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Summary

ChemCon The Americas 2023 took place in San Francisco, USA from 13 – 17 March 2023. More than 180 experts from 23 countries representing over 110 companies, authorities and associations attended the conference and contributed to an inspiring exchange of experiences and discussions about regulatory affairs around the globe.

The week had an excellent start with a workshop focussing on the global supply chain through the regulatory lens (EU’s Sustainable product initiative, including a digital product passport and global Nanomaterials and RoHS regulations), followed by in-depth seminars on “California and other State perspectives on chemical control legislation” and “Regulatory requirements and developments in Latin America and GHS in The Americas”.

During the rest of the week, a great variety of aspects of international chemical control legislation around the globe was discussed during the conference sessions. Hands on topics related to the US TSCA implementation, chemicals management in Canada, European regulatory strategy and implementation as well as Asian updates were of high relevance to the audience. As always, practical advice and lessons learned by industry were well received, since they show how to act within the legal frameworks set.

Many countries from The Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific were spotlighted in detail. Furthermore, there was a focus on topics like PFAS, GHS, global notification, data generation and data sharing and Safe and Sustainable by Design. Also risk management approaches and experiences were shared. The post-conference seminar on the final day focused on the supply chain communication and product stewardship strategies. Industry experts provided hands-on business experiences and lessons learned to consider for implementation and organisation of global regulatory challenges in the value chain. Among others, global hazard communication, digitalization of compliance communication, product risk assessment and liability were discussed. Furthermore, the global code of practice and product stewardship program in the Fragrance Industry was presented and what you need to do to be prepared for EU’S Corporate Sustainability Reporting.

Highlights

• California’s Safer Consumer Products Regulations; A Different Approach
• U.S. State Chemical Control Regulation - Key Trends and Development
• The Latin America Regulatory Cooperation Forum
• TSCA: Implementation and Innovation
• TSCA Risk Evaluation and Risk Management Developments
• Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) and Tiered Data Reporting (TDR) rules
• New Chemical Substances program developments
• New Chemicals: Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) and Significant New Use Notices (SNUNs)
• Chemicals Management in Canada
• Hazard and risk management approaches in industry for exposure driven by uses
• PFAS restriction developments around the globe
• Essential use discussion in the European Union
• Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
• REACH and CLP review and revision
• Reforming the authorisation and restriction process
• One substance one assessment – including the open chemical platform initiative
• Grouping as an effective chemicals management tool
• Mixture assessment factors
• Circular economy, chemical recycling and the EU waste framework directive
• Zero tolerance for non-compliance
• Broad based restrictions on chemicals: Europe's new way to catch them all
• Chemical Safety Assessment approaches
• Risk management measures as an outcome of the exposure assessment
• Safe and sustainable by design
• Corporate Sustainability Reporting
• UK REACH implementation aspects
• Türkiye – ins and outs on Turkish REACH (KKDIK)
• Overview of the proposed India Chemicals Management and Safety Rules (ICMSR)
• Chemical control legislation in the Asia-Pacific region
• K-REACH and K-OSHA Regulations and Compliance
• Sustainable value chain approaches
• Digitalizing Compliance Communication along the supply chain
• GHS implementations and global hazard communication

Countries covered

Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Panama Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, The Philippines, Turkey, UK, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam...

Exhibitors

Proceedings

The Handbooks with presentations and papers of the topics covered in the seminars and conference sessions are available for ordering. Please click here for more information.