Ensuring Compliance with REACH and Other Global Regulations on Chemical Substances
Following the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in 2002, and adoption of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), there have been an increasing number of chemical substance management regulations being implemented globally.
The international trend in regulations on chemical substances is changing from hazard management, which focuses only on the toxicity of individual substances, to risk management, which takes into consideration the degree of impact on people, plants and animals.
For this reason, it is necessary to also consider in what sort of situation the chemical substances are being used. In addition to the Japanese Chemical Substances Control Law, and the European ELV Directive and REACH Regulation, North America and Asia are introducing their own regulations on chemical substances. These regulations require corporations to collect information on the chemical substance content of their products and manage their supply chains.