compliance assessment Articles
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Chemical Corner
So, you’re well aware of all REACH and CLP regulations and you’ve gone to great lengths to ensure your operations and products are compliant with EU regulation. That’s great news. But in the case of Europe, that’s not where the regulations end. Beyond these requirements, you often have to comply with additional, country-specific rules to import, manufacture or sell ...
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Assessing the applicability of satellite imagery for environmental monitoring and regulatory compliance assessment
Earth observational satellites have contributed to a better understanding of environmental processes and the nature of human-induced environmental change. With the launch of the first Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite, Terra (formerly AM-1) and Landsat 7, two powerful tools exist that can be applied in the continuing study of human–environmental interactions. However, as with any tool, there ...
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Integrating EMS and P2 to manage environmental costs and liabilities
The necessarily similar structures of EMSs and P2 programmes make it possible to integrate the elements of a P2 program smoothly into an EMS. When this is done, P2 is raised from being a mere commitment within the EMS to being a major operational component of the EMS. Instead of looking just at the regulatory compliance status and environmental aspects of your company's operations and then at ...
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Regulatory challenges in the move to a low-carbon environment
An outcome of the international climate conference in Copenhagen (COP15, 2009) was that a number of governments have undertaken to reduce their nations' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and some have provided targets and deadlines for the achievement of their stated goals. While the transition to a low-carbon environment has the potential to stimulate growth, create jobs and opportunities, and to ...
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Introducing the environmental profile of green supply chains to assess their environmental capability
Environmental assessment of supply chains is a key research field to provide organisations the opportunity of identifying improvements and measuring the effect of investments in greening products and processes. The focus on supply chain management is growing as a leverage to compete in global markets and handle the always more pressing environmental regulations. The paper describes a study to ...
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A decision-support system for safeguards information analysis
The international nuclear proliferation control regime is facing the necessity to handle increasing amounts of information in order to assess nations' compliance with their safeguards commitments. The present paper proposes a Decision Support System (DSS) based on a fuzzy logic approach. The inbuilt information aggregation methodology is based on proliferation indicators as 'quanta of ...
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Improving The Accuracy Of Dispersion Models
Ever since dispersion models were first developed over 30 years ago, their accuracy has been subject to scrutiny. If automobile speedometers are accurate within five percent and orifice meters are accurate within about one percent, why can’t dispersion models be just as accurate? The early documents on dispersion modeling referred to accuracy as a “factor of 3.”(1) By the 1970’s, dispersion ...
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Mastering Performance Evaluation: Unleashing the Potential of Temperature Test Chambers
Temperature test chamber are advanced testing systems designed to create controlled environments and simulate extreme temperature conditions for evaluating the performance, reliability, and durability of various materials and products. These chambers provide researchers, manufacturers, and quality control professionals with the ability to assess how objects respond to specific temperature ...
By TestXpert
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Limitation on NJDEP Oversight Fees
Are you aware of a law New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) follows that places a cap on the amount of oversight costs (fees) NJDEP can charge for a specific site? EWMA has negotiated a refund for several clients due to excess oversight costs based on this law and other reasons. NJDEP typically issues invoices on a quarterly basis for oversight costs. As stated in P.L. ...
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Project - Annotated Links
Proejct ID: 21 Summary of project: We are looking to develop an annotated links page of relevant impact assessment (1) mandates and regulations, (2) guidance documents (including internal agency protocols), (3) legal rulings, and (4) literature to assist practitioners with fulfilling legal, professional, and ethical obligations. Project Supervisor: Jennifer ...
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Strategic Standards Management: Enhancing Academic Training - New Website Debuts, Hosted by Northwestern University
Sandards are boring and should just be left to standards developers. At least that is what many clearly think. Despite the best efforts of ASTM International and other standards organizations, and despite the emergence of new technologies, increased global competition and other factors that enhance the significance of standards, coverage of their strategic importance and the value of ...
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Environmental Assessments – An Important Component of CSR Programs
Companies and industries strongly engaged in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have taken significant steps in their sourcing policies to reduce unethical and inhuman working conditions by controlling their subcontractors along the supply chain. Until now, the primary focus has been on working conditions, but CSR also encompasses environmental concerns as part of a global sustainability ...
By SGS
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Outsourced EHS consulting support - how the convergence business model provides quality, flexibility and business value case study
Client: $1+ billion US Global Company Sector: Life Sciences Services: Outsourced country environmental, health and safety (EHS) consulting Additional Specialty Focus Areas: Legal registers, compliance plans, risk assessments, training, liaison with regulatory agencies, incident investigation, vendor due diligence, waste audits, permit applications, product stewardship advice Countries ...
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Navigating International Health and Safety Standards: How Consultants Can Help
As companies expand into global markets, navigating international health and safety standards can be daunting. Different countries and regions have unique regulations and standards, making it challenging for organizations to comply with them. This is where international health and safety consultants can play a vital role. This article will discuss the importance of international health and safety ...
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A sewer process model as planning and management tool – hydrogen sulfide simulation at catchment scale
The collection system of a major city at the Persian Gulf was simulated for bulk water hydrogen sulfide and the release of sewer gas to the urban atmosphere. Geometry data on 870 km of sanitary sewer and data on dry weather flow entering all nodes in the catchment was exported from a Mike Urban database and imported to the sewer process model WATS. The process model then routed sewage and sewer ...
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Informex sustainability winners offered Viable Chemical Projects
Informex announced the first five "Profiles in Sustainability" winners Informex Show Management announced the first five "Profiles in Sustainability" winners at an award ceremony designed to honor companies that demonstrated their commitment to improving sustainability. The five companies honored were DSM, IoLiTec, Lonza, Segetis, and The Wercs. One of the most important factors in their ...
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Spotlight On the Enhesa Team: Linda Perry
Enhesa is a multi-national, multi-cultural company that helps global companies be aware of and stay in compliance with environmental, health, and safety laws. Enhesa is able to provide our services thanks to our in-house team – based across our three corporate offices. In this regular feature, you will be able to meet and get to know some of the Enhesa Team, the people that make our ...
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Diagnosing and Powering Up Your HazMat Compliance Program - How Do You Get Started? (A Report for Utilities)
Untitled Document In a competitive and highly regulated utility industry, environmental health and safety (EH&S) professionals are asked to do more, efficiently, with reduced staffs. In the past few years, mergers and acquisitions have forced combined, downsized EH&S departments to stay at peak performance and manage increased responsibilities with fewer resources. ...
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The Practicality of EHS Legal Compliance - Globally Speaking
Let me start this article by asking you two questions. Are you currently legally compliant with all applicable EHS laws in every location you operate? How much does non-compliance with EHS laws cost your organization annually, globally? Your answers to these questions (which I am pretty confident I know the answers to) are the main reasons global EHS programs exist within multinational ...
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Mastering Environmental Conditions: Unlocking the Potential of Environmental Test Chambersin Assessing Performance Apparel
Environmental test chambers are sophisticated chambers designed to simulate a wide range of environmental conditions for testing and evaluating the performance, durability, and reliability of various materials and products. These chambers provide controlled environments that mimic real-world conditions, enabling researchers, manufacturers, and quality control professionals to assess the behavior ...
By TestXpert
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