As part of RIET and EQS partnership’s improved and enhanced service, online portal, www.ehslaw.net was launched in 2001 to provide subscribers with access to the most up-to-date legislation guidelines and updates at anytime, anywhere, be it at a work site with a laptop, or even at home using their given user accounts and passwords. Subscribers were then received formal quarterly notice of changes Singapore’s EHS Legislation via email. This convenient and environmental friendly feature of the subscription was well received by many supporters which then made Environmental Legislation Updating Service a popular hit and eventually the absolute leader in legislation updating service.

As more organisations implement ISO 14001 or OHSAS 18001 as well as extending their business to neighbouring ASEAN countries, they need to establish and maintain a procedure to identify and have access to the relevant legal and other requirements that are applicable to their activities, products and services. In order to cater to the raising need, the third edition of EHS Legislation – An Updating Service was published in 2004, extending its cope to five ASEAN Countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines. The printed copy of this new edition included relevant updates up to October 2003. In this Third edition, many additional features were added to further enhance to user-friendliness such as new chapters on EHS Guidelines and Codes of Practices, a coverage of relevant, health and safety laws as well as an overview of the legal system in Singapore, together with many other features that familiarised subscribers to the EHS Legislations and Guidelines.

Following the publication of the Third edition of the Singapore EHS Legislation Handbook, the fourth revision is launched as an online version with the effort to constantly enhance the possibility of convenient and easy access at subscribers’ fingertips. The series that span 5 ASEAN countries were also uploaded onto the new portal.