Vietnam
On January 7, 2022, the Vietnamese government issued the Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP Providing Regulations on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Protection of the Ozone Layer (hereinafter “the Decree”). The …
India
NOTE: On July 22, 2022, the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change (MoEFCC) officially published the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2022, which …
Vietnam
On January 31, 2022, the Government of Vietnam established the Decree No. 17/2022/17 Amending and Supplementing a Number of Decrees Stipulating Administrative Penalties in the Fields of Chemicals, Industrial Explosives, …
Singapore
On March 9, 2022, the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (the “Regulations”) were published in Singapore. The regulations add “spent refrigerants” to the list of toxic …
Vietnam
On December 28, 2021, the Government of Vietnam promulgated Decision No.2215/QD-TTg regarding the National Action Plan on Overcoming the Post-war Consequences of Toxic Chemicals/Dioxin in Vietnam for the 2021-2030 Period …
China
On Feb. 3, the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other two government bodies of China issued the Guidelines on the Transformation and Upgrading …
China
On February 9, 2022, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment released the “Notice on Carrying Out Special Law-enforcement Inspection of Wastewater Discharge in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries”. …
Thailand
Thailand announced “Notification of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Prescribing Standard for Controlling Wastewater from Small Establishments Manufacturing or Providing Some Types of Products or Services B.E. 2564 …
Vietnam
On January 7, 2022, the Government of Vietnam enacted Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP Providing Regulations on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Protection of the Ozone Layer (hereinafter referred to as …
India
On January 3, 2022, the Indian Ministry of Power published an amendment (Notification S.O. 09 (E).) adding production facilities for ceramic, glass, copper, zinc, and other products to the list …
Vietnam
On January 10, 2022, the Vietnamese government established the Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP Detailing a Number of Articles of Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (hereinafter “the Decree”), which came into effect …
Thailand
Thailand announced “Ministerial Regulation on Performance Report on Compliance with Factory Act B.E. 2564 (2021)” in the Royal Gazette on 20 December 2021. The regulation requires factory operators to declare …
India
On January 1, 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) of India issued a Notification (S.O. 5481 (E).) providing for disposal responsibilities and utilization of ash in …
South Korea
On January 7, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment published and simultaneously enforced the amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Wastes Control Act, which includes the expansion of the …
China
On Jan. 28, 2022, the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment of China’s Jiangsu Province announced a plan to develop zero-waste cities across the province. According to a zero-waste city …
China
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Jan. 18, 2022, released a draft circular on a plan to promote digital transformation in hazardous waste environmental management to solicit public comments, …
China
On December 22, 2021, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the “Guidelines for Screening of Priority Assessment Chemical Substances” (HJ1229-2021). The guidelines came into effect on January 1, 2022. …
China
On January 12, 2022, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management released the “Regulations for Control of Major Illegal Loss of Trust in Safe Production” (draft opinion solicitation) on its website, and …
Thailand
Thailand announced “Notification of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Prescribing Category C Buildings as Pollution Sources that Must be Controlled on Wastewater Drainage to Public Water Sources or …
Thailand
Thailand announced “Notification of Department of Labor Protection and Welfare prescribing Measurement, Analysis Method and Regulated Business Type related to Heat, Lighting and Noise in Workplace (No.2)” in the Royal …
China
On December 21, 2021, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the National Ecology and Environment Standard “Technical Guidelines for Industrial VOC Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR)” (“the guidelines”). The …
Indonesia
On October 29, 2021, the Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry No. 19/2021 on Management Procedure of Non-Hazardous and Toxic Waste was established in Indonesia and came into …
China
On December 21, 2021, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China released the “Measures on the Management of Environmental Information Disclosure for Companies.” The regulation will come into force …
China
On Dec. 24, China’s six government bodies, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Ecology and Environment, jointly announced a plan …
China
On Dec. 22, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the 2021 list of advanced technologies for air pollution, noise and vibration control. It is part of a larger national …
Another Step Toward PRTR Implementation in Thailand
Thailand
