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Foreword
Welcome to the eighth edition of the Enhesa product intelligence Chemicals Management Software Guide.
The purpose of the 2024 Guide is to connect a community of chemicals management, product safety and regulatory professionals to the latest, cutting-edge software solutions that are reshaping the work of compliance teams worldwide.
The guide explores the key drivers of software investment, current functionalities for product and compliance teams, market innovations, and platforms, while highlighting ongoing product updates and trends aimed at improving compliance processes.
From your responses to the 2024 Chemicals Management Software Survey, distributed annually across key industry sectors, we can provide unique market insights and highlight the crucial role of software in chemicals management and in tackling the challenges businesses face.
This year’s guide addresses the needs of our members by sharing:
• the 2024 software survey results – our analysis reveals how organisations are using software to support their chemicals management goals;
• a market analysis that examines the latest trends in chemicals management software for professionals;
• the role AI can play in the regulation of chemicals;
• company software profiles – your go-to buyer’s guide, connecting you with solutions tailored to your unique needs; and
• an A-Z listing – a comprehensive list of software solutions dedicated to supporting chemicals management and control.
Thank you to all the companies participating this year. Do take a look at the range of software featured in the profiles section from page 30 onwards.
A special thank you is due to Landbell H2 Compliance, the sponsor of this year’s Guide. You can find details of their chemicals management solutions in their profiles on pages 37 and 38. The H2 Compliance team will be pleased to answer any questions you may have about their products.
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How are organisations using software to support their chemicals management goals?
Regulatory compliance remains the number one priority for IT solutions as companies indicate a strong drive for further software investment. Head of editorial at Chemical Watch News & Insight, Kate Lowe reports on the findings of the Enhesa Product Intelligence 2024 Chemicals Management Software Guide survey
As the volume and complexity of regulations concerning the safe management of chemicals have expanded across the globe, so has the need for software to help corporate regulatory and compliance teams manage an ever-increasing workload.
The Enhesa Product Intelligence Chemicals Management Software Guide survey set out several years ago to track exactly how the software needs of corporate teams responsible for compliance with chemicals regulations, chemical safety assessment, hazard communication and product stewardship were developing. Now in its eighth year, the survey continues to shed important light on the factors that are influencing change.
The eighth edition of the survey – which was completed with the input of 299 respondents – examines the use of software tools and, by uncovering the needs of specific functions, helps us to better understand how corporate product teams are using IT to support their organisational goals.
The economic backdrop to this year’s survey is one of stable yet underwhelming global recovery. In October, the International Monetary Fund forecast global growth would reach 3.2% this year and remain at that level in 2025 – an improvement on last year’s predictions (2.9% for 2024) but still well below the historical average of 3.8% (from 2000 to 2019). Meanwhile, the forecast for advanced economies has been revised upwards a little – from 1.4% to 1.8% in 2024 – with higher-than-expected growth in the US offsetting downgrades for the largest European countries. With such a backdrop, it is interesting to note that for the second year the survey has recorded an upturn in the number of participants that expect to be investing in software over the next 12 months.
As in previous years, by far the largest group of participants taking part in this year’s survey was drawn from downstream organisations. The second-largest group was made up of participants from the chemicals, oil and energy sector. In the case of downstream businesses, there was a sizeable increase in the overall number of participants – from 43% of all responses in 2023 to 54% in 2024. Chemicals producers made up 30% of participants, with another 12% of responses coming from professionals working in the services and legal sectors [Figure 1]. This year’s sample includes responses from a greater number of enterprise-scale organisations (5,000+ employees) than previously – up from 24% of all responses last year to 35% this year – while large-scale operators (250 to 5,000 employees) accounted for 29% of responses – up from 25%.
Medium-sized operators (50 to 250 employees) and micro-organisations (0-10 staff) accounted for 17% between them. [Figure 2]
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Highlights from this year’s survey findings include:
• both chemical, oil and energy sector businesses, and downstream businesses, have continued to make strong use of software to support their chemical management requirements, with 85% and 72%, respectively, confirming their use of IT tools over the past three years;
• the upturn recorded in last year’s survey in the number of participants saying they are considering implementing software in the next 12 months has continued, with 39% of all organisations saying they expect to invest in IT solutions this year, up from 37% last year;
• software to help with regulatory compliance activities continues to remain the top priority for IT solutions among respondents overall. This year the number of respondents citing it as very important grew from 75% to 80%;
• within regulatory compliance, the product compliance function was cited as ‘very important’ by more respondents (65%) than any other function and was closely followed by the data management (regulatory lists, substance data) function (62%);
• regulatory compliance was cited by 71% of participants as ‘very important’ in driving investment in software solutions, up from 63% in 2023; and
• data gaps continue to present a significant challenge for companies with 80% of respondents to this year’s survey saying they have gaps in their chemicals management data.
Who is using software?
The majority of organisations surveyed by Enhesa continue to report that they have used a software system to support their chemicals management programme in the past three years. Of these, chemicals, oil and energy businesses, and businesses from the downstream sector, remain the strongest users of software to support their chemicals management requirements. In the case of chemicals, oil and energy businesses, the number of respondents confirming their use of IT tools over the past three years has increased significantly from 75% in 2023 to 85% in 2024. Systems in use include those developed in-house, solutions purchased from an external supplier as a bespoke or off-the-shelf package, and/or outsourced managed IT services [Figure 3]
Again, in common with previous years’ surveys, the strongest users of software in the past three years have been enterprise-scale organisations, with some 85% of respondents from firms with more than 5,000 staff confirming their use of IT tools to support their chemicals management programme. Likewise, 76% of respondents from largescale operators confirmed their use of IT tools over the past three years. Among medium-sized businesses, small business and micro-organisations, 64%, 44% and 65% respectively confirmed their use of IT to support chemicals management in this year’s survey.
Investment plans
Following a small reduction in the number of organisations planning to invest in new software to support chemicals management in 2022, for the second year running the number of respondents stating their organisation plans to invest further in IT has increased – to 39% in 2024. The sectors most likely to increase investment in software are downstream businesses, 42% of whom said their organisation plans to invest further in IT, and chemical, oil and energy businesses, 41% of whom also indicated their organisation plans to further invest in IT. [Figure 4]
Figure 4: Are you considering investing in software in the next 12 months?
For the third year running, the number of respondents who told us that they currently use a single software system to meet their chemicals management needs fell, from 34% in 2023 to just 25% now (43% in 2021). Another 33% of respondents said they use two software systems – up from 26% last year. Among chemical, oil and energy sector businesses, 20% said they use a single software tool to support their chemicals management needs. Among downstream businesses, 28% reported that they rely on just one software system – a significant drop from last year when 40% reported that they use just one tool to support their chemicals management needs [Figure 5]
Figure 3: Have you used a software system (including third party) to support your chemicals management programme in the past three years?
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Fewer organisations this year said all their software tools are integrated or connected with one another, down from 34% to 22%. For downstream users, the figure was 21% and for chemical companies 27%.
For those organisations that have yet to invest in software, or would like to invest in more, the biggest barrier remains cost, cited by 77% of respondents who answered this question, followed by lack of time to select, deploy and learn about new software (35%). [Figure 6]
Figure 6: If you are not currently using software or would like to have more software to aid your work, what factor(s) prevent your organisation from investing in software solutions?
Meanwhile, the number of businesses that reported they use external consultants or third-party implementation services to conduct the work of integrating new software with existing business software has continued to increase, following a sharp drop two years ago. In 2022, 19% of participants said they used consultants or third-party services to help them integrate new software with existing business software. In this year’s survey, that number rose to 35% – up from 34% last year.
Priority functions
Regulatory compliance activities continue to be the number one priority for IT solutions among respondents to the survey. In this year’s edition, 97% of professionals stated they regard regulatory compliance as ‘most important’ or ‘important’ to their current chemicals management programme. Meanwhile, 86% cited hazard communication as ‘most important’ or ‘important’, 84% cited chemical safety assessment as ‘most important’ or ‘important’, and 85% product stewardship as ‘most important’ or ‘important’.
