YORDAS GMBH

Their core work

Yordas GmbH is a German regulatory science and chemical safety consultancy specializing in the risk assessment and safe management of nanomaterials and advanced materials. They contribute expertise in regulatory compliance frameworks, exposure assessment, and safe-by-design strategies to large EU research consortia. Their work bridges the gap between laboratory characterization of nanomaterials and the regulatory guidance needed for their safe industrial use, including grouping, read-across approaches, and data-sharing infrastructure.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Yordas entered H2020 in 2018 with GRACIOUS, focused on foundational regulatory classification frameworks for nanomaterials. From 2020 onward, their work expanded significantly — into computational safe-by-design infrastructure (SbD4Nano), analytical standardization via Raman spectroscopy (CHARISMA), and multi-scale modelling with mixture toxicity assessment (SUNSHINE). The trajectory shows a clear shift from basic regulatory grouping toward more applied, computationally intensive safety assessment tools.

Yordas is moving toward integrated computational and analytical platforms for nanomaterial safety, positioning them for the EU's growing Safe and Sustainable by Design regulatory agenda.

How they like to work

Yordas operates exclusively as a consortium participant, never coordinating — typical of a specialist SME that contributes focused regulatory and safety expertise to larger research efforts. With 76 unique partners across 21 countries from just 4 projects, they work in large, diverse consortia and are comfortable operating in complex multi-partner environments. This broad partner network suggests they are well-regarded and easy to integrate into new consortia.

Despite only four projects, Yordas has built an extensive network of 76 partners across 21 countries, reflecting the large consortium sizes typical of nanosafety research. Their reach spans most of the EU and suggests strong connections within the European nanosafety research community.

What sets them apart

Yordas brings a rare combination of regulatory science expertise and practical industry consulting to nanosafety research — they understand both the science of nanomaterial hazards and the regulatory language needed to translate findings into usable guidance. As an SME, they offer agility and applied focus that large research institutes cannot easily match. For consortium builders, they fill the critical gap between laboratory research outcomes and real-world regulatory implementation.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SbD4Nano
  Largest funding (EUR 311,600) and most strategically forward-looking — builds computing infrastructure for safe-by-design, aligning with the EU's SSbD regulatory direction.
• CHARISMA
  Expands Yordas beyond regulatory assessment into analytical standardization (Raman spectroscopy), demonstrating versatility in advanced materials characterization.
• GRACIOUS
  Their earliest H2020 project, establishing their niche in grouping and read-across frameworks — the regulatory foundation on which their later work builds.