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) and Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) are names of chemicals control schemes, which are quite similar to each other but are given different names depending …
China
On December 30, 2021, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced violations such as false reporting of automated monitoring data by major emitters of pollutants. In 2021, local ecology and …
China
On Dec. 31, 2021, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued preliminary guidelines for record keeping of general industrial solid waste by waste generating companies, which became effective immediately. The …
China
On Dec. 21, 2021, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued a circular on the implementation of the pollutant discharge permit system for industrial solid waste. Here is an overview …
Vietnam
On December 15, 2021, the Vietnam National Energy Efficiency Programme of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, together with the Viet Nam Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency Association …
China
On December 27, 2021, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published 10 major cases on ecological and environmental damage compensation on its official website. According to “Ecological and Environmental Damage …
China
NOTE: On Oct. 30, 2022, China officially issued the Yellow River Protection Law, which will come into effect April 1, 2023. See more details below: China issues Yellow River Protection …
China
On December 2, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China announced the “Plan to Revise Industry Standards for Special Projects to Achieve Peak …
China
On Dec. 20, 2021, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released standards for waste paper processing companies, along with the application form and other relevant forms and documents, which …
China
On Dec. 22, 2021, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management released a draft of preliminary guidelines for safety risk management in hazardous chemical production facility construction projects to solicit public comments, …
Thailand
Thailand announced “Notification of the Ministry of Energy on Determination of Building Design Standards for Energy Conservation B.E. 2564 (2021)” and “Notification of the Ministry of Energy on Criteria and …
South Korea
On November 19, 2021, South Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE) published and enforced an amended Presidential Decree of Chemicals Control Act (CCA) by (No. 32128), which outlines information sharing among …
Chemical Inspection in Vietnam
Vietnam
1. What is a chemical inspection? According to Vietnamese law, chemical inspection in industrial fields is treated as specialized inspection under management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT). …
China to Improve VOC-Related Standard System, Strengthening Monitoring and Measurement
China
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic compounds involved in atmospheric photochemical reactions, including non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC, such as alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic hydrocarbons, etc.), oxygenated organic compounds (aldehydes, ketones, alcohols, …
South Korea
South Korea Ministry of Environment plans to enforce the public notice regarding the partial amendment of the Guidelines for Allocation and Cancellation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Credits (administrative notice period: …
South Korea
On November 19, 2021, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea announced the proposed amendment to the Enforcement Regulations of Energy Use Rationalization Act to partially revise …
Vietnam
On November 23, 2021, the Prime Minister of the Vietnamese government promulgated Prime Minister’s Decision 1973/QD-TTg on the National Plan on Air Quality Management 2021-2025. The purpose of this decision …
Singapore
Singapore promulgated the “Energy Conservation (Energy Management Practices) (Amendment) Regulations 2021” (“the Regulations”) on December 21, 2021. The Regulations came into effect on the December 22. The Regulations partially amend …
China
On December 24, 2021, the NPC Standing Committee promulgated the revised Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Environmental Noise Pollution. The revised law will …
China
On November 13, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China released six “Self-Monitoring Technical Guidelines for Pollution Sources” below . These guidelines will come into force on January 1,2022. …
Malaysia
The draft Occupational Health and Safety (Prohibition of Use of Substances) Order 202X was released in Malaysia on December 24, 2021 for public comment. This draft amends the current Occupational …
China
November 22, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released draft “opinions” on tighter measures against heavy metal pollution. The ministry solicited public comments about them through December 3. The main …
China
On December 2, to properly enforce the Solid Waste Environmental Pollution Control Law, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released a list of six solid waste types that are excluded …
India
According to a report by the Press Information Bureau of India on October 30, 2021, India’s Ministry of Power, after consultations with stakeholders, has formulated an amendment to the Energy …
China strengthens the management system of hazardous waste and cracks down on the related illegal activities
China
Hazardous waste is defined as waste that has one or more risks, such as toxicity, corrosiveness, flammability, reactivity, and infectivity, and can have harmful impacts on ecological environment and human …
