Overcoming Product Compliance Data Challenges
To meet your regulatory requirements, you need access to clean supply chain data — but that’s easier said than done. Assent’s regulatory enforcement expert Steven Andrews joins engineer Ken Seeley to show you how to get the ...
REACH SVHC Update: What You Need to Know
The final scheduled 2021 update to the REACH Candidate List of SVHCs has arrived, expanding the regulatory requirements for companies doing business in the European Union (EU). Assent’s REACH Regulation expert, Raj Takhar, expla ...
Unlocking North America: A Compliance Guide for EU Companies
The North American market can be lucrative for EU companies, but they must meet numerous requirements before the vault can be unlocked. Join Dr. Bruce Jarnot and Neil Smith, two of Assent’s leading regulatory compliance experts, ...
Journey Towards a New Corporate Duty to Conduct Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence
Europe is steadily progressing towards a new corporate duty to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence. It is expected to make directors accountable for overseeing how a company prevents and addresses its negative imp ...
The REACH Regulation: UK Vs. EU
When the UK broke from the EU, it also left the established EU regulations that companies had grown accustomed to. While we are a long way from harmony between the EU and UK versions of the REACH Regulation, insights into the UK R ...
Collecting Missing Data to Meet the New TSCA Deadlines
On April 7, 2021, join Dr. Bruce Jarnot, Sr Manager, Product Compliance, Assent Compliance and Dr. Kelly Scanlon, Director, Environmental Policy & Research, IPC as they discuss how to update your compliance program to collect new ...
RoHS Exemptions: European Commission Launches Review of Nine Applications
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.
Enterprises Prepare for the SCIP Deadline at Virtual Seminar
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 ...
Responsible Minerals Initiative Releases CRT 2.2
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.
Global Forced Labor: U.S. Government Continues Record-Setting Enforcement
Since the Tariff Act of 1930 came into force, the U.S. has prohibited the importation of goods made wholly or in part by forced labor.
