product stewardship Articles
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The Globalization of Product Stewardship
From Manufacturing Today, November/December 2006 Product stewardship is critically important these days as international stewardship initiatives and directives involving specific products – typically consumer products – are sprouting up everywhere. In Europe, for example, several directives are likely to greatly influence global product stewardship. Environmental regulation historically has been ...
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Product Stewardship Productivity Summit was full of substance about substances
At Sphera’s Productivity Summit for Product Stewardship the talk was about “stuff,” lots of “stuff”—literally and figuratively—and data, lots of data. Quick question: How often do you go shopping in a store or order an item online? Pretty regularly, we presume. But how often do you think about the very components—or substances—within ...
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Product stewardship grows globally
Product stewardship can be expressed in many ways, and there’s no single best definition. According to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “[p]roduct stewardship is a product-centered approach to environmental protection. Also known as extended product responsibility (EPR), product stewardship calls on those in the product life cycle -- manufacturers, retailers, users and disposers ...
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TSCA at 2: An Update on Implementation and Hot Topics
Since enactment on June 22, 2016, of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has implemented a muscular regulatory program expressing Congress’ intent for a new and improved Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The new TSCA framework required significant work and fundamental shifts in regulatory requirements and ...
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Enhesa’s Product Compliance Checklists allow companies to place products on international markets with confidence
The dramatic growth of product-related EHS laws and regulations rapidly spreading around the globe has led to growing demand for user-friendly, up-to-date and comprehensive tools to allow companies to meet these new requirements, and designed to enhance corporate global product stewardship initiatives. Recent enforcements cases indicate that the challenges of ensuring products comply with EHS ...
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Ask Enhesa Vol. 7- Product Stewardship Special
Featuring contributions from Catarina Hästesko, Rakibe Kulcur, Agathe Subileau, Paula Diaz and Ulrike Steiger You asked and we answered! Enhesa’s team of multilingual regulatory analysts are committed to providing quality insight and analysis around the latest EHS news and developments via our Enhesa Flash, webinar series, and blog posts. In response, our team often receives a ...
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Lynn L. Bergeson Quoted In “EPA TSCA Guide May Give Industry New Strategies For Risk Evaluations”
On August 15, 2017, Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner of Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) was quoted by Inside EPA discussing how new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) risk evaluation guidelines may impact industry. “My sense is that if you have a promising chemical product and wish to get it through the risk evaluation process sooner rather than later, considering ...
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Michael S. Wenk, M.S., to Speak at AOCS Latin American Congress and Exhibition on Fats, Oils, and Lipids
Michael S. Wenk, M.S., Senior Regulatory Consultant with The Acta Group (Acta®) and Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), has been invited to speak on the current state of play of Central and South American chemical regulations at the 17th AOCS Latin American Congress and Exhibition on Fats, Oils, and Lipids, September 11-14, 2017, in Cancun, Mexico. Mr. Wenk will present ...
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Lorax EPI`s subscription service offerings
Lorax EPI is dedicated to simplifying global sustainability. Brand owners, retailers, manufacturers, producers and other industry professionals rely on our in-house software and international team of consultants to comply with wide-ranging stewardship obligations, keep ahead of legislation and advance their sustainability goals. One of the main ways our customers stay up-to-date with regulations ...
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Leveraging EHS data and tools for a safer and greener supply chain
Environmental health and safety (EHS) regulatory compliance programs and strategies, by definition, traditionally have been aimed at preventing violations, fostering safety and reducing risk. New goals for EHS regulatory compliance programs include minimizing the adverse life cycle impacts of products and operations and require integrating EHS practices and expertise into core business ...
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Keeping it confidential
Navigating the intricacies of the EPA’s CBI requirements for PMNs Claiming chemical identity as confidential is becoming increasingly difficult, especially in this global market. In the EU, the rules are very stringent and require that all hazardous substances be declared on the safety data sheet (SDS), making it nearly impossible to keep chemical names confidential. In the US, for new ...
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Strengthening product stewardship throughout the supply chain: A full life-cycle approach
Kami Blake of 3E Company looks at the issue in managing EH&S data in the chemicals industry As regulations increase in number, scope and complexity, environmental, health and safety (EH&S) compliance is fast becoming a major concern that spans virtually every industry. All companies are increasingly affected by and subject to more stringent EH&S regulations and are being faced with ...
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Strengthen On-site Inventory and Material Approval Processes - Case Study
Overview The cross-functional product stewardship team at Siemens Healthineers has a two-fold mandate to tackle both operational site-specific EHS issues as well as product-oriented EHS concerns. Access to markets and compliance with global regulations Strengthen product-related environmental performance via Environmental Product Declarations These objectives were ...
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Strategies for Selecting an SDS Authoring Solution - New Regulations and Requirements Add Complexity
Effective, compliant, and up-to-date hazard communication documents, especially Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), are a global requirement and a critical centerpiece for effective product stewardship practices throughout the product life cycle. Unfortunately, tracking international chemical regulatory guidelines and providing accurate and compliant hazard communication has never been more complex. The ...
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TSCA Reform Implementation Seminar: Impacts and Best Practices for the New Chemicals Law
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is pleased to participate in the upcoming “TSCA Reform Implementation Seminar: Impacts and Best Practices for the New Chemicals Law,” presented by the Michigan Chemistry Council. This valuable seminar features a panel of industry practitioners, as well as talented legal experts including Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner of B&C, who ...
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Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. Named Director of Chemistry of The Acta Group and Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
The Acta Group (Acta®) and Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) are pleased to announce that Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. has been named Director of Chemistry for our firms. Dr. Engler joined Acta and B&C as Senior Chemist in January 2015 after nearly two decades at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) and has ...
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WEBINAR -- Current Opportunities and Challenges with Chemical Substance Regulation in Mexico and Central and South America
The Mexican and Central and South American chemical regulatory environment is challenging to understand, with relatively little consistency, even among neighboring countries. The region is home to two major trading blocs, MERCOSUR (Mercado Común Del Sur) and the Andean Community of Nations (Comunidad Andina). Similar in basic concept to the European Union, these blocs impose overarching ...
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Lauren M. Graham, Ph.D., Joins B&C Consortia Management
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), The Acta Group (Acta®), and B&C® Consortia Management (BCCM) are pleased to announce that Lauren M. Graham, Ph.D., has joined our firms as Manager, BCCM. In this role, Dr. Graham will guide and facilitate effective consortia performance in advocacy programs, public outreach, product stewardship, and testing and compliance. She offers ...
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Legal Lookout: RoHS, WEEE and Related EU Directives
Product stewardship is becoming increasingly important as international regulatory requirements involving product lifecycles become more prevalent. In Europe, several directives are likely to influence global product stewardship. Background Environmental regulation traditionally has focused on regulating manufacturing facilities by limiting or preventing environmental releases and ...
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Lynn L. Bergeson Named One of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in Washington, D.C.
Washington D.C. May 1, 2018: Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) Managing Partner Lynn L. Bergeson has been named one of the “Top 50: 2018 Women Super Lawyers” by Thompson Reuters’ Super Lawyers Washington, D.C. edition. Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes top lawyers via a multiphase selection process involving peer nomination, independent research, and peer ...
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