Grouping of Chemicals describes approaches to consider closely related chemicals as a group rather than individually and apply read-across approaches for filling data gaps. The first edition was published in 2007 and the second edition was published in 2014. This third...

This OECD Emission Scenario Document (ESD) is intended to provide information on the sources, use patterns, and potential release pathways of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing. The document presents standard approaches for estimating the environmental releases of and occupational exposures...

„Von Berlin in die Welt“ – Die ungewöhnliche Geschichte von Brenntag, der heutigen Nummer eins im globalen Handel mit Chemikalien und Inhaltsstoffen, startet im Jahr 1874. Vom jüdischen Unternehmer Philipp Mühsam als Eiergroßhandel gegründet, entstand in wechselvollen 150 Jahren ein...

Establishing a national register of chemicals is often the start of the long journey that leads to risk management of chemicals; it is therefore a foundational step for a sound chemicals management system. Establishing a register is resource-intensive and often takes up to four or five years,...

This OECD Emission Scenario Document (ESD) is intended to provide information on the sources, use patterns, and potential release pathways of chemicals used in either fabric finishing or fabric coating. The document presents standard approaches for estimating general facility parameters,...

The study estimates total factor productivity growth (TFPG) and its components of the 4-digit manufacturing industries of chemical and chemical products in India from 1998–1999 to 2017–2018, pre-economic crises period (from 1998–1999 to 2007–2008) and post-economic crises period (from...

Chemische Stoffe sind unsere ständigen Begleiter, weil sie in fast allem enthalten sind, was wir anziehen, essen oder täglich benutzen. Viele der eingesetzten Chemikalien sind gesundheitsgefährdend und schädlich für die Umwelt. Wie schädlich genau ist häufig aber gar nicht bekannt, weil...

Occupational exposure limits (OELs) are derived internationally by many government agencies and professional organisations. The absence of a globally harmonised approach contributes towards differences in derivation approaches and resulting OEL values. The purpose of this report is to summarise...

This document sets out a programme of actions to improve information on safe use in the supply chains for chemicals. Its focus is the generation, communication and application of use and exposure information on hazardous substances and mixtures under the REACH Regulation, and the corresponding...

This document serves to present the methodology by which SCOEL derives recommendations or opinions that are provided to the European Commission (EC) and in particular, to the EC's Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL). The methodology follows seven Frames of...

Substitution contributes to the overarching EU objectives for a non-toxic environment and a circular economy, wherein innovation and sustainable production and consumption are key elements. The progressive substitution of substances of very high concern by suitable alternatives is also one of...

In many industries firms can learn about new technologies from other adopters; mandatory disclosure regulations represent an understudied channel for this type of social learning. We study an environmentally-focused law in the shale gas industry to examine firms' claims that disclosure...

In many industries firms can learn about new technologies from other adopters; mandatory disclosure regulations represent an understudied channel for this type of social learning. We study an environmentally-focused law in the shale gas industry to examine firm claims that disclosure...

This chapter discusses the regulation of chemicals introduced into food during cultivation and processing. It covers chemicals intentionally added to facilitate production, enhance products, mislead buyers or physically harm consumers, as well as chemicals that inadvertently contaminate food...

Part of the European Union's mission is to improve well-being of its citizens, among others by ensuring safe use of chemicals. One of the most significant regulatory measures governing the use of chemicals in the EU, is the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of and Restriction Chemicals...

The ECHA website is a unique source of information on the chemicals manufactured and imported in Europe. It provides their hazardous properties, classification and labelling, and information on how to use them safely. This page outlines the information most relevant to users of chemicals in...

When you receive exposure scenarios (ESs) annexed to safety data sheets (SDSs), you need to check that your use and conditions of use are covered in the ES provided by your supplier. If not, one option is to prepare a downstream user chemical safety report (DU CSR). This page outlines the mains...

Exposure scenarios (ESs) are sometimes provided with safety data sheets (SDSs); together they are called extended safety data sheets. Exposure scenarios summarise the key information from the chemical safety assessment prepared for REACH registration. They describe how the registrant recommends...

The REACH regulation (EC) 1907/2006 includes the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals. The aim is to protect human health and the environment from risks from chemicals. REACH supports and complements other EU legislation that also applies to users of chemicals,...

A key policy objective of the REACH regulation is to encourage the substitution of chemicals of concern by less hazardous alternative substances or processes. This page describes the regulatory risk management processes in REACH and CLP that support that policy.

The allocation of authority to regulate toxic chemicals in the United States should be governed by the principle of precautionary federalism. In this context, the principle of precautionary federalism dictates that state efforts to regulate toxic chemicals more stringently than the federal...

This is Volume 13b in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) “Chemical Thermodynamics” series. It is the second part of a critical review of the thermodynamic properties of iron, its solid compounds and aqueous complexes, initiated as part of the NEA Thermochemical Database Project Phase IV...

This OECD Emission Scenario Document (ESD) is intended to provide information on the sources, use patterns, and potential release pathways of additive chemicals used in automotive finished lubricants. The document presents standard approaches for estimating the environmental releases of and...