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May 30, 2018 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

We’re coming to a city near you in June!

GreenSoft Headed to Boston, Chicago, Silicon Valley and Belgium

iti-ipc-2016Next month GreenSoft will be exhibiting at two trade shows in four cities across the globe. Come check us out to learn about our data services and GreenData Manager software in person!

We'll be at the ITI/IPC Conferences in the USA from June 4-8 and the Chemical Watch Expo in Belgium from June 12-13.

ITI & IPC Conference on Emerging & Critical Environmental Product Requirements

The ITI/IPC Conferences will provide professionals who are responsible for keeping their organization in compliance with environmental regulations the tools they need to comply with legal, regulatory, and customer requirements. The conferences will cover multiple regulations including the EU RoHS Directive, the EU REACH regulation, China and Southeast Asia environmental restrictions, The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and California Green Chemistry Initiative.

The event takes place in three cities over the course of the week: June 4 in Boston, June 6 in Chicago, and June 8 in Silicon Valley. GreenSoft will be exhibiting at all three cities.  Register to attend online.

Chemical Watch Expo 2018: Global Chemical Regulations

In Belgium, Chemical Watch is hosting the second annual two-day Chemical Watch Expo, offering a dedicated marketplace to showcase services and solutions to help companies meet global compliance obligations and achieve safer chemicals in products and throughout the supply chain.

Alongside the exhibition there will be dedicated workshop sessions, and GreenSoft's Senior Manager of Product Support, Randy Flinders will be presenting a session on EU REACH. The event is in Brussels from June 12-13. Register to attend online. GreenSoft has a limited number of free tickets available - contact us to reserve yours!

 

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Webinar

April 24, 2018 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

Register for our Green Compliance 101 Webinar

Registration Now Open for this Educational Product Regulation Webinar

compliance-101 It's time for our second webinar of the year: Green Compliance 101: Basics of Complying with EU REACH, RoHS, Conflict Minerals and More.

Join us to learn which regulations companies are required to comply with and what is required to demonstrate compliance with those regulations.

Randy Flinders, Senior Manager or Product Support, will cover environmental regulations from around the globe so that you can ensure the compliance of your products in most markets and avoid penalties.

Covered regulations include:

  • EU REACH
  • EU RoHS
  • US Conflict Minerals
  • EU Conflict Minerals
  • China RoHS
  • CA Prop 65
  • MSA & FAR Anti-Slavery & Human Trafficking
  • And other regulations

Space is limited, so reserve your spot today!

Thursday, May 31
Register Now

Two sessions available for your convenience:

  • 4:00pm Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)/10:00am Eastern US Daylight Time (UTC -4)
  • 2:00pm Eastern US Daylight Time (UTC -4)/11:00am Pacific US Daylight Time (UTC -7)

Plus, don't miss these other webinars coming soon!

Green Compliance 201: Best Practices for Complying with REACH, RoHS, Conflict Minerals, CA Prop 65, China RoHS and More

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Coming in June

  • Specific guidance on steps to take to comply with environmental product regulations
  • FMD Collection
  • CMRT Collection for Conflict Minerals
  • Best practices
  • Cost & time saving methods
  • Case study examples

 Sign up to be notified when registration opens.

Environmental Product Regulation Update for REACH, RoHS, Conflict Minerals, and More

 

Coming in September

  • Regulation news and updates from the year
  • Learn about additions to restricted substance lists
  • Ensure you're complying with the latest versions of regulations

 Sign up to be notified when registration opens.

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Webinar

April 11, 2018 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

View the EU REACH Article Definition Webinar Recording

Understanding EU REACH Changes the Definition of an Article Webinar Now Available to View on Demand

Last week we hosted an informative webinar on the changes to the definition of an "article" under EU REACH.

Presented by GreenSoft's Senior Manager of Product Support, Randy Flinders, the webinar covered:

  • Detailed information on the changes to the definition of an article
  • How to calculate the total Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) levels in your product using the new definition of an article
  • The importance of Full Material Declaration (FMD) Data
  • Case studies and examples of article evaluations

You can now view a recording of the webinar anytime online:

REACH-Articles-webinar

And don't miss our other upcoming webinars on EU REACH, EU RoHS, Conflict Minerals and other regulations.