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Figure 7: How important are the following areas within your current chemicals management programme?
Once again, this year’s survey drilled down into the detail of each of four categories (regulatory compliance, hazard communication, chemical safety assessment and product stewardship) to determine how important the various software functions that fall under each category are to respondents’ current chemical management programmes.
In the case of regulatory compliance, the following functions were rated ‘very important’ or ‘important’ by 90% or more respondents: data management (94%), compliance assurance (94%), regulatory management (92%) and product compliance (95%). [Figure 8]
Figure 8: How important are the following areas within your current chemicals management programme?
In the case of hazard communication, labelling and SDS management were cited most often as ‘very important’ or ‘important’. In the categories of chemical safety assessment and product stewardship, environmental safety and regulatory/ chemical database, respectively, were the most frequently cited by our respondents.
Key drivers
So, what drives investment in software solutions? Regulatory compliance continues to be the most important factor, cited by 93% as either ‘very important’ or ‘important’ in driving investment in software solutions. ‘Time saving’ was cited by 87% as ‘very important’ or ‘important’ in driving investment decisions. Hazard communication came next in this year’s survey, with 84% of respondents citing this function as ‘very important’ or ‘important’. [Figure 9]
An ongoing challenge is data gaps and the findings from this year’s survey confirm that many companies continue to struggle in this area. In total, 80% of respondents reported that they have gaps in their chemicals management data. Companies in the chemicals, oil and energy sector reported the highest number of gaps (82%). For all companies, these are split between regulatory data (57%), full formulation ingredient data (49%), supply chain data (47%), regulatory chemical data (44%), toxicological data (42%) and physical and chemical data (35%). [Figure 10]
Software to help with regulatory compliance activities continues to remain the top priority for IT solutions among respondents overall. This year the number of respondents citing it as very important grew from 75% to 80%.
What are the latest trends in chemicals management software for professionals?
Launches and updates to existing products continue to emerge as suppliers focus on enhancing and streamlining customers’ compliance processes. Chemicals industry writer Elaine Burridge reports.
Compliance, sustainability and automation are three key areas highlighted by software suppliers in this year’s market review.
Evolving regulations throughout the chemicals supply chain, and new and emerging requirements in areas that include eco-design, carbon reporting, worker safety and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) among others, have continued to drive software developments in the past 12 months or more.
Companies, such as H2 Compliance (part of the Landbell Group), VelocityEHS, Assent, Lisam, Sphera, iPoint-systems and DRSoftware, have all introduced new or enhanced products during 2023-24. In general, these developments strive to help customers
in optimising their processes to meet – and even predict – chemicals regulations around the world.
VelocityEHS says it is one of the first to market with an enhanced version of its Chemical Management software that aligns with the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) 2024 Hazard Communication Standard final rule that was published on 20 May 2024. This rule aligns OSHA’s standard with the seventh revision of the UN’s Globally Harmonized System of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS 7).
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“The widespread impact of these changes is significant, with OSHA estimating that the changes will affect 94% of safety data sheets (SDSs) and 64% of shipped container labels,” says Phil Molé, environment, health and safety (EHS) & sustainability expert at VelocityEHS.
Another new software capability from VelocityEHS is its Ingredient Level of Concern, which allows users to gather information on various ingredients in chemical products, their hazardous properties and any regulations that apply. “Problematic ingredients are highlighted using an easy-to-read colour-coded graphical scale to indicate the significance of risk associated with the given ingredient, for example, toxicity, damaging to ecosystems, persistent or bioaccumulative, or dangerous to use, handle or store,” the company says.
It says the tool can also serve as a directional indicator of the potential hazard trends for chemicals. The Ingredient Level of Concern is flagged for all regulations that a chemical product appears under, along with its position on the hazard scale. Users can then identify in which country(ies) the product may be banned and track regulatory changes over time to see if additional countries move to ban the same product.
In the past year, H2 Compliance has launched several new features in its element1 software that it says help customers save time, reduce errors and ensure compliance with greater accuracy. The features include screening for PFAS in a product portfolio, new product development, budget planning, managing and tracking laboratory processes, and managing regulatory projects.
H2 Compliance highlights PFAS as a significant concern for its customers, especially since the EU published its restriction proposal in February 2023. “Recognising our clients’ growing challenges, we developed a PFAS screening functionality that enables them to identify PFAS substances in their portfolios and stay compliant with evolving global regulations,” says Catalina Dobre, compliance solutions senior consultant at H2 Compliance.
In addition, the company’s new product development tool allows clients to assess compliance obligations early in the design phase, reducing time-to-market and preventing costly redesigns, Dobre says. “Companies come to us for this feature because it simplifies complex compliance tasks, ensuring products meet global standards from the start and giving clients the confidence to manage regulatory risks effectively.”
Lisam, meanwhile, says it has evolved beyond its historical focus on SDS authoring software and launched an EHS workplace safety technology and application platform. ComplyStation enables customers to manage their EHS assessments, incidents, training, compliance calendars and emissions, along with other sustainability sources, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulatory compliance, say Andrew Nelson, managing director, and Brett Brewer, vice president of sales at Lisam US.
Advances in SDS management
Looking at trends related to product stewardship in the SDS authoring and chemical management sector, both Nelson and Brewer note growing demand for solutions that can adapt to evolving regulations, such as REACH, GHS and OSHA, across various regions.
In particular, companies are increasingly interested in automating SDS authoring, labelling and reporting processes to improve operational efficiency and they say “notable emphasis is being placed on tools that track chemical usage, waste and environmental impact to support ESG initiatives.”
“Furthermore, customers are favouring integrated platforms that seamlessly combine SDS authoring with chemical management and EHS functions for comprehensive risk management. Companies are also paying closer attention to compliance in emerging markets like Asia-Pacific and Latin America,” they note.
SDS specialist DR-Software has introduced key updates to its ChemGes programme, including the automatic PDF import feature. DR-Software executive Manuela Dukeshire explains that this feature is a simple drag and drop into ChemGes, which then generates a complete database entry from what is available on the SDS, but at the same time calculating other possible information and classifications.
Customers are favouring integrated platforms that seamlessly combine SDS authoring with chemical management and EHS functions for comprehensive risk management.
“From there, one can generate an SDS in any language for any country, fully legally compliant. It does not matter for what country or in what language the original SDS was. ChemGes is able to extrapolate a massive amount of information and build upon it,” she says.
Dukeshire highlights too that ChemGes – as a standard feature – has a data output option in Excel format that enables users to sort and source data on a variety of product ingredients, including hazardous properties and related regulations.
DR-Software has also updated its programmes to contain the latest GHS updates in the US, Canada, Brazil, Singapore and Serbia, which it says is part of the company’s broader effort to continuously incorporate legislative changes as they are introduced.
Other improvements relate to DR-Software’s automatic poison centre notifications (PCN) system, which now allows full automation – from assigning a unique formula identifier (UFI) to generating PCN dossiers in all required languages – to a direct import of the dossier into the ECHA database, via the system-to-system (S2S) submission service.
PCN is also a focus for Sphera, which this year introduced its Management of Change module that automates the analysis, detection and notification of potential changes to a client’s obligations.
“Keeping up to date with all your PCN obligations is a daunting and time-consuming task, and difficult to confidently identify all applicable changes,” says Sphera. It adds that the new module not only saves time and resources, but avoids errors and unnecessary work, while also monitoring and tracking changes with a user-friendly dashboard. The solution can be adapted to business needs with built-in configuration options.
Also this year, Sphera launched its substance library, designed to standardise and validate data across systems and offering access to a repository of more than 400,000 substances, complete with synonyms, CAS numbers and other identifiers.
In addition, it has introduced its SpheraCloud Document Storage solution, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to enhance the management of certain documents, such as SDSs and certificates of analysis (CoAs).
Focus on PFAS
Increasing attention on PFAS by regulators, as well as stakeholder concerns over the substances’ impact on human health and the environment, has prompted software suppliers to develop and launch tools to help their customers in navigating this particular and rapidly changing area.
