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April 12, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Hazard & Risk Communication

Chemical Hazard Communication - Why Do I Need GHS Labels?

The Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) recently aligned with a global system to simplify workplace safety. Hazard communication is a procedural standard set forth by the United Nations to standardize the identificatio....
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April 4, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Emerging Issues,
  • Program Management

The Security Angle – Thoughts and References for Product Stewards

Potash Corp. (now Nutrien) is a mining and chemical company whose product stewardship program involves a variety of regulatory schemes, including..........
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March 29, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Emerging Issues

The Circular Economy Is Coming

Ingvild Sorenson, senior manager at the United Nations Global Compact, started by listing problems the world faces. “When we talk about creating the world we want, there are a lot of challenges,” she said, including clim.......
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March 22, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Global Regulations

The New TSCA and PMNs: Lessons Learned Since Passage of the Lautenberg Act

TSCA legislation was enacted 40 years ago to regulate any chemicals not regulated by other statutes. In June, 2016, it was finally updated, with a focus on evaluating and regulating existing chemicals. Adrienne Timmel....
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March 15, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Global Regulations

Nanotechnology Registration: What to do in Asian-Pacific Countries (APAC)

The Asian-Pacific countries (APAC) are among the emerging markets in which companies have taken interest. A number of those countries have existing chemical regulations and chemical inventory lists, but they’re also routinely amended with.....
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March 8, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Emerging Issues,
  • Risk Assessment

Consumer Wearables – A Model for Mitigating ACD Risk

Consumer wearables are part of the smart device market, and they have some of the same issues that the other smart products have throughout their lifecycle. “One of the issues is there isn’t much guidance, and there’s even less regula....
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March 1, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Emerging Issues

The Internet of Things (IoT): Emerging Challenges in Product Stewardship

The Internet of Things (IoT), which includes personal assistance devices, wearables, appliances, vehicles, monitors, sensors and more, has created new business opportunities while raising difficult regulatory challenges. With an estimated......
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February 22, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Global Regulations

Exempt Your Polymers from Notification (A Strategy)

Why submit notification to a toxic chemical inventory if it’s not required? In many cases, low-concern polymers are exempt from notification, but details in the regulations vary from country-to-country. It’s wo.....
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February 15, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Global Regulations,
  • Risk Assessment

California’s Safer Consumer Products Program – What Product Stewards Need to Know

One of the stated goals of California’s Safer Consumer Products (SCP) program is to reduce toxic chemicals in consumer products. What makes the program unique is that relies on Alternatives Assessment (AA) fr.....
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February 1, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Risk Assessment

Alternatives Assessment in a Regulatory Environment

Alternative assessment (AA) frameworks can be useful for making recommendations about chemical substitutions, but how they interact with regulatory frameworks causes some product stewards to shy away. “Whe...
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January 25, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Emerging Issues,
  • Program Management

Engaging and Influencing External Stakeholders for Product Stewardship Advocacy

Companies’ stewardship responsibilities have expanded dramatically, in part because the expectations of stakeholders for corporate stewardship have come to include customers, NGOs and other entities. “What they want from us with respect.....
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January 17, 2018
  • Product Stewardship,
  • Program Management

Building Trust on a Scale that Matters

Product stewardship is increasingly multifaceted and quickly evolving. Although the profession takes different forms in different companies, product stewards have at least one fundamental responsibility in common....
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