Indonesia
The Law No. 7 of 2021 on Harmonization of Taxation System was enacted in Indonesia on October 29, 2021, and came into effect on the same day. Article 13 of the …
Malaysia
On October 25, 2021, Malaysian government promulgated the Water Services Industry (Prohibited Effluent) Regulations 2021 (hereinafter “the Regulations”). The Regulations stipulate that no person shall discharge or permit discharging any …
Indonesia
On October 29, 2021, Indonesia’s President issued the Presidential Regulation No. 98 of 2021 on the Framework for Carbon Pricing to Achieve the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target (Nationally Determined Contribution: …
India
On November 16, 2021, India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change published “Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Second Amendment Rules, 2021” to transfer glass wastes in …
Malaysia
On November 23, 2021, Malaysia Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (KeTSA) launched the Green Energy Tariff (GET) Program to supply electricity generated from renewable energy sources to consumers who …
India
On October 9, 2021, India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change published “Environment (Protection) 115 Amendment Rules, 2021” to add regulation on use of water purification system (WPS). Users …
China
On October 28, China’s National Development and Reform Commission and other four government departments jointly released a plan to promote a water conservation society during the 14th Five-Year Plan period …
China
At an executive meeting on September 15, China’s State Council passed regulations to manage the country’s groundwater, which were published on October 21 and will come into effect on December …
China
The government of China’s Shanghai Municipality on October 29 issued its revised regulations on production safety, which will come into effect on December 1. The regulations went through a major …
Vietnam
On November, 2021, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam published the draft National Technical Regulation (QCVN) on Allowable Limits of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Raw Materials, …
China
On November 4, China’s National Carbon Emissions Management Standardization Technical Committee released draft national recommended standards called the Guidelines for Information Disclosure of Organization Carbon Emission Management to solicit public …
Thailand
Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Ministry of Industry of Thailand published a document titled “Request for a strict implementation of production planning and control of air pollutants emissions from business …
China
On October 24, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and China’s State Council released Opinions on the Implementation of Carbon Emissions Peaking and Carbon Neutrality through the …
Singapore
On October 29, 2021, the Environmental Protection and Management (Amendment) Act 2021 (hereinafter “the Act”) was promulgated in Singapore. The Act has amended several provisions of and added new provisions …
*Taiwan
On October 21, 2021, Climate Change Office, Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan, Taiwan, issued a notice of amendments to “Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act” and published the proposed amendments. …
China
The Zhejiang Provincial Administration for Market Regulation on August 9 issued local standards for the classification of green warehouses by energy consumption and carbon emissions, which came into effect on …
China
China’s Tianjin Municipality on September 27 passed regulations to help peak carbon emissions and achieve carbon neutrality, and put them into effect on November 1. These are China’s first provincial …
Japan
On October 22, 2021, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry（METI） released the Sixth Strategic Energy Plan. This Plan is the basic guideline for the government’s medium- to long-term policy …
Philippines
On October 26, 2021, the Philippines published the Administrative Order on the Chemical Control Order (CCO) for Chromium (VI) Compounds (hereinafter referred to as this Administrative Order). This Administrative Order …
Impacts of Climate Change to the Philippines: The Business Perspective
Philippines
The Philippines is among the top ten countries vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change. Because the geography of the Philippines is composed of numerous islands, the risk posed …
Malaysia
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Ismail Sabri on September 27, 2021, announced the latest national five-year plan, the Twelfth Malaysia Plan (hereinafter “the Plan”). The Plan focuses on three main themes: (1) …
Philippines
On September 15, 2021, the Department of Energy (DOE) of Philippines published Department Order No. DO 2021-09-0014 “Guidelines on Energy Efficiency Excellence Awards”. The Energy Efficiency Excellence (EEE) Awards recognize …
South Korea
On September 24, 2021, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea issued a legislative notice of partial amendment to the Enforcement Rules of the Clean Air Conservation Ac to …
Philippines
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Philippines announced on September 15, 2021 that the fines imposed in violation of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Administrative Order …
Vietnam
On September 21, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam submitted an official document (No. 4720/BCT-ATMT) providing its official opinion on the Draft Decree on Detailed Provisions …
Japan