“Manufacturers are facing a tsunami of PFAS regulations, in addition to obsolescence and other business risks,” says Cally Edgren, vice president, regulatory and sustainability at Assent.
Assent introduced in June 2023 a PFAS compliance solution that it says more than 300 customers are already using. The programme includes data-driven takeaways to help them stay ahead of unplanned parts obsolescence and supply chain disruptions, such as 3M’s discontinuation of PFAS. The multinational chemicals conglomerate announced in December 2022 that it will phase out the substances’ production and use across its product portfolio by the end of 2025.
Approximately 22,000 3M products are being reformulated or discontinued in the coming months and 75% of declarations that Assent has collected to date are for PFAS in products on 3M’s list.
The sheer volume of parts containing PFAS is scary – Assent says there is too much data to collect manually, likening it to searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. The company notes that out of 2m parts declarations, more than 90,000 are confirmed to contain PFAS, so “expect a scramble for PFAS-free part alternatives, including potential price hikes and scarcity”.
Edgren points out too that another big part of going ‘PFAS-free’ is the change in performance of the products themselves and the likely redesign required.
Many US states are already regulating PFAS use, but Edgren says the disparate laws have created a “patchwork of regulations” for manufacturers to navigate. She highlights the TSCA 8(a)(7) reporting rule that requires US manufacturers to submit over a decade’s worth of PFAS data to the EPA.
The rule asks for details as far back as 2011 on the use of approximately 1,500 compounds that meet a three-part structural PFAS definition. The general submission window is 11 July 2025 to 11 January 2026, plus an extra six months for small article importers.
Germany’s iPoint-systems says its PFAS solutions “stands out for its capability to analyse historical data, identify present hotspots and predict future risks, all made possible by its comprehensive rule group”. “The integration of predictive analytics into an intuitive interface ensures that iPoint’s PFAS solution is a powerful tool for companies aiming to stay ahead in managing PFAS-related challenges efficiently,” the company asserts.
Sustainability in the supply chain
Outside of PFAS, Assent has also expanded solutions for supply chain sustainability. These include a broad ESG solution that addresses the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), and another that supports requirements under the EU’s Carbon Border Assessment Mechanism (CBAM) that took effect in October 2023.
“These new solutions not only address current regulatory demands but also prepare companies for more holistic and far-reaching regulations like the Eco-design for Sustainable Products Regulation,” says Edgren. “Customer-driven pressure is intensifying, especially as sustainability regulations gain greater enforcement, making it essential for businesses to collect and share compliance data across their supply chains. In many cases, this pressure from customers is outpacing even regulatory demands.”
Over the past 12 months, iPoint-systems has been especially focused on expanding its software solutions for the automotive industry. Angelika Steinbrecher, head of solution consulting at the German company, says its Sustainability Automotive product was specifically engineered to run Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) cal-
culations for vast quantities of parts and products, even if they have a highly complex bill of materials (BOM).
“By facilitating the automation of data collection, analysis and reporting processes, the Sustainability Automotive solution empowers companies to accelerate their sustainability calculations, enhance the accuracy and intelligence of their reporting and significantly save time,” Dr Steinbrecher says.
She adds that iPoint-systems plans to introduce more “innovative solutions that further streamline critical aspects of automotive manufacturing”.
Cloud- or custom-based technologies?
Suppliers’ feedback points to an overall preference for cloud-based systems, regarded as the industry standard, but this does vary according to both customer and industry. “We are seeing a strong trend towards cloud-based systems as they offer greater flexibility, scalability and easier access to real-time data. This shift is particularly evident in industries that prioritise operational efficiency and remote access,” say Nelson and Brewer of Lisam.
However, Dukeshire adds that while cloud-based solutions are becoming more popular due to their accessibility and scalability, clients still expect to retain full control over cybersecurity and risk management. She adds that flexibility is crucial, with many customers looking for a hybrid approach.
Nevertheless, there are many customers that favour more bespoke software. “Larger companies face far more complex regulatory challenges due to their global operations and diverse product lines,” says Dobre of H2 Compliance. “They prefer bespoke solutions because these can be tailored to integrate with existing systems, like [enterprise resource planning] ERP platforms, allowing real-time data sharing across departments. This helps them manage compliance more efficiently.”
She adds that big companies also require scalability to handle vast amounts of data, as well as custom features like multi-tier supply chain visibility and advanced risk management, saying that “tailored solutions provide the flexibility and adaptability needed to meet evolving regulations and maintain a competitive edge.”
According to Dr Steinbrecher of iPoint-systems, the market for SaaS is increasingly demanding solutions that are not only scalable and secure, but also offer seamless integration capabilities with existing systems. She says: “Customers expect intuitive interfaces that provide easy access to powerful features without a steep learning curve. Moreover, there’s a growing emphasis on data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) functionalities to derive actionable insights from vast amounts of data.”
However, she cautions that the “careful application” of AI in the domain of sustainability and material compliance “represents a delicate balance between innovation and prudence”.
“While the adoption of AI demands vigilance to navigate its early stages effectively, the early advantages it offers – enhanced efficiency, predictive analytics for better decision making, and the ability to uncover novel sustainability opportunities – cannot be overstated,” says Dr Steinbrecher.
Dukeshire also references a growing interest in automation, particularly the use of AI to streamline complex regulatory tasks, reduce manual data entry and eliminate human error. “Customers are excited by the increased automation that AI provides,” she says.
However, customer concerns about the accuracy of AI persist, says Sphera, noting that widespread adoption remains limited and the market is only seeing “cautious exploration” rather than broad implementation.
But the company cites escalating demand for automated updates and notifications as regulatory demands become more stringent. “This is particularly important as smaller teams are expected to manage larger scopes, necessitating enhanced integration and automation to maintain compliance and efficiency without increasing team size,” Sphera says.
While there are valid concerns regarding data accuracy and security, clients are excited about the advancements AI can bring, particularly for its potential to enhance data extraction.”
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H2 Compliance’s Dobre adds: “While there are valid concerns regarding data accuracy and security, clients are excited about the advancements AI can bring, particularly for its potential to enhance data extraction.”
She says H2 Compliance is actively working on implementing AI-driven solutions, with a strong focus on data validation to ensure accuracy and reliability for their clients. The company also sees growing attention falling on blockchain technologies, especially for ensuring data integrity and transparency in supply chains.
Upcoming developments
Software development never stands still, with efforts focused on both enhancing existing products, as well as introducing new tools.
VelocityEHS says it is working to update its products to support predictive chemicals management, while Lisam anticipates that a risk management module will be its next major product initiative as part of its integrated ComplyStation EHS platform.
At DR-Software, future developments will focus heavily on incorporating more AI-driven automation, as well as expanding existing functionalities of its ChemGes software to enhance data input and reduce associated manual work.
Further automation of compliance processes is being explored by the team at Sphera, along with a strong focus on expanding cloudbased offerings and enhancing integration capabilities.
In October 2024, Assent announced the next generation of its Supply Chain Sustainability platform that it says has been designed specifically to help complex manufacturers meet their compliance and sustainability goals by making their supply chains “deeply and durably good”.
Supply chain communications is also a new functionality being developed by H2 Compliance, which it says will empower users to gather the necessary supporting evidence for compliance statements, enhancing communication and documentation among stakeholders.
The supplier is also developing an articles management solution that manages BOMs and links to suppliers, as well as a structured rules-based system to determine compliance obligations.
Combining compliance and sustainability is the focal point for iPoint-systems. Dr Steinbrecher says this integration is pivotal for developing scalable automated processes tailored for extensive product and parts inventories. She comments: “By leveraging material compliance data in sustainability calculations, businesses can provide a more transparent and accurate depiction of their environmental impact. This not only aligns with the global regulatory framework, but also strengthens corporate sustainability practices, positioning companies for a competitive edge in an eco-conscious market.”
The global chemicals regulatory landscape continues to evolve, along with customers’ demands. Customers are not only seeking to keep pace with fast-changing regulations, but also want to get ahead of the curve and predict what is coming. Software suppliers must continually expand and upgrade their offerings to keep up too.
