What is the Value of the Environment?

Valuation of Environmental Harm for COMAH Cost Benefit Analysis COMAH environmental risk assessment is typically performed in line with the Chemical and Downstream Oil Industries...

Can obsolete parts contribute to workers’ safety?

The benefits of using obsolete spare parts rather than replace a whole machine are well documented when it comes to effectiveness and compliance. Worker...

TURKISH REACH; FINAL COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN – LATEST UPDATES ON KKDIK & NEW TURKISH...

WHILE TALKING WHETHER THE DEADLINE WILL BE EXTENDED… As the KKDIK registration deadline of 31/12/2023 is getting closer and closer, Turkish Competent Authority (Ministry of...

Navigating antimicrobial regulations

Tara Conley, Global Director of Regulatory Affairs, Microban International, discusses how global regulations impact antimicrobial development, and the implications for chemical manufacturers. Microbial growth on...

Public consultation on extending the UK REACH transitional registration deadlines

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a consultation on extending the UK REACH submission deadlines for transitional registrations. In December...

Turkish KKDIK; “no data no market” rule under deadline pressure and lack of lead...

The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change (MoEUCC) has recently sent a warning message to all potential registrants; “Chemicals cannot be placed on...

The value of trade associations in the chemical supply chain

New and increasingly stringent regulations, combined with disruption from Covid, Brexit and the Ukraine crisis, are causing ongoing issues for the industry. Tim Doggett,...

Building a winning pricing strategy in today’s highly volatile market

By Robert Smith, Customer Services Executive at Pricefx Business plans and targets for 2022 need to be redrawn in the face of persistently volatile market conditions....

‘Omics’ spinout brings new era in chemical safety

Mounting pressures across the globe to allow more cost-effective, higher throughput, non-vertebrate chemical safety testing are at last bringing much needed change. The US...

Chemical manufacturers must take application security more seriously

Stephane Konarkowski, security consultant at Outpost24, warns that cybercrime is a massive and growing threat to the industry. Chemical manufacturing as a broad term encapsulates...