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March 7, 2018 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

IPC Distinguished Committee Award Received

Congratulations to GreenSoft's Randy Flinders for his IPC Distinguished Committee Service Award!

Apex-ExpoFor the second year in a row, GreenSoft's Senior Manager of Product Support, Randy Flinders, has been awarded a Distinguished Committee Service Award by IPC.

IPC is a global trade association serving the printed board and electronics assembly industries, their customers and suppliers. Awards were handed out at IPC's annual APEX Expo in San Diego, CA in February.

Randy received a Distinguished Committee Service Award in recognition of his contributions to the development of IPC-1752A Amendment 3 Materials Declaration Management Standard.

In 2017, Randy received a Distinguished Committee Service Award in recognition of his contributions to the development of the IPC-1755 Conflict Minerals Data Exchange Amendment 2.

Randy's knowledge and experience from his years in the industry will be on display as he hosts the upcoming Understanding EU REACH Changes to the Definition of an Article webinar on April 5th. Registration and more information about that webinar can be found online.

Randy has a long history of participation with standards and research committees such as IPC. All of us here at GreenSoft thank him for his dedication and contributions to the electronics and compliance industry. Congratulations, Randy!

 

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March 5, 2018 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

Announcing Our “Understanding the EU REACH Changes to the Definition of an Article” Webinar

Registration Now Open for this Educational EU REACH Webinar

REACH-Articles-webinarWe're excited to the announce our upcoming webinar in April: Understanding the EU REACH Changes to the Definition of an Article.

Join us to learn what you need to know for compliance with EU REACH!

You'll be guided through an overview of the EU REACH regulation, and provided details on the impacts of the changes to the definition of an “Article."

This informational free-of-charge webinar will cover:

  • Detailed information on the changes to the definition of an article
  • How to calculate the total Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) levels in your product using the new definition of an article
  • The importance of Full Material Declaration (FMD) Data
  • Case studies and examples of article evaluations

Space is limited, so reserve your spot today!

Thursday, April 5
Register Now

Two sessions available for your convenience:

  • 4:00pm Central European Time (UTC +1)/10:00am Eastern US Time (UTC -5)
  • 2:00pm Eastern US Time (UTC -5)/11:00am Pacific US Time (UTC -8)

Plus, don't miss these other webinars coming soon!

Green Compliance 101: Basics of Complying with REACH, RoHS, Conflict Minerals, CA Prop 65, China RoHS and More

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Thursday, May 31

  • What environmental product regulations must companies comply with?
  • What does compliance require?
  • Covers:
    • EU REACH
    • EU RoHS
    • US Conflict Minerals
    • EU Conflict Minerals
    • China ROHS
    • CA Prop 65
    • MSA & FAR Anti-Slavery & Human Trafficking
    • K-REACH
    • And other regulations

 

Green Compliance 201: Best Practices for Complying with REACH, RoHS, Conflict Minerals, CA Prop 65, China RoHS and More

green-compliance-201

Coming in June

  • Specific guidance on steps to take to comply with environmental product regulations
  • FMD Collection
  • CMRT Collection for Conflict Minerals
  • Best practices
  • Cost & time saving methods
  • Case study examples

 

Environmental Product Regulation Update for REACH, RoHS, Conflict Minerals, and More

 

Coming in September

  • Regulation news and updates from the year for:
    • EU REACH
    • EU RoHS
    • US Conflict Minerals
    • EU Conflict Minerals
    • China ROHS
    • CA Prop 65
    • MSA & FAR Anti-Slavery & Human Trafficking
    • K-REACH

 

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EU REACH

February 14, 2018 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

REACH Enforcement Project Finds Hundreds of Products with Illegal Amounts of Restricted Chemicals

18% of Products Inspected Did Not Comply with EU REACH Restrictions

EU-REACHAs part of the ongoing EU REACH Enforcement Project started by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) last year, ECHA inspectors checked thousands of products and found that hundreds of products still contain illegal amounts of chemicals restricted under the EU REACH regulation.

