EU CSRD – Substances of concern (SoC)
What is EU - CSRD – Substances of concern (SoC)?
The EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is part of the EU's Green Deal and the Sustainability Reporting Directive. According to the CSRD, Substances of concern refers to chemicals in products or activities that may pose risks to human health and/or the environment.
For example, information requirements may apply to requirements to report whether the products contain certain hazardous chemical substances.
Companies must disclose how they identify, manage and reduce the use and impact of these substances throughout their value chain as part of their sustainability reporting. The article page shows whether the product contains SoC substances above the classification limit.
Read about what CSRD and sustainability reporting mean
More information
Read more about CSRD and SoC here: Publications Office
What does it look like on a product?
Criteria
Substances of concern (SoC):
The requirement covers the phasing out of hazardous substances found in the legislation.
This is checked in the BASTA system by checking whether the product contains substances that are classified as Substances of concern (SoC) in concentrations above its classification limits.
Criteria that must be met in the BASTA system:
H1.A, H1.B, H1.C, H1.D, H1.F, H1.G, H2.A, H2.B, H3.A, H3.B, H3.E, H3.F, H5.A, H6.A, H7.B, H7.D, H8.B, H8.C, H8.E, H8.F, H10.B, H10.C, H10.D, H11.A