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Upcoming Live Events
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Webinar Series: Introduction to Product Stewardship
This highly interactive series of webinars provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of product stewardship including product compliance, risk management, sustainability, and toxicology.
Perfect for those new to product stewardship or with less than 5 years of experience, each webinar will be led by industry experts within their respective areas, including several Certified Professional Product Stewards®.
Choose your interest area or join us for all five webinars over the course of two weeks!
Fundamentals of Product Stewardship
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | 1:00 PM ET - 2:30 PM ET
$95 Members | $125 Nonmembers
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Introduction to Product Compliance
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 1:00 PM ET - 2:30 PM ET
$95 Members | $125 Nonmembers
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Product Risk Management Basics
Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 1:00 PM ET - 2:30 PM ET
$95 Members | $125 Nonmembers
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Introduction to Sustainability
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | 12:00 PM ET - 1:30 PM ET
$95 Members | $125 Nonmembers
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Principles of Toxicology
Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 1:00 PM ET - 2:30 PM ET
$95 Members | $125 Nonmembers
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Webinar Recordings
Missed a webinar? Don't worry! Webinar recordings give you access to the same great presentations at your convenience.
Available Webinar Recordings
Change Management for Product Stewardship Professionals
Archived Recording
$59 Members | $79 Non-Members
This webinar provides attendees with a basic understanding of change management and the principles which guide its use. Tactical, as well as cultural aspects, will be discussed along with various tools, tips, and examples to help support all levels of product stewardship professionals.
Presenters:
- Regina White, MS, Retired Product Stewardship/EHS Professional
- Hans Plugge, MS, SM, Senior Toxicologist and Manager, Safer Chemical Alternatives, Verisk 3E
Product Stewardship Continuous Improvement and Corrective Action
Archived Recording
$59 Members | $79 Non-Members
This webinar provides a basic understanding of how continuous improvement intersects with the product stewardship function.
Presenters:
- Maryann Sanders, Product Stewardship Technical Director, ERM
- Gavin Thompson, Ph.D., Principal Consultant, Product Safety & Stewardship, Ramboll
Product Liability for Product Stewards
Archived Recording
Members: $59 | Non-Members: $79
This webinar provides a general overview of the elements of individual and mass tort product liability claims and explores some of the key issues at the intersection of product stewardship and product liability, including liability life cycle analysis and design, manufacturing, and warning defects. As a result, product stewardship professionals will understand how companies can use product stewardship programs to minimize litigation and liability and how courts view such programs.
Presenters:
- Frank Leone, Partner, Hollingsworth, LLP
- Erica Klenicki, Associate, Hollingsworth, LLP
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Maintaining Awareness and Responding to Product Stewardship Emerging Issues
Archived Recording
Members: $59 | Non-Members: $79
This webinar will provide an overview of the path from emerging societal concerns to the regulations and requirements that affect every aspect of a company’s product stewardship program. It offers an assessment of historic and emerging product stewardship issues and will introduce methodologies to anticipate, recognize, evaluate and manage the product stewardship impact on consumers, producers, and the public.
Presenter:
- Gailen A. Hart, BSIE, MBA, Adjunct Professor, Indiana University School of Public Health
Purchase
Product Stewardship Legislation and Regulation Development and Enactment
Archived Recording
Members: $59 | Non-Members: $79
This webinar introduces the types of legislative and regulatory systems in the world and the path to product stewardship regulation in key economies around the globe. As a result, product stewardship professionals will be able to enhance their effectiveness in anticipating and responding in a timely manner to new and emerging societal requirements.
Presenter:
- Gailen A. Hart, BSIE, MBA, Adjunct Professor, Indiana University School of Public Health
Purchase
Product Risk Assessment: Informing Stewardship Decisions
Archived Recording
Members: $59 | Non-Members: $79
This webinar will describe product risk assessment and its utility in informing stewardship decisions and provide two examples for substantially different consumer products. The examples will identify product-type specific exposure assessment methods, data and testing needs, and exposure models as well as sources of acceptable exposure levels.
Presenters:
- Patrick Sheehan, Principal Scientist, Exponent
- Michael Posson, Managing Scientist, Exponent
- Ankur Singhal, Managing Scientist, Exponent
Purchase
The Confluence of HazCom and Product Stewardship – Communication Across the Value Chain
Archived Recording
Members: $59 | Non-Members: $79
The practice of HazCom is essentially the assessment, classification, and communication of the hazards of materials while that of Product Stewardship is the management of the impacts of materials on humans and the environment. This webinar will explore the confluence of HazCom and Product Stewardship and build the business case for aligning if not integrating these functions.
Presenters:
- Robert Skoglund, Ph.D., DABT, CIH, Director of Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs, Covestro
- Angela Wutz, Assistant General Manager for Regulatory Services, Pace Analytical
Purchase
Eliminate Non-Compliance Fines with Product Stewardship Auditing
Archived Recording
Members: $59 | Non-Members: $79
This webinar helps the industrial hygiene and EH&S community get ahead of and overcome these complicated product-specific challenges, along with providing important safety practices and other important product stewardship factors.
Presenter:
- Maryann Sanders, Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Haley & Aldrich
Purchase
The Business Leadership Role of Product Stewardship
Archived Recording
Members: $59 | Non-Members: $79
This webinar provides best management practices that have been employed in a successful Product Stewardship program and what business aspects have been employed.
Presenter:
- Mitch Fonda, Global Compliance & Stewardship, Waters Corporation
Purchase
Sponsored Webinars
We are pleased to partner with several industry thought leaders to bring you additional webinars that are relevant to product stewards at no additional cost.
