compliance assessment Articles
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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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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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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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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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Compliance Checklist
Compliance is not an administrative burden to undertake regulatory deadlines loom. In actual compliance is a successful program articulation on risk management, clear oversight of suppliers for cost savings and efficiency, and preparation for any future disruption. Although it is not possible to frequently check all the boxes of the software, it is always an ideal step to timely gauge and ...
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Minimalist or motivated
Two strategies for managing chemical compliance This article outlines strategies and tactics for efficiently and effectively managing chemicals, while achieving EHS regulatory compliance. Since OHSA and the EPA were created in the 1970s, regulations have changed the way that chemicals and other hazardous materials are managed and introduced cradle-to-grave liability for chemicals and ...
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Advancing Quality and Performance: The Importance of Textile Testing
Textile testing is a critical process in the textile and apparel industry that ensures the quality, performance, and compliance of fabrics and finished products. As textiles play a significant role in our everyday lives, from clothing and home furnishings to technical textiles used in aerospace and medical applications, it is essential to assess their characteristics and performance to meet ...
By TestXpert
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Navigating EU and UK Classification Divergence
As the UK bid farewell to the EU on January 31, 2020, regulatory shifts set in motion a unique challenge – the divergence between the EU’s Harmonised Classification and Labelling List (C&L) and the UK’s Mandatory Classification List (MCL). While this divergence touches various sectors, we focus on the fragranced goods industry. A bottle of perfume, a scented candle, or an ...
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FMEA Commonly Asked Questions
Welcome to our Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) questions and answers blog, where Particle Measuring Systems answers commonly asked questions pertaining to risk assessments and regulatory compliance. Listen to this useful webinar to learn more about how to mark a successful risk assessment off your to do ...
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Process safety and risk management audits for a ceramics manufacturing facility – Case Study
Challenge Antea Group was contracted by a large, advanced materials organization to provide a Process Safety Management and Risk Management Program compliance audit of a specialty ceramics manufacturing facility in New Hampshire. Processing at the facility is related to the crystalline growth of materials used in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Processing at the facility involved ...
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Leveraging global citizenship functions in the 21st-century corporation
The author outlines HP's efforts to integrate global citizenship efforts across the entire business, from sales, investor relations, R&D, and branding, throughout HP's $40 billion supply chain and into the design and development of new products. AN EVOLVING LANDSCAPE A host of trends and factors are increasingly validating the premise that good citizenship is good business. Research ...
By AHC Group
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Address critical supply chain EH&S compliance and risk management concerns
Today, environmental issues across the supply chain are high priorities for operational risk and compliance management. Many companies are scrutinizing products such as chemicals and other hazardous materials and seeking higher standards for environmental health and safety (EH&S) regulatory compliance requirements. Given the heightened emphasis on EH&S across the business community, ...
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How Equipment Calibration Contributes to Quality Management
The role of equipment, devices, and instruments to produce a quality product is undeniably crucial for every manufacturing company. It becomes even more important to assure the quality of measurements of such devices through regular calibration both before and after the use of the equipment. It improves the traceability of equipment measurement accuracy if it is under the standard value limit. ...
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EPA Proposes TSCA CDR Revisions and Update to Small Manufacturer Definition for TSCA Section 8(a)
On April 12, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule that would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) requirements and the TSCA Section 8(a) size standards for small manufacturers. The current CDR rule requires manufacturers (including importers) of certain chemical substances listed on the TSCA Chemical ...
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