Newly Updated HEDSL List Serves as Chemical Substance Reporting Resource for AEM Members

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7/3/2025

AEM recently published an updated version of its Heavy Equipment Declarable Substance Lists (HEDSL)  which provides a harmonized list of global chemicals of concern for the non-road industry.

As chemical management regulations continue to grow in number and complexity, AEM worked in collaboration with several association member companies to update the HEDSL and its corresponding AEM.org resource page to help manufacturers remain compliant and maintain market access.

“In many instances, the only way a manufacturer can sell its products into certain markets is to uncover the chemical composition of each part and component found in their product. Given that more than 15,000 chemicals are regulated globally, and that an individual company’s supply chain may encompass 20-plus layers of the supply chain, regulatory compliance is becoming an increasingly burdensome task for manufacturers today,” said AEM Senior Director of Safety & Product Leadership Jason Malcore. “

“HEDSL eliminates the guesswork for manufacturers and their suppliers, while also eliminating the burden of each individual company having to assemble its own list of regulated chemicals,” added Malcore.

AEM’s Heavy Equipment Declarable Substance List Committee has been working for more than a decade to scour regulations from around the world to determine which regulated substances impact the products AEM members manufacture. That’s where a significant amount of HEDSL’s value lies.

The original HEDSL launched in the summer of 2024 to provide AEM members and their industry peers with a common harmonized list of chemicals which are regulated, prohibited, reportable, or present a unique risk to the non-road industry. AEM and its HEDSL Committee regularly review and maintain the list, as well as update it on an annual basis.

For more information on HEDSL and associated AEM Safety & Product Leadership activities, contact AEM’s Jason Malcore at jmalcore@aem.org.

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