A set of predictions on key global chemical regulatory policy, including Asia & Australia, EU and Brexit, and Mexico, Central and South America and the Middle East. China introduced new or updated regulations in 2018, including the List of Priority Control Chemicals (First Batch), the List of Toxic Chemicals Strictly Restricted (2018), and National Guidance on Hazard Classification to the Aquatic Environment. Taiwan passed the amended Toxic Chemical Substance Control Act (TCSCA) on December 21, 2018. In South Korea, the amended Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) came into force on 1 January 2019.
Australia
Name
Australia
ISO
AU
Region
Australia
Risk
Deforestation
No
Transhipment
No
Labour Rights & H&S
No
Environment
Yes
Biodiversity
Yes
Forest Area
Land Area
769,202,000
ha
Forest Area
125,059,000
ha (16.3%)
FSC Forest Area
1,234,904
ha (1.0%)
FSC CoCs
268
PEFC Forest Area
26,578,998
ha (21.3%)
PEFC CoCs
196
Paper Mills 2
| Mill |
|---|
| Boyer Norske Skog |
|
| Maryvale Australian Paper |
Forest Legislations 2
Forecast for U.S. Federal and International Chemical Regulatory Policy 2019
The National Law Review, 10 Jan 2019
Australian Modern Slavery Act
Parliament of Australia, 10 Dec 2018
The Australian Modern Slavery Act passed in December 2018. The Act sets a Modern Slavery Reporting Requirement to require certain large businesses and other entities in Australia to make annual public reports - Modern Slavery Statements - on their actions to address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chains.
Aldi contractors ‘treated like slaves'
NEWS.com.au, 21 Apr 2017
Two former subcontractors allege they were exploited and underpaid while working at an Aldi warehouse in Brisbane for a period of five weeks 18 months ago. These two staff were hired through recruitment agency, and were made to work excessive overtime with flat rate. They were also told to stay in accommodation at Chermside (in Brisbane’s north) and were picked up and driven to the site, and all accommodation and travel costs would be taken out of their pay. ALDI says it is investigating the allegations.
Australia’s delays on palm oil labelling ‘hastening deforestation and orangutan deaths’
Guardian, 5 Dec 2016
Australia haven’t had a palm oil labelling in place after a proposal requiring palm oils to be specifically listed on food labels under consideration by Australia and New Zealand ministers for more than five years. Environmentalists warn that the repeated delays in Australia on mandatory palm oil labelling allows deforestation and the destruction of orangutan habitats.
Australia’s illegal logging regulation recognizes PEFC
PEFC, 7 Jul 2016
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resource of Australia has decided that certified businesses are required to maintain an equivalent due diligence system under PEFC Chain of Custody standard, and also AFS (Australia’s PEFC-endorsed national forest certification system), which means that PEFC-certified companies in Australia are now recognized as automatically meeting the due diligence requirements in the illegal logging regulation of Australia, and no separate due diligence system prepared for the illegal logging regulation specifically is not required.