ECHA inspectors in 27 European countries checked 1,009 mixtures, 4,599 articles and 17 substances. Overall, out of 5,625 targeted product checks, 18% did not comply with the restrictions.

ECHA reports that the most frequent breaches were: phthalates in toys (20% of inspected toys contained Bis(2-ethylhexyl) (DEHP), Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) or Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) at levels above those permitted), cadmium in brazing fillers (14%) and asbestos fibers in products (14%). The products containing asbestos – for example, catalytic heaters, thermos flasks, brake pads - were mostly second-hand and probably produced before the restrictions prohibiting the sale of products containing asbestos came into force.

Inspectors also found high concentrations of chromium VI in leather articles (13% of the tested products) and cadmium in jewelry (12%).

Overall, most of the breaches were found with products which had origins that could not be identified (39% of such products did not comply), followed by products imported from China (17%).

ECHA's enforcement authorities will continue enforcing REACH restrictions by analyzing further products on the market. Read the news release from ECHA here.

GreenSoft Helps Ensure Your Company is In Compliance with REACH

GreenSoft helps companies manage REACH compliance with a process that includes data collection, data validation, and report generation. We collect materials data from your suppliers for you and validate it for accuracy. The data is stored in GreenData Manager software for management and reporting.

We can also help with sourcing replacement parts for non-compliant parts or replacement suppliers for non-responsive suppliers. And our customers can make use of our vast and up-to-date databases of components and suppliers.

Learn more about our REACH compliance services or get started with a FREE Risk Analysis/BOM Scrub.

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Five Entries Added to EU REACH SVHC List

EU REACH SVHC List now contains 240 Entries. Environmental compliance is required for companies using such substances. GreenSoft can help with SCIP Database submissions and more.

Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking

February 9, 2018 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

New Data Service: Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking

GreenSoft Now Offers Data Services for MSA and FAR Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking

anti-slaveryGreenSoft can now help your company comply with the UK Modern Slavery Act (MSA), the anti-slavery and human trafficking provisions of the US Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act.

With our Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking services, we will collect Statements of Compliance from your suppliers for you so that your company can prove you have done due-diligence on your supply chain to avoid modern slavery and human trafficking risks.

We can also help your company and your suppliers generate their Statement of Compliance, and we can evaluate and analyze your risk level.

The Modern Slavery Act and Ending Trafficking in Persons

Enacted in March 2015, the Modern Slavery Act (MSA) is designed to prevent slavery, servitude and forced labor, as well as human trafficking, not just from a company's base operations, but all the way through the supply chain. Any commercial organization with a total turnover of £36 million or more that sells goods or services and carries on a business or part of a business in any part of the United Kingdom is required to comply.

Similarly, in March 2015, "Ending Trafficking in Persons" provisions were added to US Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). These provisions apply to any companies with government contracts or sub-contracts that are for services performed outside of the United States and with an estimated value exceeding $500,000.

And the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act was enacted in October 2010 and went into effect in January 2012. This Act applies to any retail seller or manufacturer doing business in California that has annual worldwide gross receipts of more than $100 million.

These regulations require certification statements from affected companies, and a risk analysis and the collection of similar statements from the company's suppliers. GreenSoft will collect these statements from your suppliers for you and conduct a risk analysis to determine which suppliers are high or low risk. If your company or any of your suppliers need guidance on generating such a statement, we can help with that too.

Contact us to get started today with Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking. Or visit our website or download the datasheet.

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EU REACH

January 24, 2018 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

7 Substances Added to REACH SVHC List, Plus a BPA Update

ECHA Announces the Addition of 7 Substances to the REACH SVHC Candidate List and an Update to the BPA Entry

EU-REACHLast week, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced seven additions to the Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) Candidate List for Annex XIV of the EU REACH regulation. This update brings the Candidate List to 181 SVHCs, up from 174.

