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- PFAS All Things PFAS: What Manufacturers Need to Know PFAS rules are multiplying across the EU, the US, and Asia. Here is what that means for manufacturers, and five practical steps to get ahead of it.
- Trade & tariffs Responding to Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Declaration Requests A step-by-step process for suppliers asked to complete a Section 232 declaration: confirm metal content, trace melt, pour, smelt, and cast countries, and fill in the form.
- US & state rules Who Is an “Importer”? The definition of “importer” reaches further than many companies expect. Here is who counts, and a quick checklist to see whether it includes you.
- Compliance strategy From Cost Center to Competitive Edge: The ROI of Proactive Compliance Reactive compliance carries hidden costs in delays, disruptions, and diverted talent. A framework for measuring the return on a proactive program and building the business case.
- Industry insights Product Compliance in the Automotive Sector: Navigating IMDS and New EV Battery Regulations IMDS has challenged automotive suppliers for two decades. Now EV battery rules in the EU, US, and China demand supply chain transparency down to the mine.
- US & state rules Prop 65: (How) Does It Work? California’s Proposition 65 is known for its ubiquitous warning labels. How chemicals get listed, what businesses must do, and why critics say the law needs rethinking.
- EU & global regulations REACH Revisited, Part 1: The Cost of REACH’s Registration Requirement REACH’s “no data, no market” registration requirement has drawn criticism at the WTO as too cumbersome and too costly. We look at why.
- EU & global regulations REACH Revisited, Part 2: Lessons from Canada and Japan Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan and Japan’s Kashinho take a risk-based approach to chemicals. How they compare with REACH’s hazard-based registration.
- EU & global regulations REACH Revisited, Part 3: Is a Less Restrictive REACH Worth Considering? If less restrictive alternatives to REACH’s registration requirement exist, should the EU follow suit? We weigh REACH’s objective against its costs.
- EU & global regulations Nanomaterials: The Next RoHS Target? The RoHS Recast nearly banned nanosilver and long multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Why the proposal failed, and the gray area it left for nanomaterial stakeholders.
- PFAS New California Regulation on PFAS in Textile and Leather Treatments California’s DTSC has named PFAS-based stain and water repellents for textiles and leathers as Priority Products. What manufacturers must file, and by when.
- US & state rules California’s Recycled Plastic Reporting Requirement for Beverage Manufacturers California now requires plastic beverage containers to include rising shares of postconsumer recycled plastic, and beverage manufacturers to report their plastic use each year.
- EU & global regulations New European Parliament Resolution on Right to Repair The European Parliament has called on the Commission to propose a right-to-repair law covering a product’s full life cycle. Here is what it wants the law to include.
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