Exposure Scenarios and Use Descriptors

The European Union requires official labels on all substances classified as “dangerous”. Classification is based on the intrinsic properties of substances and is designed to promote health and safety in the workplace. Exposure Scenarios (ES) for MDI, TDI...

REACH Restriction on diisocyanates

On 4 August 2020, the European Union published the REACH Restriction on diisocyanates which will introduce mandatory training requirements for workers using diisocyanates from 24 August 2023. The EU REACH Restriction process for diisocyanates started in 2016 when the...

REACH

REACH – the European Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals – entered into force on 1 June 2007. It aims at enhancing the protection of human health and the environment from the risks chemical substances could pose, while...

Industrial Emissions Directive

The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), in force since January 2011 aims to minimise pollution from various industrial sources throughout the EU. Operators of industrial installations targeted by the directive – some 50,000 in total – have to obtain a...

Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation

The Ecodesign Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), formerly known as the Sustainable Products Initiative (SPI), is an initiative headed by the European Commission. It will revise current Directives such as the Ecodesign Directive and also propose additional...

Climate Neutrality

Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge that we face today. As a result of our increased use of fossil fuels for transportation and the heating and cooling of buildings; growing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are having disastrous effects for the...