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What role can AI play in the regulation of chemicals?
Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as neural networks, machine learning (ML) and generative language models, is emerging as a powerful tool for collecting, processing and summarising information, as well as for predictive analytics. Chemical Watch News & Insight’s Europe managing editor, Leigh Stringer, looks at how the technology is being considered in a regulatory context
Advocates say AI’s potential to advance scientific research and chemistry is boundless, and its use within regulatory operations could significantly reduce time, workloads and resource constraints for agencies and authorities, achieving desired outcomes at a much faster rate.
AI’s capabilities are expanding exponentially, and the benefits are becoming more apparent, but are regulatory agencies keeping pace?
In Europe, ECHA is actively exploring how AI technologies can support its work by setting up what it calls an internal AI Horizontal Group, which collects and assesses opportunities for AI-driven solutions.
The agency said AI offers the potential to streamline traditionally manual processes. For instance, it is exploring how the use of AI can summarise and cluster large volumes of public consultation comments.
Another area of exploration for the agency is how AI-powered chatbots could complement its customer-facing communication, looking at whether they could potentially reduce response times and improve user experience.
Collaboration is also a key factor to advancing AI use. ECHA is in contact with other authorities and agencies to share experiences in this area.
Across the Atlantic, the US EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) has used machine learning in the development of existing chemical risk evaluations under the country’s chemicals programme, TSCA, to facilitate the systematic review of relevant data.
The agency is also exploring how AI could be more broadly applied to its systematic review work. In April, it appointed Vaughn Noga as the agency’s chief artificial intelligence officer and formed an AI Governance Board to “oversee and coordinate the responsible use of AI across the agency”.
However, it said it is unlikely to be able to rapidly adopt such tools at current budget levels.
A lack of funding is a significant barrier. The EPA’s TSCA programme has had resource constraints for years, delaying a number of “important efforts”, including in the area of IT. Generative AI tools are therefore not currently being used.
Canada’s regulators are also showing interest. AI-enabled tools are being used in numerous ways to support risk assessments of new and existing substances within Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan (CMP). For example, Health Canada uses ML algorithms to enhance the prediction of health and environmental hazards based on chemical structure information.
Scientific literature
Canada has also developed, and continues to refine, tools that incorporate AI/ML techniques to search and filter large collections of scientific literature, prioritising studies for review based on their predicted relevancy for risk assessments.
A more recent project is assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of using AI-enabled tools, such as natural language processing, to extract chemical data from scientific publications.
“In our day-to-day work we use a variety of commercial generative AI tools to help with smaller personal productivity tasks like internet searching or writing computer scripts,” it said.
Health Canada expects its use of AI will continue to grow as the technology and the agency’s understanding of it matures. However, it is not currently working on any AI-enabled tools that would autonomously make regulatory decisions or that would directly serve the public.
Meanwhile, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) said that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) “offers many potential benefits to Government of Canada institutions” and it is following
the evolution of these technologies and their potential use in the context of its operations.
The department is currently reviewing the Treasury Board of Canada’s Guide on the use of GenAI, published in December last year. This offers guidance on the opportunities for how the tools can support and improve government operations, as well as the risks associated with their use.
The guidance said AI technologies can enhance productivity through increased efficiency and quality of outputs in analytical and writing tasks in several domains. However, it also stresses that more analysis is required to determine the most appropriate and beneficial uses of these tools by federal institutions.
Based on this guide, ECCC will develop its own GenAI guidelines, which will outline how the department must comply with existing federal laws and policies including, among others, those in the areas of privacy, security, and intellectual property.
Like the ECCC, ECHA also believes there are important barriers and concerns to address. Data privacy and security are key considerations in all AI use cases it explores, and the agency works closely with legal and data protection experts to mitigate any risks.
“Overall, we see AI as a tool to support and enhance human work, not to replace it,” ECHA said.
Quality data
There are also concerns related to the transparency and accountability of AI systems, as well as the readiness of data for such applications.
ECHA is actively exploring how AI technologies can support its work by setting up what it calls an internal AI Horizontal Group, which collects and assesses opportunities for AI-driven solutions.
The “readiness of data” is a pertinent point. While the opportunities are clear, AI’s success in science and regulation relies hugely on one thing – quality data.
This year’s Nobel Prize winner for chemistry, David Baker, an American biologist and computational biochemist, explained that AI needs masses of high-quality data to be useful for science.
Talking to the MIT Technology Review in October, following the announcement of his prestigious win, Baker said that this sort of data, and databases containing it, are rare.
The sentiment has been echoed across the community, with prominent figures in AI communicating the same message at Chemical Watch Events & Training’s Key Regulatory Updates Europe conference in October 2024.
Jake Grace, head of high throughput experimentation with chemical company Clariant’s innovation centre, said that for AI to effectively identify safer, more sustainable chemicals, there needs to be enough quality data that “describe enough molecules which have those properties, and enough that do not, so that it can differentiate”.
Grace said that more data and knowledge that is well-organised needs to be generated and fed into AI technologies for it to achieve its potential in this area. He adds that this goes far beyond current information sources such as safety data sheets (SDSs) and REACH registration dossiers.
The good news is that quality data is being generated around the world and, over time, it will be applied to the technology. With this, AI becomes an increasingly valuable asset – one that could transform how better chemicals are identified and the speed at which regulatory decisions are made.
The
application of AI is penetrating broad areas of life and work, and the area of chemicals regulation is no different. It clearly offers benefits, but understanding its risks is still to be determined.
AI certainly has the capabilities to help solve the lengthy time it takes to reach a regulatory decision, which is a long-running issue for authorities, according to Niraj Deo, CEO and founder of technology firm Viridium AI.
Deo told delegates that while collaborative efforts are commendable – where multiple stakeholders and sectors debate and develop regulations – they are time-consuming, often taking decades to reach desired outcomes. The time from the initial release of scientific data identifying chemical concerns to achieving the desired outcomes of regulatory measures can take up to 20 years in some cases.
This is where AI comes in, said Deo, with regulators directly using the technology to reduce time and workloads.
Narrowing ‘essential uses’
The technology could assist quicker implementation of regulatory processes and initiatives, such as the EU’s essential use concept, where the unnecessary use of a harmful substance in a product or process is banned.
AI could be used to make decisions on whether a chemical’s use is essential or not, Deo said, adding that its strength could be in ironing out the “no-brainer” or obvious essential or non-essential use.
It could address the subjectivity of the essential use debates, significantly narrowing the number of uses to decide on, he said. “Instead of discussing one million essential use cases, for example, it could filter it down to very few.”
Regulators would then be left to debate only those remaining essential use cases that need human judgement, such as emotion or cultural consideration.
“AI technology can be used to filter so that regulatory decisions are more data-driven,” added Deo.
Deo agrees with regulatory agencies that AI could also be used to review and mine documents at incredible speeds, noting that his company’s technology took 22 days to go through eight million documents.
In this regard, it could play a part in EU authorities information gathering exercises undernumerous regulatory processes, such as the ongoing universal PFAS restriction proposal.
Fellow speaker Emil Damgaard-Moller, PFAS consultant at the Danish Technology Institute, noted AI’s ability to interpret a massive amount of documents and how this could have reduced the “incredible amount of work” needed to review the more than 5,600 comments submitted to the PFAS restriction consultation – a record number of responses for an EU restriction proposal.
“I dare not think how many man hours it took for that discovery work,” Damgaard-Moller said. This is work that AI technology could have done, he added.
In basic terms, an agency could ask AI technology “to scan the internet for all agricultural products that are being used or for a specific PFAS mentioned in SDS, webpages and other sources and gather that information”, he said.
“This of course is not something you can just pick up and copy into the proposal, but it gets you 90% of the way there and helps you with this discovery work at a much faster rate,” he added.
With enough data driving the tools, Damgaard-Moller said AI technology could also tackle regulators’ challenge of identifying the factual accuracy of industry or other stakeholder claims around specific chemicals.
