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2026-07-04

EU PFAS Evidence Chain Check

PFAS compliance should separate existing restrictions, the broader EU restriction process, and customer-specific requirements. Start with material lists, test records, supplier declarations and claim-boundary checks.

Guide 2026-07-03

Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly: Certification Evidence Checklist for H2 2026

Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly and Prime Day: Evidence Preparation for the Second Half of 2026 helps sellers review Climate Pledge Friendly eligibility, certification scope, ASIN evidence, and page-claim alignment and align each claim.

Guide 2026-07-03

EU Battery Regulation 2026: Carbon Footprint and Battery Passport File Checks for Industrial Batteries

EU Battery Regulation 2026 preparation should review battery category, carbon footprint, removability, battery passport, labels and supply-chain data.

2026-07-03

ISCC PLUS Mass Balance Claim Preparation

ISCC PLUS claims should distinguish mass balance, material attributes, certificate scope and customer-facing wording. Build a traceability file before using sustainability claims on product pages or customer documents.

2026-07-03

EU CSDDD: Supply-Chain Due Diligence File Preparation

EU CSDDD preparation should review company role, supply-chain risk, contract clauses, remediation records and customer Q&A, with exact dates checked against official text.

Guide 2026-07-02

PFAS 2026: Fluorine-Free Textile Testing and Substitution Evidence Checklist

On July 1, 2026, Denmark's ban on the import and sale of PFAS-containing apparel, footwear and consumer goods officially took effect. With France's similar ban (January 1, 2026) and the upcoming EU-wide PFHxA restriction enforcement (October 10, 2026), the global PFAS regulatory dominoes are falling fast. Major cross-border e-commerce platforms including Amazon, SHEIN, and Temu have already tightened compliance requirements — non-compliant products face not just delisting, but account suspension.

Guide 2026-07-02

CBAM Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Embedded-Emissions File Checks for Exporters

CBAM preparation should review product scope, supplier data, embedded emissions, reporting responsibility and customer Q&A, and should not present carbon cost as a fixed conclusion.

Guide 2026-07-02

UKCA and CE for the UK Market: Marking and Technical File Checks

UKCA and CE files for the UK market should review product rules, technical files, DoC, labels, manuals and sales pages, with transition arrangements checked against official requirements.

Guide 2026-07-02

EU PPWR Packaging Regulation: EPR, Packaging Data and Page Claim Checks

EU PPWR preparation should review packaging materials, EPR responsibility, labels, recycling claims, supplier files and page wording, with exact dates checked against official text.

2026-07-02

EU ESPR/DPP Product Data Field Preparation

Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishes the ESPR framework, and the Commission published the first working plan on 16 April 2025. Companies should prepare product identity, material, supply-chain evidence, repair/circularity and claim fields before treating DPP as a marketing label.

2026-07-02

EU EmpCo Green Claims Rewrite Preparation

Directive (EU) 2024/825 must be transposed by 27 March 2026 and applied from 27 September 2026. Companies should narrow generic green wording, sustainability labels, future environmental claims and offset-based statements into evidence-backed claims.

2026-07-02

ISCC PLUS Mass Balance Claim Preparation

ISCC PLUS claims should distinguish material attributes, mass-balance attribution, certificate scope and customer-facing wording. Companies should review certificates, transaction documents, batch records and internal bookkeeping before using claims.

2026-07-02

RWS Wool Supply Chain Transition Preparation

RWS requires certification from wool farms to the seller in the final B2B transaction. With Materials Matter becoming effective on 31 December 2026 and mandatory from 31 December 2027, companies should review SC, TC, chain-of-custody records and claim boundaries early.