Beginning in 2023, Shell will employ a combined manufacturing process to make surfactants that will incorporate up to 200,000 tonnes of renewable feedstocks in addition to fossil feedstocks.
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- Henkel signs agreement with shell on renewable-based ingredients for Persil®, Purex® and all® brands
TSCA reform was broadly supported by the American Chemistry Council (ACC). The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was updated by Congress in 2016.
More than 25% of recovered waste material do not comply with the EU chemicals regulation REACH.
The Commission is looking to launch an initiative to update an established list of authorised products and substances (Regulation (EU) 2021/1165) according to EU rules on organic farming.
The UL GREENGUARD Certification and UL GREENGUARD Gold Certification program specify methods and emission limits for a variety of goods including furniture, flooring, building materials, electronics and other household products.
On October 24, 2022, EU regulation to reduce limit values for the presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in waste was adopted.
On 18 October 2022, the European Commission adopted its 2023 Commission work programme (CWP) which largely focuses on setting targets towards achieving sustainable goals by prioritising key legislative proposals.
On September 13, 2022, Thailand's Ministry of Industry published the latest draft “Notification of Ministry of Industry: Reporting of Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) B.E. 25XX” for pubic consultation.
On September 6, 2022, the Market Regulatory Administration of Jiangsu Province, China, issued a local standard called the Guidelines for Whole-process Environmental Management of Industrial Enterprises (DB/T 4342-2022), which will come into…
Together for Sustainability (TfS) launches a Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Guideline for the calculation for chemical materials, as well an IT solution that will enable corporations and suppliers to share upstream PCFs and engage at scale.