As global supply chains have grown increasingly complex, policymakers, industry, and civil society have been looking for ways to use supply chain requirements to reduce the negative environmental and social effects of the products we consume.
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The obligation to submit data on substances of very high concern (SVHC) in articles applies as of January 5. This obligation applies to all companies placing articles containing SVHCs on the EU market.
On January 14, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced a $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” to change the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is wading ever deeper into regulatory deliberations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and the next several steps will have major ramifications for electronics manufacturers, who need to focus on this issue now.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released this month its annual report to Congress on industrial capabilities.
Today, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a report on their Section 301 investigation into "Vietnam's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Currency Valuation."
U.S. President Joe Biden plans to sign an unprecedented number of executive actions in the days ahead. Many of these actions will freeze or reverse the policies of his predecessor, including the U.S. rejoining the World Health Organization and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL) is working with a consultancy to conduct an industry survey to collect information that will allow them to analyze health, socioeconomic, and environmental impacts from new occupational exposure limits for lead (Pb) and its compounds.
IPC is developing a new consensus-based industry standard, IPC-1402, Standard for Green Cleaners Used in Electronics Manufacturing. This standard will expand IPC’s existing 300-plus catalog of electronics manufacturing standards to include safer, greener practices.