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We are thrilled to introduce our latest digital resource intended to help brands, retailers, designers, technologists, and sustainability managers in evaluating the environmental impacts related to footwear.

We are thrilled to introduce our latest digital resource intended to help brands, retailers, designers, technologists, and sustainability managers in evaluating the environmental impacts related to footwear.

Each year the equivalent of 11.3kg of textile is discarded by each person in the EU amounting to around 5.8 million tonnes of textiles. Eurofins Sustainability Services support this perspective and are developing new two services to help our customers reduce their impacts.

Latest sustainability-related legislative news including PFAS, the authenticity of raw materials in cosmetics and personal care products, pollutants for priority management and more.

On 30 December 2025, the French government published Decree No. 2025-1376, introducing strict measures to prevent risks associated with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The decree applies to a wide range of products, including cosmetics, textiles, footwear, and waterproofing agents. Under this regulation, the manufacture, import, export, and marketing of products containing PFAS will be prohibited as of 1 January 2026.

the European Union published Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1482, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The aim is to reduce the presence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) (tetraBDE, pentaBDE, hexaBDE, heptaBDE, decaBDE) in mixtures and articles, including recovered materials, and toys and childcare articles containing or made of recovered materials, strengthening the protection of human health and the environment.

France is enforcing the AGEC Law with fines for missing environmental disclosures on textiles over 50% synthetic fibres. Since Jan 2023, brands must provide a Product Sheet of Environmental Qualities, similar to the EU Digital Product Passport. Eurofins Sustainability Services supports compliance with tailored roadmaps and readiness assessments.

Sustainability regulatory updates for consumer products covering European Deforestation Regulation, European regulation on packaging, and more.

The new detergent rules aim to simplify current rules for the sale and free movement of detergents in the EU, and improve the safety and sustainability of detergent use in the EU.

The European Parliament adopted the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on the 24th of April 2024, with the final text expected to enter into force towards the end of 2024.