For example, it could be used to help determine whether certain substances or chemical groups will impact the EU’s green transition.
Industry says the green transition will rely on fluoropolymers. However, “regulators have no real way of knowing whether this is in fact true or if it is industry lobbying to ensure derogations”, Damgaard-Moller said. He added that the technology could help decipher this and aid decisions on industry claims.
Next steps
The application of AI is penetrating broad areas of life and work, and the area of chemicals regulation is no different. It clearly offers benefits, but understanding its risks is still to be determined.
The tools at present can complement manual, human-conducted tasks, speeding up processes and helping regulatory staff in their day-to-day work. The potential , however, goes far beyond this, with AI potentially driving well-informed decisions on complex regulatory issues such as identifying safer and more sustainable chemicals, as well as the hazards and risks of substances.
But there is an important barrier to first overcome. With more than 270 million unique chemicals registered in the CAS database, and only around 20,000 under the EU’s REACH, a lot more data on the substances being produced, traded and flowing through the global market is essential if AI is going to make the management and regulation of chemicals more effective, efficient and better at protecting human health and the environment.
What do we mean by ‘AI technology’?
While AI is an evolving term, technologies that could or are being used in the context of chemicals regulation include language models that read, comprehend and interpret human language, as well as applications to design molecules and predict their properties.
Glossary
Use this glossary to look up key terms and how we define the different functions/capabilities presented in the profiles.
Service areas
Regulatory compliance
Chemical safety assessment
Hazard communication
Stewardship
Software functions/capabilities
Regulatory compliance
Change management (chemicals) manage chemical regulatory compliance during operational or regulatory change
Data management (regulatory lists, substance data) source chemical and regulatory information
Reporting present data as reports for regulatory bodies, shareholders, government agencies etc
Substance volume tracking capture and track substance volumes to ensure compliance
Hazardous material management manage SVHCs throughout the supply chain
Chemical inventory management track inventory information required for regulatory reporting
Chemical safety prediction help fill data gaps on hazardous materials
Product compliance ensure products meet compliance requirements before going to market
Regulatory management track regulatory updates and changes
Compliance assurance conduct auditing in order to maintain compliance
Chemical safety assessment
Hazard assessment assess hazard endpoints, toxicology and screening
Exposure assessment assess and manage safe exposure levels for workers
Risk assessment assess risk of chemicals in materials/products
Worker safety determine hazards in the workplace, comply with hazard communications and 'right-toknow' eg Sumi
Environmental safety assess the environmental impact of chemicals
Consumer safety assess the impact on consumers of chemicals in consumer products
Hazard communication
Supply chain communication communicate vital information, providing a unified access point for all users
SDS authoring support creation of SDSs
SDS management support distribution and maintenance of SDS records
Incident management improve EHS performance and mitigate risk by capturing data on incidents and identifying root causes
Labelling create labels for substances that meet regulatory compliance requirements
Stewardship
Product lifecycle management minimise environmental impact of chemicals in products through management and scrutiny of design/manufacturing process
Full material declaration identify and track all substances in products to help minimise environmental impact
Supplier information find and track supplier information to ensure end-to-end compliance
Corporate social responsibility manage CSR metrics and data collection, assess and report on long-term CSR sustainability goals
Acronyms
SaaS – software as a service
ERP – enterprise resource planning
PLM – product lifecycle management
CSR – corporate social responsibility
EMIS – environmental management information systems
EHS – environmental health and safety
FMD – full material disclosure
BOM – bill of materials
LIMS – laboratory information management system
Software functions/capabilities are indicated using the following terms
Core – standard function/service of the product
Enabled (Enb) – function/service is enabled by a partner
Customisable (Cst) – customisable module before purchase
CHEMDOX®
by CHEMDOX®
About
The CHEMDOX® company provides an outstanding software solution for the chemical industry. It assures regulatory compliance, classifies chemicals according to numerous regulations and generates high-quality safety-related documents in the most efficient way.
What do our clients like about us?
The CHEMDOX® software has been developed by experts for experts. It’s efficient, open, flexible and really supports compliance. It’s easy to use, integrate and automate. All this, based on state-of-the-art technology and outstanding customer support.
The CHEMDOX® company is a subsidiary of UCS – unique computing solutions gmbh – developing high-quality software since 1999.
Features
• Chemical management: Manage chemicals easily and efficiently with the CHEMDOX® software, its legal content and substance database.
• Classification calculators: Improve regulatory compliance when classifying chemicals according to several regulations (for example: GHS, transport, national regulations). The CHEMDOX® regulatory calculators provide automatically computed classification suggestions.
• Regulatory coverage: Cover global regulatory requirements on a best practice level and up-to-date for all major markets in, for example, Europe, Asia and the Americas.
• SDS authoring: Generate SDSs efficiently and ‘translate’ your SDSs into more than 50 countries taking into account official languages, national legal terminology as well as national regulations.
• System integration and data exchange: The CHEMDOX® software provides easy and state-of-the-art integration with other IT systems. Electronic exchange of data furthermore improves productivity and quality.
Service areas
Content type
Database, regulatory updates
Expertise
Purchasing, planning and management, implementation, integration
Functions/Capabilities
Other support services
• Free Software Demo
• Extensive Customer Support
• CHEMDOX® Days
Chemeter
by SIAM
About
Do you want to issue SDS in just ten minutes? And prepare your PCN Dossier automatically in just a few clicks?
Chemeter is a reliable SDS authoring software that provides you with more than 60 up-to-date country specific legislations, continuous new features development and professional assistance. Is a friendly modular software which accommodates every company’s needs considering its country, sector and aims. It creates an extended range of documents, such as SDS, e-SDS, labels, dangerous goods documents and sector specific paperwork.
We offer sound expertise on GHS and CLP, providing hot line support for legislative issues, questions on the software and technical matters.
Features
• EU poison centre notification format: Automatically creates all PCN dossiers for harmonised notifications, in just in a few minutes, taking the data needed automatically from Chemeter.
• SDS authoring software: Compliant and multilingual SDS for more than 60 countries. With a solid substance database available and constantly under review.
• Automatic classification: Introducing your final product formula, Chemeter will classify it, and calculate toxicological and ecotoxicological properties, workplace exposure limits, national inventories (TSCA, Proposition 65 in the US, etc) and everything needed to issue your SDS, with the possibility of modifying this information if desired.
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud based, locally installed
User experience
customisable, off-the-shelf, configurable, modular structure, grows with the customer
Pricing structure
Licensed, pay-per-use, subscription, free trial
Partners
Imagine software
Other Selene Other
www.siam-it.com
Service areas
• Label editor: Innovative tool for designing CLP and GHS labels.
• Integration with your ERP: Automatic data import from external sources to avoid manual entry of products and formulas.
• SDS efficient management and distribution: To be sure your customers are always up to date with their SDS.
• Updated software: New features are constantly being developed and legislative updates implemented.
Functions/Capabilities
Integration capabilities
ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, formula management, LIMS, customised integration possibility
purchasing, planning and management, implementation, integration
Other support services
• SIAM Workshops, Newsletter
• 24/7 Knowledge Base with tutorials and guidance documents
• Hotline for legislative counselling, classification issues and technical matters
ChemGes
by DR-Software
About
ChemGes is a leading software solution for creating and managing safety data sheets (SDSs), labels, PCNs, and IPIs, trusted by over 1,800 customers in 70 countries. DR-Software has established itself as a pioneer in the field, offering scalable solutions that cater to both small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large global corporations.
Our software seamlessly integrates transport, environmental, and safety data to assess risks and hazards, enabling users to generate compliant documents in 39 languages according to international standards. This results in significant cost and time savings. A maintenance contract provides ongoing access to unlimited hotline support and continuous updates to ensure compliance with the latest legislation.
Features
• Global presence: Canada, US, Austria, Germany, France and Italy.
• Built-in UFI generator with fully automatic PCN notification and dossier generation.
• Multilingual interface available in English, French, German, and Italian.
• Access to comprehensive raw material database of over 25,000 substances, enhanced with web research and automatic PDF import functions.
