November 2025 – CESIO publishes latest C&L recommendations for surfactants
CESIO is pleased to announce that the 2025 CESIO C&L Recommendations are now available on the CESIO website. This edition includes a downloadable and user friendly format for all interested stakeholders. CESIO thanks all members who contributed to this update with their time and expertise. For more information, please see our dedicated webpage here.
October 2025 – APAG-CESIO Statement on the EU Deforestation Regulation Delay
On 23 September, the European Commission shared its intention to delay the EUDR by 12 months. APAG & CESIO, two sector groups of Cefic representing the European oleochemicals and surfactants industries, have issued a statement noting that any such delay must be used to deliver a well-functioning Information System, provide clear guidance on implementation across Member States, simplify requirements to ensure proportionality and workability, and finalise the Annex I scope revision, closing the loopholes that currently set an unlevelled playing field and put the sectors’ competitiveness at risk. The statement also supports enhancing engagement with producing countries regarding documentation to show compliance. For more details, please read the full statement in our document library.
January 2025 - New CESIO guidance considers testing methods for defining a “surfactant”
The CESIO Testing Methods of Surfactants working group has prepared a guidance document on “How to decide whether a substance is a surfactant?”. The document which is now available on the CESIO website aims to create some common understanding on the testing methods and phys-chem criteria which can be applied to identify a surfactant within the confines of the current definitions. For more information, please visit our document library.