Safety Data Sheet (SDS/MSDS) Authoring
GHS compliant SDS authoring and localisation for every market your product enters
Safety Data Sheet
(SDS/MSDS) Authoring
The safety data sheet is the legal instrument that travels with your chemical into every workplace and across every border that handles it, and it is the primary hazard communication document on which your downstream users, emergency responders, and regulators all rely. Because GHS is adopted as a set of national building blocks rather than a single global rulebook, the same substance can require materially different classification, labelling, and SDS content in each market, and an error or omission becomes both a worker safety failure and a barrier to market access. Our team authors all sixteen GHS sections to the current revision and localises them faithfully across jurisdictions that include OSHA HazCom, EU CLP, India GHS, China GB, and Japan GHS. We bring classification rigour, controlled translation, and disciplined version management so that each SDS holds up wherever it is used and your product moves without regulatory friction.
Our implementation model
A practical, phased delivery approach that runs from gap assessment through operational embedding and is built around your regulatory context.
Characterise substance per CAS / EC number / IUPAC name, for mixture, build composition table with concentration ranges per OSHA HazCom / REACH Annex II / GHS Annex 4, align with supplier SDS reconciliation and regulatory database (ECHA, NLM).
Classify per GHS Rev. 10 / EU CLP Regulation 1272/2008, physical (16 classes), health (10 classes), environmental (3 classes), apply mixture classification rules per Annex I, document classification rationale and bridging principles.
Author SDS sections per GHS / OSHA HCS 2012, Section 1 (Identification), 2 (Hazards), 3 (Composition), 4 (First Aid), 5 (Firefighting), 6 (Accidental Release), 7 (Handling/Storage), 8 (Exposure/PPE), 9 (Physical/Chemical), 10 to 16 (Stability, Toxicology, Ecology, Disposal, Transport, Regulatory, Other).
For REACH registered substances, author Exposure Scenario annex per Annex VI Cl.10, use descriptors (SU, PC, PROC, ERC), exposure controls, DNEL / PNEC, align with ECHA Chesar tool and ESCom standard phrases.
Develop SDS variants per jurisdiction, OSHA HCS (US), CLP (EU), WHMIS 2015 (Canada), JIS Z 7253 (Japan), NOM 018 (Mexico), GB/T 16483 (China), maintain master + local language translations, align with REACH Article 31.
Design SDS document management, version control, change history, distribution to downstream users (REACH Cl.32 obligation), retention period (typically 10 years post discontinuation), align with corporate product stewardship and ERP integration.
Safety Data Sheet in full scope
Value of Safety Data Sheet (SDS/MSDS) Authoring
- We make sure safe handling information reaches the people who actually need it
- We reduce incident risk for your downstream users and handlers
- We support emergency responders with accurate and current hazard data
- We strengthen worker awareness through clear Section 2 and Section 8 content
- We satisfy OSHA HazCom, EU CLP, and the wider family of national GHS adoptions
- We produce SDS that withstand regulatory inspection and customs review
- We support your customer onboarding and supplier qualification reviews
- We track and document your REACH downstream user obligations
- We help you launch products into new markets more quickly
- We reduce repeat authoring effort through reusable hazard profiles
- We strengthen customer trust through consistently high quality SDS
- We simplify your regulatory affairs workflow
- We help you avoid market access delays and goods held at customs
- We reduce your incident liability exposure
- We cut the cost of in house authoring through our expert support
- We support premium pricing on fully compliant products
Codes & standards we work to
Triggers that signal the need
Where Safety Data Sheet (SDS/MSDS) Authoring applies
Process chemical plants, specialty chemical sites, and industrial parks requiring EHS management systems.
Upstream, midstream, and downstream facilities with complex EHS and regulatory requirements.
cGMP regulated facilities requiring integrated EHS, occupational hygiene, and sustainability programmes.
Extractive industry operations with dust, noise, chemical, and environmental compliance obligations.
Power plants, renewable energy facilities, and utilities with environmental permit obligations.
Manufacturing sites requiring chemical safety, waste compliance, and ESG reporting programmes.
Tangible deliverables
- Authored SDS for each target market and language
- Documented hazard classification rationale
- Translation and localisation pack
- SDS revision and version history
- Customer SDS portal data feed
- Aligned label data sheet and content
Ready to start your project?
Speak with our team to scope an engagement tailored to your facility, regulatory context, and lifecycle stage.