How ChemAlert helps procurement managers avoid risk, stay compliant, and save time.

If you're in charge of chemical purchasing for your organisation, compliance may not seem like your top concern until something goes wrong. Whether it’s an incident in the workplace, an unannounced inspection, or a legal issue, one non-compliant product can create major headaches, not to mention financial and reputational damage.

And often, it’s not due to negligence. It’s a result of missing documentation, outdated Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), or a lack of visibility over what chemicals are actually being used across sites. ChemAlert was created to help solve this problem by making compliance simpler, faster and far less risky for procurement teams.

Chemical regulations in Australia can be complex. With requirements set out by Safe Work Australia, enforced through state and territory WHS regulators, and aligned with GHS 7 (Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals), it’s not always easy to know if your suppliers are meeting their obligations or if you’re meeting yours.

ChemAlert helps by centralising your SDS management. It ensures you have immediate access to up-to-date SDSs, tracks expiry dates, and sends alerts when a supplier document is out of date or missing. There’s no need to manually follow up with suppliers or rely on outdated spreadsheets.

It also gives you oversight of what chemicals are coming into your business, across every site, and whether those products meet Australian safety and environmental standards. If a chemical is restricted, hazardous, or under regulatory scrutiny, ChemAlert will flag it before it becomes a liability.

Many procurement managers don’t realise the real risk until they’re dealing with an incident or responding to a regulator. But the cost of non-compliance is significant. Under WHS law, businesses have a duty to provide safe workplaces. Failure to manage hazardous chemicals properly can lead to fines, investigations, and serious legal exposure, not to mention reputational harm.

With ChemAlert, you can demonstrate due diligence. Every approval, supplier decision and compliance check is recorded and auditable. If WorkSafe, EPA, or an internal auditor asks for evidence, you’ve got the full history at your fingertips.

One Australian energy provider recently adopted ChemAlert after struggling with inconsistent SDS records and supplier processes across multiple sites. Within months, they had reduced manual processing by over 40 per cent and achieved strong outcomes in a third-party audit. More importantly, they gave their procurement and safety teams confidence that no chemical was slipping through the cracks.

From onboarding new suppliers to approving products, the workflows are built to support procurement, safety, and compliance teams alike. You also get access to RMT’s team of chemical safety experts, based in Australia. They provide implementation support, training, and ongoing platform updates, so you’re always working with current data and best-practice tools.

If your current process involves chasing SDSs, emailing suppliers for documents, or trying to piece together chemical approvals from spreadsheets, ChemAlert can help streamline it all. The platform is already used by some of Australia’s largest organisations in mining, manufacturing, government, defence, and healthcare. These are industries where chemical compliance is too important to get wrong.

Take the next step

If you're ready to reduce your organisation’s exposure and take pressure off your procurement and compliance teams, ChemAlert is worth a look.

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