The seven substances are:

  1. Chrysene (EC No. 205-923-4; CAS No. 218-01-9)
  2. Benz[a]anthracene (EC No. 200-280-6; CAS No. 56-55-3)
  3. Cadmium nitrate (EC No. 233-710-6; CAS No. 10325-94-7)
  4. Cadmium hydroxide (EC No. 244-168-5; CAS No. 21041-95-2)
  5. Cadmium carbonate (EC No. 208-168-9; CAS No. 513-78-)
  6. 1,6,7,8,9,14,15,16,17,17,18,18- Dodecachloropentacyclo[12.2.1.16,9.02,13.05,10]octadeca -7,15-diene (“Dechlorane Plus”TM) [covering any of its individual anti- and syn-isomers or any combination thereof]
  7. Reaction products of 1,3,4-thiadiazolidine-2,5- dithione, formaldehyde and 4-heptylphenol, branched and linear (RP-HP) [with ≥0.1% w/w 4-heptylphenol, branched and linear]

Additionally, ECHA supported the proposal to additionally identify the substance 4,4’-isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A; BPA) as an SVHC because of its endocrine disrupting properties which cause probable serious effects to the environment. Bisphenol A is already listed in the Candidate List due to its toxic for reproduction properties and due to its endocrine disrupting properties which cause probable serious effects to human health.

ECHA's news release for this announcement can be found here. The updated Candidate List of 181 SVHC substances can be found here.

GreenSoft Can Help Ensure Your Company is in Compliance with REACH

Here at GreenSoft, we help companies manage REACH compliance with a process that includes data collection, data validation, and report generation. We can also help with sourcing compliant replacement parts or suppliers for non-compliant parts or non-responsive suppliers. Learn more about our REACH compliance services here or get started with a FREE Risk Analysis/BOM Scrub.

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Data Services and Software in Europe

January 23, 2018 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

GreenSoft Partners with RoHS Management in Europe

GreenSoft Partners with RoHS Management Oy to provide compliance solutions to Nordic countries and other countries in Europe

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GreenSoft is excited to announce our partnership with RoHS Management Oy to provide compliance solutions and services to Nordic countries as well as other countries in Europe.

Since October 2017, RoHS Management has been providing data collection, validation and reporting to its customers through GreenSoft, as well as providing its customers with GreenSoft’s GreenData Manager (GDM) software.

RoHS Management is based in Finland and is operated by Juhana Jaatinen, CEO. Before founding RoHS Management, Jaatinen worked as the Health, Safety and Environment Manager of a large industrial plant in Finland. There he routinely had customers ask for help with their material compliance and provide documents to prove compliance, which prompted Jaatinen to start his own company.

RoHS Management focuses on practical content to help customers understand which regulations are critical to their product offerings, and providing guidance in material compliance management with GreenSoft’s data services and software solutions, as well as assisting customers in using this new capability in their daily operations.

Regarding the partnership of RoHS Management and GreenSoft, Jaatinen says: “Material compliance is the foundation – data is everything when investigating prohibited substances in a product. That’s why my partner in material data is GreenSoft Technology, which specializes also in custom parts (including plastics, metals, and inductives) in addition to commodity parts (transistors, resistors, etc). With GreenSoft data collection services and software, all parts of the product can be covered.”

GreenSoft’s President, Larry Yen, says: “The GreenSoft team is excited about the new partnership with RoHS Management. This partnership will enable GreenSoft to service the Finland, Sweden and Norway markets locally and, together with RoHS Management, to provide the superior data quality and compliance software that we are known for.”

For more information on RoHS Management, visit http://www.rohsmanagement.com/. Download the press release of this announcement here.

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January 5, 2018 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

RoHS-2 Changes on Secondary Market Operations Now Official Under EU Law

Reselling of Certain EEE and Spare Parts for RoHS-2 Now Permitted in EU

European-ParliamentIn October 2017 we reported that the European Parliament voted to adopt proposed amendments to EU RoHS-2 with regards to secondary market operations. Those amendments have now been made official under EU law.

Previously, both the first placement of an electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) product on the market and secondary market operations were prohibited after July 22, 2019.

Now the amendments will permit the resale of EEE and spare parts that were put on the market before the respective substances were prohibited. This will permit the repair and resell of refurbished EEE products.