On October 15, 2021, the Ministry of the Environment noticed that the Cabinet approved “Cabinet Order for Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Confirmation, etc. …
Japan
On October 7, 2021, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) published a public notice on the revision of environmental standards pertaining to water pollution in public water bodies and groundwater …
Thailand
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment announced “Notification of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the Emission Standard of Vapor From a Bulk Gasoline Terminal B.E.2564 (2021)” in …
Thailand, Regulation Controlling Works in Confined Space
Thailand
Perhaps one of the most common violations of EHS regulations in Thailand is related to works in confined space. In most violation cases, the factory owner does not understand what …
China
On September 24, 2021, the Beijing Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau released the revised local standard “General principles for cleaner production audit for industrial enterprises” (DB11/T 1156-2021). The standard stipulates …
Vietnam
On September 22, 2021, the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) released an official statement over some incorrect media coverage regarding the Law on Environmental Protection 2020. According …
Thailand, Regulations Relating to Environmental Personnel in Factory
Thailand
I believe it is rarely known that the concept of “environmental personnel” at factories in Thailand has its root in Japan. In 1971, the Japanese government enacted the Law Concerning …
*Taiwan
On September 16, 2021, the Ministry of Labor of Taiwan officially released the revised “Standard for hazard prevention of specific chemical substances”. In order to protect workers, the standard classified …
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has published a new Waste Management Law on September 15th 2021. This law aims to regulate the transport, segregation, storage, import, export, safe disposal of waste and all …
China
China’s Ministry of Emergency Management on September 6 announced urgent implementation of measures to improve the production safety responsibility insurance system. To standardize and ensure the implementation of this system, …
Japan
On September 24, 2021, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan promulgated the above ministerial ordinance. The ordinance will be enforced from October 1, 2021. This revision is to establish …
Japan
On September 24, 2021, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan promulgated a ministerial ordinance to revise effluent standard. The ordinance will be enforced from December 11, 2021. This revision …
China
On August 21,2021, the Department of Safety Supervision and Administration of Hazardous Chemicals, Ministry of Emergency Management of China released the draft of industry standard “Guidelines for chemical process safety …
Australia
On September 17, 2021, the Australian Industrial Chemicals Induction Scheme (AICIS) released the “Evaluations Roadmap“, which outlines a strategic approach to assessing the risks to human health and the environment …
Thailand
Ministry of Labor of Thailand announced “Ministerial Regulation on administration and management standards and the process of occupational safety, health, and environment at workplace in relation to the machine, crane, …
Laos
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Lao PDR established “Decision on the Management, Monitoring, and Inspection of the Treatment and Disposal of Contaminated and Hazardous Waste No. 3649/MONRE” on …
Japan
On August 25, 2021, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released the interim report for the “study group on ideal economic and other approaches for achieving worldwide carbon …
Brunei
The Workplace Safety and Health (First-Aid) Regulations, 2021 and the Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 came into force in Brunei on June 1, 2021. The former …
China
On August 16, 2021, the National Development and Reform Commission of China released the “Circular on promoting industrial projects to move into industrial park and tightening regulations and supervision of …
China
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation On August 31 submitted a TBT notification to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to inform it of a draft regulation called the Regulation on …
China
The Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress published a draft revision of the Noise Pollution Control Law (噪声污染防治法) to solicit comments after deliberating on the revision. Comments will be …
India
On August 18, 2021, the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) issued a public notice regarding installation of digital water flow meters to measure groundwater withdrawal from multiple bore/tube wells. This …
Thailand
Ministry of Industry of Thailand set out a minimum energy performance standard (MEPS) for household washing machines by publishing “Ministerial Regulation regarding designation of washing machines for household use as …
Thailand, Draft WEEE Action Plan 2022 – 2026
Thailand
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (also known as WEEE or e-waste), which includes a wide range of end-of-life devices such as computers, refrigerators and mobile phones, is considered as a …
Vietnam
On July 8, 2021, Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment publicized a draft of new National Technical Regulation (QCVN) on industrial dust and emissions (hereafter “the draft regulation”) and …
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