SDS authoring software for GHS-compliant, multilingual SDSs

The 16 sections of a Safety Data Sheet are deterministic. Given an accurate substance record, GHS classification rules and a phrase library, the document writes itself. The reason SDS authoring still consumes weeks of expert time in most chemical businesses is not the writing. It is the upstream chaos: composition held in Excel, classifications held in a regulatory tool, customer-specific variants held in email.

Worldover collapses that chain. One substance, one classification, one set of phrases, every variant generated on demand.

GHS is the spine: hazard classes, category cut-offs and pictograms. CLP layers the EU and UK overrides and feeds the Poison Centre Notification (PCN) submission with a UFI code generated from the formula. REACH brings registration status, SVHC flags and authorisation/restriction triggers into the same record, so the SDS Section 15 you ship today reflects the regulatory reality this morning.

For the full compliance picture (substance dossiers, customer declarations, ECHA monitoring) pair this with our chemical compliance software.

CLP for the EU and UK. OSHA HazCom 2012 for the US. WHMIS 2015 for Canada. GB CLP. Plus China, Korea, Japan, Brazil and Australia. Each regime uses GHS as the backbone with regional overrides. Worldover holds the overrides as data and generates region-correct SDSs in 40+ languages from one substance record. Translation uses a controlled phrase library so legally significant text never drifts.

An SDS is required to be re-issued when:

• The hazard classification changes (composition, new evidence, regulatory update).
• New information becomes available on safe handling or risk management.
• An authorisation is granted or refused.
• A restriction is imposed.

Worldover detects these triggers, queues the affected SDSs for review and pushes new versions to every customer who holds the previous one. No spreadsheet of who got what.

Worldover connects to SAP, NetSuite, Sage and Microsoft Dynamics for product, customer and order data, so SDSs travel with the shipment, the order acknowledgement and the customer portal without manual lookup. For teams running everything in one place, our chemical ERP software uses the same substance master, so inventory, batch records and SDS issuance never diverge.

Lot- and batch-level data flows both ways: an inbound goods receipt updates supplier SDS coverage; an outbound shipment triggers the right customer-portal release.

Worldover serves chemical manufacturers (REACH dossiers, CLP labels, TSCA inventory) and cosmetics manufacturers (CPNP/SCPN notifications, PIF and CPSR, MoCRA listings) from the same substance and formula model. SDS authoring sits inside both worlds: ingredient suppliers and personal care brands run on the same engine, with the regional and sector-specific overrides held as data.

Customers access SDSs through a branded portal with login, read receipts and version history. For customers who insist on email, Worldover sends and logs delivery automatically. Either way you can prove, in an audit, which customer held which version on which date.