• Automatic country-specific classification according to the UN GHS and its worldwide implementation (OSHA HCS, CLP, WHMIS 2015 etc).
• Integrated transport classification for accurate, compliant shipping documentation.
• Automated calculation of physical and chemical properties.
Product details
Software type
Cloud compatible, local installation ensures security of your data
User experience
Off-the-shelf, configurable, many functions and highly customisable
Pricing structure
Licensed, free live trial with guidance of our support team, maintenance contract subscription
• Automatic creation of SDSs and labels in 39 languages.
• Internal Plant Instructions (IPIs).
• Regulatory Data Integration includes TLVs, substance listings, and toxicological data.
• Formulation entry and SDS output can be completed within minutes and even faster with the automatic PDF import option.
• Highly scalable and flexible software that adapts to the specific needs of any business, large or small.
• Experienced in-house software engineers can quickly implement user-specific programme adjustments and customised applications.
• A rule-based form generator allows for fully automated creation and updating of SDSs and labels, saving time and ensuring accuracy.
info@dr-software.com
Service areas
Integration capabilities
ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, formula management, LIMS, can integrate with any software
Content type
Database, regulatory updates, extensive database
Expertise
Purchasing, planning and management, implementation, integration, far reaching assistance and support
Enhesa Sustainable Chemistry empowers you to choose and source safer, greener chemicals – for use, manufacture, and design.
Our state-of-the-art, configurable solutions allow you to assess your chemicals more efficiently, connect with your supply chain for better transparency, and research chemicals faster and more effectively.
Chemical Assess: Assess your chemicals faster and more effectively.
Whether you’re an expert or a novice, make more informed and confident decisions about the chemicals you’re using with access to our extensive chemical data repository of summarised, highquality Chemical Hazard Assessments from our team of toxicologists – plus instant screening against 500+ regulatory and advisory lists.
Features
Flexible, comprehensive screening
• Screen your chemicals of interest one at a time or in bulk against 500+ lists and 23 toxicological endpoints for a comprehensive view of hazards and regulatory risks.
Intuitive dashboards
• Spot potential hazards and compare alternatives with straightforward result dashboards. Plus, see all your screened chemicals in one place for a high-level view across them all.
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud-based
User experience
Off-the-shelf, configurable
Pricing structure
Subscription, free trial
Authoritative data
• Assess chemicals against our extensive library of 23 human and environmental health endpoints, 4,500 peer-reviewed CHAs, over 500 regulatory and advisory lists, and more.
Simple data management
• Share your data with anyone in your organisation. Organise formulations and information of interest, and be notified of any changes.
www.enhesa.com/sustainablechemistry
Service areas
Functions/Capabilities
Expertise
Other support services
Chemical Watch News & Insight
by Enhesa
About
Award-winning global news, insight and analysis to inform your product safety strategy.
Our Chemical Watch News & Insight membership provides your team with timely, in-depth, impartial and easy-to-understand coverage – ensuring you don’t miss business-critical developments.
Expert insight on regulatory and non-regulatory drivers around the world impacting the safe use of chemicals in products, from science and risk assessment, to policy, legislation and voluntary initiatives.
A truly global coverage with enterprise-wide access through our class-leading platform.
Features
• Well-informed, independent, accurate, unbiased news, available 24/7 on our website and delivered via our email alert and notifications.
• Global coverage brought to you by our wellconnected journalists based in key locations around the world.
• A forward-looking view, keeping you ahead of the chemicals management agenda and allowing you to respond in a timely fashion.
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud based
User experience
Off-the-shelf, configurable
Pricing structure
Subscription
• Keeps compliance, product stewardship and regulatory teams informed of the latest business-critical developments.
• All in one place and written in plain English to inform all stakeholders of developments and their impacts.
• Comment, insight and analysis digging deeper into the issues, developments, challenges and influencers.
Lisam’s Chemicals® application is a powerful SaaS solution designed for efficient management of chemicals, safety documents and stock movements. It provides users with easy access to safety data sheets and regulatory reporting features to improve compliance with global regulations at site level.
With its powerful features, Chemicals® helps increase productivity, decrease risks and enhance hazard communication and safety performance, providing greater transparency for frontline employees throughout the chemical lifecycle.
The Chemicals® app is a highly secure system which ensures compliance with industry standards and safeguards your sensitive data.
Features
• Search and find SDSs
• Easy access to safety documents
• Documents sourcing and indexing
• Global regulatory reporting
• Secondary labels printing
• Inventory management
Product details
Software type
Saas, cloud based
User experience
Customisable, off-the-shelf, configurable
Pricing structure
Licensed, subscription, free trial
Integration capabilities
ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, formula management, LIMS
Partners
WikiChemia
Content provider
EIGA
Content provider
• Integrates across all EHS apps
• SaaS solution
• Seamless integration
• Security by design
• Role-based access
• Mobile access
Content type
Database, regulatory updates
Expertise
Planning and management, implementation, integration
Enhesa
Content provider
Emori
Systems integrator
www.lisam.com
CHESS Chemical Safety System
by Bureau Veritas
About
CHESS® (Chemical Health Environment Safety System) makes it easy for you to get an overview of risks, products, documents, hazard labels and more – all in one system. You can retrieve relevant information regarding chemical issues, handling chemicals, occupational exposure limits, product storage and use recommendations. This gives you an advantageous overview and a structure that simplifies chemical handling. Elaboration of safety data sheets in 34 languages.
Commercial, production, offshore company or a chemical producing company? With CHESS® you will have a system that creates value in your company.
Try our free test here
Features
• A modular system ensures that you only pay for the functionalities you need.
• Creates an overview and simplifies the management of chemicals.
• Makes it easy to localise chemicals and products that may need substitution or relocation.
• Helps you prevent damages and reduces risk and thereby costs.
• Ensures chemical compliance (REACH Module).
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud based
User experience
Customisable
Partners
DGOffice BV
Software provider
Proactima AS Content provider
• CLP calculator and elaboration of exposure scenarios.
• Elaboration of safety data sheets in 34 languages.
• All documents for ADR, IMDG, RID, ADN and IATA transport.
• Secures the highest degree of assurance –thereby quality assurance.
• Saves internal resources as CHESS® creates overview, structure and effective workflows.
www.bureauveritas.dk/en
Service areas
Pricing structure
Licensed, subscription, free trial
Integration capabilities
ERP, EHS, formula management
Functions/Capabilities
Other support services
• CHESS and DGDoc keeps track of your documents
• Take the test – is CHESS an asset for you?
• Whitepapers
• Training
element1
by H2 Compliance
About
element1 is a cloud-based software designed to simplify the complexities of global chemical compliance workflows and processes.
Tailored for businesses aiming to stay ahead of regulatory changes, element1 offers fully customisable modules to track chemical compliance status, forecast upcoming regulations, complete registrations for EU REACH and REACH-like regulations, manage safety data sheet coverage, monitor supplier compliance across multiple borders and jurisdictions, and enable compliance throughout new product development processes.
element1 offers full customisation options based on your company needs, integrates with any ERP system, and includes built-in security and an exceptional user experience. Supported by a global team of regulatory experts and continuous innovation, element1 transforms chemical management into a strategic advantage.
Features
REACH and global compliance
• Real-time and predictive substance volume tracking and supplier compliance.
• Project management tools to monitor registration progress and costs.
• Tracking new product development compliance to ensure market access.
Substances of concern
• Automatic cross-referencing of regulatory lists to identify compliance gaps and emerging concerns.
SDS management
• Request, manage and display SDS across different locations (ie website).
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud based
User experience
Customisable, off-the-shelf, configurable
Pricing structure
Licensed, subscription, free trial
Integration capabilities
ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, formula management, LIMS, connectivity to SAP content
Partners
Atto Partners
Consultancy
www.h2compliance.com/software-solutions/
• Discrepancy reports to ensure consistency between labels, SDS, and online content. Regulations tracking
• Overview of global chemical regulations and obligations and emerging issues tracking.
