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Fra­gran­ce value chain pro­fes­sio­nals gain prac­ti­cal gui­dan­ce on Nago­ya Pro­to­col com­plian­ce and the emer­ging Cali Fund framework

A visit to IFRA mem­ber com­pany IFF’s Til­burg site high­ligh­ted how inno­va­tion, sus­tai­na­bi­lity, and EU che­mi­cals policy con­nect on the fac­tory floor. The dis­cus­sions focu­sed on the prac­ti­cal impact of Omni­bus VI on Europe’s fra­gran­ce industry and competitiveness.

Today in Ant­werp, IFRA atten­ded the third Euro­pean Industry Sum­mit, whe­re policy­ma­kers and industry repre­sen­ta­ti­ves revie­wed Europe’s indus­trial com­pe­ti­ti­ve­ness and the imple­men­ta­tion of the Ant­werp Declaration.

Gene­va, 4 February 2026 – The Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion (IFRA) has published its Annual Report 2025, mar­king a year defi­ned by glo­bal con­nec­tion, scien­ti­fic pro­gress and strengthe­ned enga­ge­ment with regu­la­tors, mem­bers and sta­kehol­ders worldwide.

Last week, the IFRA team took part in the CTFAS Regu­la­tory Forum ear­lier this week, joi­ning regu­la­tors, industry lea­ders and tech­ni­cal spe­cia­lists for a full day focu­sed on the futu­re of cos­me­tics, per­so­nal care and well­ness regu­la­tion across Asia.

IFRA con­tri­bu­ted to the Euro­pean Commission’s con­sul­ta­tion on the revi­sed Safe and Sus­tai­na­ble by Design (SSbD) fra­me­work, empha­si­zing the need for cla­rity and prac­ti­ca­lity for com­plex ingre­dients such as fragrances.

Sin­ga­po­re, 15 Octo­ber 2025 – The Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion (IFRA) ope­ned the Glo­bal Fra­gran­ce Sum­mit 2025 in Sin­ga­po­re today. The two-day mee­ting brings regu­la­tors, scien­tists and industry lea­ders together under the the­me Scent con­nec­tions – advan­cing stan­dards and colla­bo­ra­tion across cul­tu­res. The pro­gram on day one focu­sed on glo­bal stan­dards, ingre­dient defen­se, regu­la­tory align­ment and a spe­ci­fic look at the Asia-Paci­fic context.

In just one week, fra­gran­ce lea­ders, scien­tists, and regu­la­tors from across the world will con­ve­ne in Sin­ga­po­re for the IFRA Glo­bal Fra­gran­ce Sum­mit 2025, taking pla­ce on 15 – 16 Octo­ber at the Fair­mont Singapore.

The IFRA Pre­si­dent, Ale­xan­der Mohr, PhD, together with IOFI Execu­ti­ve Direc­tor, offi­cially wel­co­med four more Chi­ne­se mem­bers as sig­na­to­ries to the IFRA-IOFI Sus­tai­na­bi­lity Char­ter during a cere­mony at the ESG forum of the CAFF­CI Annual Mee­ting. The new sig­na­to­ries are : Yinghai (Cangzhou) Aro­ma Che­mi­cal Com­pany Ltd.; Boton Fla­vors & Fra­gran­ces Co., Ltd.; Sina­ro­ma Tech (Jiao­zuo) Ltd.; and Hangzhou Gras­cent Co., Ltd. The cere­mony follo­wed the IFRA and IOFI execu­ti­ves’ pre­sen­ta­tion on the fra­gran­ce and fla­vours sus­tai­na­bi­lity charter’s fra­me­work and key out­co­mes outli­ned in the 3^rd IFRA-IOFI Sus­tai­na­bi­lity Report.Eight mem­bers of the fra­gran­ce and fla­vor (F&F)national asso­cia­tion in Chi­na, CAF­FIC, have joi­ned the Char­ter signatory’s com­mu­nity in 2025. This increa­sing num­ber reflects a gro­wing inter­est among Chi­ne­se F&F com­pa­nies in glo­bal sus­tai­na­bi­lity initia­ti­ves, reflec­ting their rising com­mit­ment to Envi­ron­men­tal, Social, and Gover­nan­ce (ESG) principles.

We are deligh­ted to announ­ce that three new orga­ni­za­tions have endor­sed the IFRA-IOFI Sus­tai­na­bi­lity Char­ter. Recently, IFRA has wel­co­med two Sup­por­ting Mem­bers from India – Norex Fla­vours Pri­va­te Ltdx and Keva Fra­gran­ces, Fla­vours & Aro­ma Ingre­dients – along with Kao Che­mi­cals Euro­pe. Their com­mit­ment brings the total num­ber of sig­na­to­ries to 155.This miles­to­ne reflects the gro­wing momen­tum of our industry-wide effort. We warmly encou­ra­ge all IFRA and IOFI mem­bers to join this collec­ti­ve initia­ti­ve, dri­ving sus­tai­na­bi­lity across the fra­gran­ce and fla­vour sector.

IFRA Pre­si­dent Ale­xan­der Mohr visits Hin­du Colle­ge and joins FIC­CI Fra­gran­ce Busi­ness Sum­mit in Delhi