Available Sponsored Webinars
How to Utilize Your EPR Compliance Data for ESG Reporting
Free webinar presented by our partner Sphera
This webinar explains how manufacturers who take a centralized approach to managing recycling compliance can utilize their compliance data to report ESG performance.
Presenter:
- James Pearson, EC4P Senior Product Manager, Sphera
Integrated Product Sustainability
Free webinar presented by our partner Sphera
This webinar outlines how to integrate product sustainability within your product stewardship processes by leveraging your existing data and using a shared data foundation.
Presenters:
- Francis Trudeau, Director of Product Management, Sphera
- Sebastian Schulz, Product Manager, Product Sustainability, Sphera
- Laura Patrick, Sr. Manager, Product Management, Sphera
The Critical Role of Product Stewardship in Business Continuity
Free webinar presented by our partner Bergeson & Campbell
Join our panel of experts for a unique webinar on how your role as a product steward can make an impact. You’ll learn strategies you can use to support your organization during business disruptions.
Presenters:
- Robert P. DeMott, PhD, DABT, Managing Principal, Ramboll
- Andre LaMere, Deputy General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Risk & Safety, UNFI
- Carmen Reznik, PhD, General Manager Product Stewardship, Shell
- Lesa Rice-Jackson, CPPS, PhD, Managing Principal Consultant, Rice Jackson Health Safety and Regulatory Consulting Services LLC (RJHSRC)
EU Chemical Strategy for Sustainability: A Fundamental Change for Industry?
Free webinar presented by our partner Yordas Group
This webinar explores the key concepts of the EU Chemical Strategy for Sustainability and highlights the upcoming policy changes that may impact businesses.
Attendees will also learn how to prepare for the upcoming regulatory changes.
Presenters:
- Giselle Vincett, PhD, North American Operations Lead, Yordas Group
- Elizabeth Luther, Sustainability and Knowledge Transfer Lead, Yordas Group
Product Stewardship & the Pandemic: Surviving and Thriving in Disruptive Times
Free webinar provided by our partners Bergeson & Campbell, PC and Indiana University
This webinar will help you understand how product stewards can integrate product stewardship into business continuity and crisis management and determine
what issues a product steward needs to address when a COVID-19 outbreak occurs in a workplace, retail space, or upstream/downstream in the supply chain.
Presenters:
- Tina Armstrong, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Arcadis
- Jon Hellerstein, CIH, CSP, Global Product Stewardship Solutions
- Louise Proud, Director, Environment, Health, and Safety, Pfizer Inc.
- Al Iannuzzi, Ph.D., Vice President, Sustainability, The Estée Lauder Companies
- Lynn Bergeson, Managing Partner, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
How to Maintain Product Safety in Your Chemical Supply Chain
Free webinar presented by our partner NCEC
This webinar will help you to understand the risks in the downstream chemical supply chain and where these might impact your ability to safely get your product to its end destination, what you can do to mitigate these risks and how you can derive value back from good risk management.
Presenters:
- Craig Thomson, Associate Director, NCEC
- Tim Kennedy, Client Manager, NCEC
- James Smith, NCEC
Ventilation, Surface Disinfection, and PPE Considerations for the IH and IP
Free webinar presented by our partners AIHA and APIC
We have received many questions from product stewards looking for information on how to keep both employees and customers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar addresses occupational health and safety professionals’, industrial hygienists’, and infection preventionists’ questions about ventilation, surface disinfection, respirators, construction issues, occupational health, and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deal or No Deal: Brexit and its Impact on Export of Products to the UK
Free webinar presented by our partner Yordas Group
The UK is set to leave the EU, possibly as soon as October 31. If you export chemicals, formulations or products containing chemicals to the UK, this potentially affects you. Yordas sets out how you can minimize disruption and ensure compliance by examining the proposed legislation, UK-REACH.
Presenter:
- Alex Paul, Ph.D., Principal, Chemical Regulatory Compliance, Yordas Group
European Poison Control Center Reporting Changes Don't Have to Be a Poison Pill for Your Business
Free Webinar presented by our partner Sphera, co-presented by our partner NCEC
This webinar will outline current requirements for Poison Centers in the EU, detailing the pros and cons of waiting for the harmonized format, as well as provide the latest information coming out of ECHA on the implementation of the harmonized format.
Presenters:
- Carrie Decatur, Senior Regulatory Analyst, Sphera
- Caroline Raine, Business Area Manager, National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC)
Drowning in Data, Starving for Wisdom
Free webinar presented by our partner Sphera
This webinar compares the availability and use of toxicity and ecotoxicity data for the purpose of chemical classification to help the SDS author stay in line with their own industry characteristics and standard operating procedures, and remain compliant.
Presenters:
- Francis Trudeau, Solutions Manager, Sphera
- Mary Rudolph, Senior Manager – Global Content, Sphera
Doing Business in the EU in the Next 5 Years
Free webinar presented by our partner Sphera
This webinar explores generalities when placing products on the EU market, country-specific vs EU regulatory requirements, the implications of EU membership changes, and more.
Presenters:
- Kimberly Bull, Regulatory Analyst, Sphera
- Francis Trudeau, Solutions Manager, Sphera
Finding the Harmonization in GHS
Free webinar presented by our partner Sphera
This webinar explores different ways to create harmonized SDSs across multiple countries and asks questions on where a pragmatic view to SDS/Label creation might help make processes more efficient.
Presenters:
- Carrie Decatur, Senior Regulatory Analyst, Sphera
- Francis Trudeau, Solutions Manager, Sphera