New York joins in the club of PFAS substance’s ban in Apparels and Clothing
What is PFAS? PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of manufactured chemicals that have been widely used in a variety of industrial and consumer products that leads to cause health problems such as cancer, liver damage, and developmental issues. As a result, US (United States) Environmental Protection act (EPA) has taken the […]
Benefits of Outsourcing Compliance Documentation
Material compliance documents are an obligation for whole supply chain irrespective of their role as either producers/distributors/importers/exporter. Compliance documents are the only and main source of hazard communication declaring the material composition and the threshold of their presence. These declarations in turn help measure the impact of materials on environment and health through various regulations […]
All you need to know about Extended Mineral reporting template (EMRT) by RMI
In October of this year, the Responsible Mineral Initiative released a free, standardized report template, EMRT (Extended Mineral reporting template) v1.0. The purpose of this report is to gather compliance documents about Mica and Cobalt to be used in due diligence. In order to reduce costs and simplify supply chain surveying for downstream stakeholders, the […]
Key elements of Material compliance documentation
A Material compliance document is a comprehensive list of all the ingredients and substances within a product or a part. The document provides the percentage weight of each individual substance or material in the part and the percentage weight of each substance that has been intentionally to mixed with other substances. A typical example of […]
Why do you need a Managed Compliance Program?
Do you have the expertise and up to date knowledge on global regulatory compliance requirement? Increasing volume and complexity of regulations, frequent changes in compliance directives, exemptions and applicable regions, all makes the compliance program more challenging to manage. If you are not aware or not knowledgeable enough of the requirements and regulatory obligations, your […]
Annex II of the ELV directive relaxes rules for automotive system development
Automotive hardware design is a lucrative area for mechanical engineering professionals – but fraught with environmental compliance management issues. As well as GADSL and the international material data system, there’s also the ELV (end of life vehicle) directive. Like the RoHS and WEEE compliance schemes, ELV restricts the use of four toxic metals – lead, […]