Other features
• Streamlined preparation and submission of PCN, C&L and SCIP notifications.
• Managing supplier communication, data gathering, and storage.
Planning and management, implementation, integration
element2
by H2 Compliance
About
element2 enhances the capabilities of element1 by delivering targeted compliance solutions for the cosmetics industry. This powerful, user-friendly SaaS platform simplifies the creation, management, and storage of Product Information Files (PIFs).
With a 22,000-ingredient database and optional toxicology profiles, element2 automates safety assessments and reuses core data across jurisdictions for greater efficiency. Unique identifiers (CAS/ INCI) enable regional assessments while flagging concerns like substance limits.
Enjoy secure, intuitive interfaces, comprehensive document tracking, and seamless browser compatibility – all without the need for training. element2 is perfect for collaborative teams navigating the complexities of cosmetic regulations.
Features
Robust Ingredient Database
• Access a comprehensive 22,000-ingredient database for informed decision-making.
Automated Safety Assessments
• Simplify compliance with automated safety assessments tailored to regional regulations.
Advanced Document Management
• Archive, tag, and manage documents comprehensively.
Dynamic Dashboard Reporting
• Gain high-level project oversight with realtime insights.
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud based
User experience
Customisable, off-the-shelf, configurable
Pricing structure
Licensed, subscription, free trial
Integration capabilities
ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, formula management, LIMS
Partners
Atto Partners Consultancy
Secure Contact Management
• Safeguard project-related contacts with robust security.
Efficient Email Communication
• Streamline communication with individuals or groups effortlessly.
24/7 Global Access:
• Collaborate seamlessly across time zones with round-the-clock accessibility.
www.h2compliance.com
Service areas
Content type Database
Expertise
Planning and management, implementation, integration
Functions/Capabilities
by Telematic
About
Since 1982, EPY software has allowed our clients to comply with the regulations that determine classification, labelling and transport of chemical substances and mixtures.
Thanks to a deep knowledge of regulations and a constant study to design solutions for hundreds of companies, our state-of-the-art products allow our clients to go far beyond the mere compliance of documentation (safety data sheets, labels, etc) and use them as effective business productivity tools.
The continuous improvement in quality of our solutions, together with the use of innovative technology, has made Telematic a reference in the global market of regulatory software.
Our team of regulatory experts enhances our products with a range of services such as customised training, workshops, webinars and hotline support.
Features
• SDS authoring software (GHS and REACH compliant).
• SDS distribution.
• Archiving of SDSs and related documents (art. 36 of REACH).
• Hazard labelling.
• Multilingual and reduced-size labels solutions.
• SDSs and labels available in 35 languages.
• Fully automatic SDSs and labels creation and update.
Product details
Software type
Cloud based, locally installed, client/server
User experience
Customisable, off-the-shelf
Pricing structure
Licensed, subscription, free trial, concurrent user based licence, scalable, modular
Integration capabilities
ERP, PLM, EHS, formula management, LIMS, integrability with all the standard ERP systems
Partners
Consultancy
www.epy.it
• UFI generation and management.
• Fully automatic system to system poison centre notification.
• Transport classification.
• Transport documents (DDT ADR and multimodal).
• Exposure scenarios management.
• Customisable report management.
• Available in four interface languages (English, Italian, Spanish, Turkish).
Service areas
Content type
Database, regulatory updates, 35 languages (accurate technical translations)
Expertise
Planning and management, implementation, integration, regulatory consulting services
Functions/Capabilities
Other support services
• Webinars/workshops
• Unlimited hotline support and regulatory compliance consulting
• Events
EXESS®
by Lisam
About
Lisam ExESS® is a comprehensive GHS-compliant software solution with global regulatory content for efficient and user-empowered authoring of SDS, Labels and safety instruction cards for all worldwide markets and languages. Our software also manages substance volume tracking and reporting, poison centre notifications, SDS distribution automation and tracking, chemical management, and inventory tracking.
Built on flexible and scalable Microsoft.NET technology, ExESS® is user-friendly and can be installed anywhere from a laptop to a worldwide corporate network or accessed and used via Lisam.Cloud.
Features
SDS management:
• 20+ GHS regions (all major commercial markets worldwide)
• Reports in 56+ Languages
• Solutions for global GHS regulations
• Integrated regulatory content
• Track product updates
Product details
Software type
Saas, cloud based, locally installed, client server
User experience
Customisable, off-the-shelf, configurable, Microsoft Office compliant
Pricing structure
Licensed, subscription, free trial, concurrent user based and modular pricing
iPoint provides software with embedded expertise that enhances compliance, sustainability, and risk management across complex value chains, focusing on industries like automotive, electronics, and discrete manufacturing.
Our solutions enable the production of ‘greener’ products by eliminating high-risk and non-compliant materials early in the process via predictive analysis and scenarios, ensuring faster and future-proof market entry. By providing supply chain transparency, iPoint reduces risks and supports manufacturers in achieving legislative and self-imposed emission reduction targets, thereby upholding their environmental and societal responsibilities.
The iPoint Product Sustainability and Material Compliance lines empower stakeholders to make data-driven decisions faster, enhancing enterprise-wide, lifecycle, and value chain resilience and sustainability.
Features
Collect information:
• on BOM structure, product composition (eg IMDS), compliance certifications;
• on suppliers, sourcing, scope 3 emissions, etc;
• for a digital-twin of your products; and
• for company internal data (eg energy consumption).
Analyse:
• products using compliance checks against regulatory changes;
• hotspot analyses on current product portfolios;
• scenario and prediction analyses against upcoming regulations or changing materials;
• supply chains for risks like conflict minerals or smelter issues; and
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud based, locally installed
User experience
Off-the-shelf, configurable
Pricing structure
Licensed, subscription
Partners
Accuris (formerly IHS) Content provider MSC Hexagon Other
• environmental impacts and costs by conducting LCAs and MFCA.
• carbon footprint eg to generate product and material passports or to report PCFs.
Evolve by:
• mitigating supply chain risks;
• identifying hidden costs and achieving transparency on all material and energy flows;
• designing compliant and sustainable products; and
• making data-driven decisions.
www.ipoint-systems.com/software/
Service areas
Integration capabilities ERP, PLM
Content type
Database, regulatory updates
Expertise Planning and management, implementation, integration
Functions/Capabilities
Other support services
• Webinars, events
• Whitepapers, eBooks, videos, etc
• Software and consulting services for compliance and sustainability
Professional Development
by Enhesa
About
Year-round access to the world-leading Chemical Watch Events and Training programme – for your whole organisation.
Our Professional Development membership makes it easier and more affordable for you and your entire organisation to access our extensive programme of events and training, live and on demand.
With access to an average of 25 live conferences and 35 individual training and e-Learning courses per year, plus our growing library of high-quality recordings, this is the perfect professional development and networking solution for your business.
Features
• Enterprise-wide access to live virtual conferences from Chemical Watch Events and Training. Attend our virtual conferences to take part in interactive question and answer sessions, ‘ask the expert’ themed networking tables and informative presentations.
• All available past and upcoming conferences and webinars on demand from Chemical Watch Events and Training. Hear the very latest thinking from expert speakers at our online conferences – past and present.
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud based
User experience
Off-the-shelf, configurable
• Access to eLearning and training courses from the Chemical Watch Events and Training team. Learn at your own pace at a time and place that suits you.
• Access to exclusive meetings and roundtable discussions.
• Unlimited access to our new innovative virtual conference venue.
A comprehensive structured product compliance solution providing your team with unmatched and consistent regulatory coverage for more than 279 jurisdictions, all in one place and monitored by our team of 75 legal experts.
Get full visibility of your regulatory environment and understand what you need to do now and in the future, and keep abreast of what changes mean for your products.
Stay ahead of the ever-changing global product compliance agenda, ensure constant market access for your products worldwide, and reduce the risk of non-compliance with reliable, up-to-date regulatory intelligence. Powered by Enhesa.
Features
• Complete library of product regulations, combined with concise summaries and detailed analysis to help you understand any changes and their impacts.