The amendments were published in the Official Journal of the European Union on November 21, 2017, and took effect 20 days after the date of publishing, on December 11, 2017.

GreenSoft’s RoHS-2 Data Services

GreenSoft provides Data Services to help your company comply with the EU RoHS Directive. We will collect compliance data on parts and assemblies from your supply chain for you, and generate compliance and completion reports.

We provide 100% coverage on data collection for compliance regulations so that you can show due diligence while still focusing on your core competencies. Learn more and receive a free Risk Analysis when you contact us.

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EU REACH

December 7, 2017 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

ECHA to Perform REACH Enforcement Project in 2018

REACH Enforcement Project Will Check Compliance With the Obligations of Substances in Articles

EU-REACHIn November, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced an enforcement project to verify that companies are complying with the notification and communication obligations relating to substances in articles under the EU REACH regulation.

The operational phase of the project started in October 2017 and will run until the end of June 2018. A report of the results is expected by the end of November 2018.

The project aims to:

  • check compliance of producers, importers and suppliers of articles with their obligations (Articles 7 and 33 of the REACH Regulation);
  • contribute to raising awareness and understanding of the legal obligations and in turn raise the level of compliance among duty holders;
  • build a better picture of the actual level of compliance by suppliers of articles;
  • identify the reasons for non-compliance and whether further actions are required (e.g. support to duty holders) by ECHA, the Commission and/or competent authorities of the Member States; and
  • gather experience and establish enforcement methods for potentially checking these obligations on a larger scale in the future.

ECHA states that the target groups for inspection are article distributors and producers or importers of articles. Examples of consumer articles that may be inspected are electrical products, building materials and interior articles.

Specific substances that would be targeted in the enforcement project include:

  • brominated flame retardants;
  • phosphorous flame retardants;
  • short-chain chloroparaffins;
  • phthalates;
  • aprotic polar solvents;
  • perfluorinated substances; and
  • phenolic benzotriazoles.

The project is being launched by ECHA's Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement as a result of national enforcement actions, reports from authorities or NGOs, and a low number of notifications being made to ECHA. They all indicate that the obligations of industry have not been adequately met.

GreenSoft Can Help Ensure Your Company is in Compliance with REACH

Here at GreenSoft, we help companies manage REACH compliance with a process that includes data collection, data validation, and report generation. We can also help with sourcing compliant replacement parts or suppliers for non-compliant parts or non-responsive suppliers. Learn more about our REACH compliance services here or get started with a FREE Risk Analysis/BOM Scrub!

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Conflict Minerals

December 6, 2017 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

New Version CMRT 5.10 for Conflict Minerals Reporting Released

Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) Version 5.10 Released

RMIOn December 1, the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) released an updated Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) version: CMRT 5.10.

Major changes to CMRT 5.10 include:

  • Corrections to all bugs and errors
    • Update to ISO country, state and province lists
  • Enhancements which do not conflict with IPC-1755
  • Updates to the Smelter Reference List and Standard Smelter List
  • Change to .xlsx format

CMRT 5.10 comes as an update to the previous version, CMRT 5.01, which was released in June as an immediate update to CMRT 5.0 which was released in May. The next CMRT version is anticipated to be released in April 2018.

CMRT 5.10 is available to download here.

The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) Has Re-branded as the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)

CMRT forms are updated and released twice per year by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) organization, formerly known as the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI). In October, CFSI re-branded as RMI.

RMI will continue to release CMRT forms twice per year under the new organization name, and will continue to hold the annual Conflict Minerals event in Santa Clara, CA every fall. Previously known as the CFSI Annual Conference, the event is now called the RMI Annual Conference. GreenSoft attends this event every year.

Get Help With Your CMRT Collection and Conflict Minerals Compliance

For customers using GreenSoft’s Conflict Minerals data services to perform Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI), our data services team will prepare to start using CMRT 5.10 for data collection going forward.

For customers using our GreenData Manager software Conflict Minerals Module, our software development team will begin the process of developing software updates for the use of CMRT 5.10.

If you are not yet a GreenSoft customer, contact us today to learn about our Conflict Minerals data services and software and we’ll provide you with a free Risk Analysis!

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