The European Commission has contracted the Öko-Institut to review a series of technical exemptions granted under the European Union (EU)’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive.
On November 18, 2020, companies from around the globe connected at Assent’s virtual seminar, Compliance Countdown: Your New SCIP Database Requirements. The event gave companies program insights and next steps for meeting new req ...
The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) released the Cobalt Reporting Template (CRT) 2.2 in October, continuing its commitment to keeping its cobalt reporting standards up to date and fixing bugs as they arise.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final ruling on the safe use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) recently. It prohibits companies from bringing products containing long-chain PFAS in surface coati ...
Companies that compete for U.S. federal government contracts are required to comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).
The European Union (EU) Waste Framework Directive (WFD) January 5, 2021, deadline is approaching, and companies are preparing to meet new Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products) (SCIP) database r ...
For the last 1.5 years, Impact Facility has worked with Fairphone, Signify, and Huayou Cobalt to develop a program that addresses urgent issues associated with the production of cobalt through artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM ...
Months after the initial launch, many questions remain around the submission process for the Substances of Concern In articles, as such or in complex objects (Products) (SCIP) database.
