Expo '24 - by Chemical Watch Events & Training

Do your teams know the chemicals used in your supply chain? Without supplier engagement, there’s no way to be sure.

This workshop will provide practical answers and best practices for achieving increased transparency – not just in your own business but across the companies you work with. 

• Turkey
• South Korea
• EU
• UK
• The gulf Cooperation council
• China
• India
• Latin America
• North America
• Oceania

• "One Substance One Assessment" - overview, current and future trends 
• Essential Use – Commission Communication 
• PFAS Update 
• REACH/CLP update 
• Conclusions 

• CSS, Biocides and the ongoing shift of EU policy priorities – outlook and trends
• New CLP Regulation and Hazard Classes – mid & long-term Impact for Biocidal Active Substances
• Essential Use and Article 5.2 of the BPR
• One Substance One Assessment – what implications for Biocides?
• CSS and REFIT of BPR

• Chemicals management laws in Latin America – an overview
• Country-specific chemicals management requirements in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru
• Current status of the GHS implementation in Latin America – an overview
• Current and future challenges on chemicals marketing and management in Latin America

• An overview on China chemicals management
• Experience sharing in the registration of new substances
• Hazardous chemicals management and “One enterprise, one product, one code”

Recent developments regarding

• Biocidal Product Families
• Renewal of mutual recognition authorisations
• Same biocidal products

OSHA has finally published their Hazard Communication Standard. A lot of the draft items were retained, but there were also changes made based on the comments submitted. In this session we will review what was included, discarded and changed in the final publication.

• Understanding increasingly complex and cross functional PFAS risks
• Navigating the eye of the PFAS storm - a Belgian case study
• How to co-create and develop lasting solutions within an evolving regulatory & remedial framework

• Master Data Management in a changing regulatory environment: Classification and labelling, registration/notification, substance volume tracking, sustainability reporting
• Upcoming requirements: CS3D, Ecodesign for Sustainable Products, Digital Product Passport
• Trend towards increased transparency within supply chains brings new challenges for IT systems and business processes (Transparency VS. Confidential Business Information)
• Solutions and best practice

• Who and what drives the agenda for more product sustainability within organizations?
• How do product compliance and product sustainability get integrated?
• How to prioritize amongst conflicting sustainability goals?
• What to report under CSRD?

• Post Brexit regimes REACH, CLP and Biocides
• Divergence from the EU in practice
• REACH reforms
• Building successful market access strategies

• Introduction into Online Sales specifics
• Challenges for product compliance in Online sales
• Regulatory landscape
• Regulatory updates and current developments
• Learnings from enforcement
• Possible solutions in general
• Possible solutions for B2B, B2B (R&D) and B2C

An overview of CHEMDOX, emphasizing regulatory compliance, SDS authoring, and third-party system integration.

• Product Sustainability
• The Need for a Sustainable Product Strategy
• Existing Sustainable Product Assessments
• Product Sustainability Assessment for SMEs

• Regulatory Approach Regarding Risk Management
• Understanding Risk Management in Substance Assessment
• Specific Risk Assessment vs Generic Risk Considerations
• Overview of key EU Regulatory Models (CPR, BPR, PPPR, FCM, MDR, BD, RoHS, REACH)
• Comparative Analysis
• Objectives & Scope
• Regulatory Requirements & Compliance Framework
• Impact on Substance Management practices
• Derogation and Exemption Models
• Understanding Derogation and Exemptions in EU Regulations
• Implications for Substance Management Stakeholders

• PFAS Reporting Rules starting in November 2024
• Other things to watch out for

• 'Updating' the biocidal legislative framework: what to expect (Review Programme Regulation, BPR REFIT)
• Tradenames and green claims: new and forthcoming rules and how to comply
• Trends following the green deal - how industry is adapting to these changes to ensure that future products comply with new legal requirements

• K-REACH – status quo six month before the second deadline
• K-REACH, K-CCA and K-OSHA – recent changes and changes to come in August 2025
• K-BPR – next actives deadline approaching and recent changes in the regulation