• Expansive scope covering a wide range of product compliance regulatory areas across a product’s life cycle.
• Consistent standardised structure, easy to navigate, find and view applicable items.
• Invaluable intelligence at your fingertips, providing easy access and links to source documents and linked regulations.
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud based
User experience
Off-the-shelf, configurable
Pricing structure
Subscription
• Powerful discovery and collaboration features including advanced search and filtering tools, personalised views and notifications, and valuable collaborative features.Comprehensive risk assessment support, with built-in guidance
• Fully integrated with Chemical Watch membership products including News & Insight and Professional Development.
Software solutions for product and supply chain stewardship
by UL Solutions
UL Solutions offers a comprehensive chemical management suite providing product and supply chain stewardship to help companies create safer, more sustainable products and effectively manage chemicals throughout their lifecycle.
For almost 40 years, businesses have trusted UL Solutions to help them meet the chemical compliance requirements of governments, NGOs, retailers and consumer organisations. We monitor and analyse the regulatory landscape to interpret the implications for our clients.
With best-in-class software and the most robust regulatory data, backed by global experts, we provide companies with the information and insights needed to proactively manage supply chain risks and make strategic business decisions with confidence.
Features
• Collect, analyse, and manage your material and product data.
• Accurately assess materials, ingredients and components against chemical regulations and create and distribute bills of materials (BOMs) for your finished products.
• Author, manage and distribute globally compliant, multilingual hazard communication documentation including safety data sheets (SDSs), chemical hazard labels and exposure scenarios.
UL Solutions Regulatory Experts Consultancy Helasoft Systems integrator
• Access up-to-date and accurate chemical regulatory data and intelligence to ensure regulatory compliance and global market access.
• Develop and manage a customised chemical policy based on your unique needs to effectively manage the materials being used in your products.
www.ul.com/wercs-studio
www.ul.com/news/regulatory-roundupnewsletter
Service areas
Integration capabilities
ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS
Content type
Database, regulatory updates, regulatory insights
Expertise
Purchasing, planning and management, implementation, integration
Functions/Capabilities
Other support services
• Chemical Data Management Software
• SDS Authoring Software
• SDS Authoring Content for SAP® Product Compliance
• PFAS Content Enhancement Package
• Chemical Compliance Training
Sphera Product Stewardship Solutions
by Sphera Solutions
About
Sphera is the leading provider of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance and risk management software, data and consulting services with a focus on Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S), operational risk management and product stewardship.
Product compliance
Our chemical compliance solutions help organisations create and automate the production of compliant SDSs and labels in nearly 50 languages with global integrated managed regulatory content. Our articles compliance solutions ensure compliance with recycling and substance regulations around the world.
Chemical management
Our consolidated platform manages SDS, chemical approvals and material reports as well as regulatory list data and environmental reporting.
Features
Product compliance
• Proactively plan for and adapt to the impacts of evolving requirements for both articles and chemicals.
• Empower your team to reach global markets in compliance with GHS, REACH, EU PCN, and SCIP regulations.
• Access and apply the latest and most accurate regulatory content from Sphera’s team of industry-leading experts.
• Streamline and automate your Safety Data Sheet authoring and material management processes.
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud-based, locally installed
User experience
Customisable, configurable, off-the-shelf, global localisation
Pricing structure
Licensed, subscription, SDS hosting and distribution, onsite inventory
Chemical management
• Provide access to the most accurate, up-to-date SDS and chemical safety documentation available.
• Control your inventory and mitigate risk with inventory and material approval solutions.
• Report anything, anytime with configurable reporting that eliminates guesswork and keeps companies and regulatory agencies informed.
purchasing, planning and management, implementation, integration, regulatory and authoring services
Functions/Capabilities
• Check out Sphera’s reources
• Sphera’s product stewardship page
Supply Chain Connect®
by Enhesa
About
Enhesa Sustainable Chemistry empowers you to choose and source safer, greener chemicals – for use, manufacture, and design.
Our state-of-the-art, configurable solutions allow you to assess your chemicals, connect with your supply chain, and research chemicals faster and more effectively.
Supply Chain Connect: Connect with your suppliers seamlessly.
With Supply Chain Connect, you can better understand the chemicals used in your products and processes and identify hidden hazards in your supply chain. Source ingredient information from suppliers in one consistent format, all while protecting their proprietary information.
Obtain the data you need across your supply chain without the hassle – all in a consistent, accessible format that works for you and your suppliers.
Features
The information you need from your suppliers all in one place
• Request and receive chemical information directly through the platform in a single, consistent format. Access sources all in one place.
High-quality data about the chemicals in your supply chain
• Screen the results against 23 key toxicological endpoints and 500+ regulatory and advisory lists – all powered
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud-based
User experience
Off-the-shelf, configurable
Pricing structure
Subscription
by our extensive chemical data repository of 300,000+ chemicals and including more than 4,500 CHAs.
Supplier engagement, with screening that protects their confidential information
• Overcome supplier resistance with tools that redact proprietary ingredient information for your suppliers while giving you full list screening and hazard assessment data needed to make decisions and claims.
www.enhesa.com/sustainablechemistry
Service areas
Content type
Database, regulatory updates
Expertise
Planning and management, implementation
Functions/Capabilities
Other support services
• Identify problematic chemicals in your supply chain for safer products
• Increasing supplier engagement for chemical supply chain transparency
ToxPlanet®
by Enhesa
About
Enhesa Sustainable Chemistry empowers you to choose and source safer, greener chemicals – for use, manufacture, and design.
Our state-of-the-art, configurable solutions allow you to assess your chemicals more efficiently, connect with your supply chain for better transparency, and research chemicals faster and more effectively.
ToxPlanet: Your single, searchable research tool for safer chemistry.
ToxPlanet is a single, searchable database of scientific, toxicological, and hazard data that helps you understand the safety impacts of your chemicals. Search 112 million documents across more than 1000 databases at once and reduce the risk of missing key details with this faster, more efficient search of all the resources you need, all in one place.
Get a view of chemical information, toxicological data, regulatory submissions, and more – all for a fraction of the time and cost of doing it yourself.
Features
Focus your research with topic-focused modules
• Optimise the way you search with 12 topicspecific modules that make it easy to find what you need.
Access sources all in one place
• Get everything you need in one platform, saving you the hassle of browsing multiple sites.
Find the information you need faster
• Quickly get to the information you need with structured results and advanced search options.
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud-based
User experience
Customisable, off-the-shelf, configurable
Partners
PubMed, MSDSOnline (Velocity EHS)
Content provider
Be sure you’re not missing key details
• Avoid blind spots and discover new sources with results from over 1,300 reliable sources.
Save time – and your research
• Organise your searches and documents by project so you can easily access and refer back to your work.
Stay up to date on changes
• Receive notifications when one of your documents of interest is updated in our platform.
Trusted by more than 10 million users worldwide, VelocityEHS industry-leading EHS & ESG software is your launchpad for operational excellence.
Its Chemical Management software – formerly MSDSonline, the best-in-class solution for managing chemicals – has an expanded suite of capabilities that give you complete control of your chemical footprint: SDS management, chemical inventory management, GHS secondary labelling, ingredient indexing, and regulatory reporting. Through AI and machine learning, it empowers you to simply index, track, label, and report on your chemicals at the ingredient level.
Find out how easy your job can be when you’re backed by an connected platform and a team of experts passionate about your success.
www.ehs.com
velocity@ehs.com
+1 888 362 2007
Service areas
• 24/7 access to millions of SDSs, with auto-updates to ensure an up-to-date and GHS-aligned library that is compliant with the 2024 OSHA HazCom final rule.
• Mobile-enabled functionality provides right-to-know access to SDS and chemical inventory information, even when offline, via a convenient mobile app.
• Multilingual capabilities give employees immediate access to vital safety information in the languages they understand.
Product details
Software type
SaaS, cloud based, chemical management is part of broader set of EHS tools
User experience
Off-the-shelf, configurable, designed to be simple and flexible out of the box
