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With the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) now officially in place as the standard for the labelling of hazardous chemicals across the US, Canada is preparing to adopt the system in 2017. It’s an indication that regulations regarding hazardous warnings have taken a great stride towards ...

Implementing sustainable policies, be they commercial or public in nature, is all too often limited by the scope of legislative and national boundaries. An international forum where ambitious cross-border cooperation can be fostered certainly has its merits. The Commission for Environmental ...

As we move closer and closer to the GHS transition date in Canada, there is an understandable level of scrutiny being placed on SDS Authoring in North America. Many companies will certainly be going through the self-assessment process. Are we still in compliance? How does this affect us? Are there ...

Since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plan to implement a carbon tax across Canada on October 3, there has been a tremendous amount of interest in how this will be applied, and its potential impact on business both north and south of the Canadian border. While there has been a ...

In our last blog article in this series, we looked at how the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) will be implemented in Canada, and which key dates to pay particular attention to. We have also covered how American companies, even those that have ...

It has officially been announced that the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) present in the global atmosphere had reached the key level of 400 parts per million. This is a milestone. The 400 parts per million stat has long been considered a key ‘tipping point’ in CO2 levels. Scientists at the Scripps ...

In our last blog article in this series, we examined how the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) may present difficulties for American companies, especially in terms of SDS use. For this piece, we’ll take an informed look at the various deadlines that will ...

Since August 2, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been applying increased penalty fees to delinquent businesses within its purview. This change has been actively driven by legislation enacted by Congress in November 2015, which required federal agencies to review and ...

In our last blog article in this series, we looked at how the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is being embraced by Canada. We offered a broad outline of the situation, and the reasons why the system is now being implemented. For this piece, we’ll take ...