Today we are excited to launch the second of our 6 main service modules – NovaLoop GLORIA. NovaLoop GLORIA (“ Global Regulatory Impact Alerting”) is our solution to keep you up to date with constantly changing regulatory requirements and to reliably ensure that your environmental data management base for RoHS, REACH, ELV (IMDS & POPs), […]
Today we are excited to launch the first of our 6 main service modules – COSIMA. NovaLoop COSIMA is our solution for your material data management (“Compliant Substance Inventory Management”). This module comprises of several components which are built as an intuitive and interrelating structure: Substance Inventory Mapping Company Audit Gap Analysis Workshop Implementation & […]
Israel has notified a new “REACH” draft law to the WTO on January 6, 2021. The “Industrial Chemicals Registering Law, no 5781-2020″ establishes a new mechanism aiming to reduce harmful effects to humans and the environment from chemicals used as raw materials in the local industry. Comments may be submitted within 60 days of notification. […]
Long anticipated, the obligation to provide information on the substances of the REACh Candidate List in the SCIP database at ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) has, in most Member States, come into force today. This means that producers, importers, downstream users or distributors placing articles on the market which contain SVHCs (“Substances of Very High Concern”) […]
As part of its efforts under the EU Green Deal including the strategic action plan on batteries and the new circular economy action plan, the EU Commission published a proposal to modernize the legislative framework for batteries. Among others, the initiative aims are addressing several interlinked problems: The lack of framework conditions providing incentives to […]
“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry In this spirit, our team would like to thank all our clients and partners for their cooperation and support in a year that presented us all with special challenges, but also offered great opportunities for us […]
In 2018, 18.9 million tons of packaging waste was generated in Germany, of which approx. 47% originated from private households (source: Federal Environment Agency). Hence, not only for products but also for packaging, the topics of sustainability and environmental impact are more and more coming into focus for consumers. Especially for product packaging, labels such […]
Wir leben in einer Zeit der großen Herausforderungen – und auch nach der Corona-Pandemie werden Unternehmen sich auf weitere globale Herausforderungen einstellen müssen! Getrieben durch die Dringlichkeit der Entwicklungen findet das Thema Nachhaltigkeit eine immer stärkere Einbindung in den Unternehmensalltag der Zukunft – bei gleichzeitiger Zunahme entsprechender Regulierungen. Da das neue Jahr schon unmittelbar vor […]
At the end of November, the European Commission closed the public consultation on a fitness check for the EU Timber Regulation (EU) No. 995/2010. In addition to the review of the EU Timber Regulation, the fitness check also serves to reflect on the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005) in […]
The next long-term budget 2021-2027 outlines a plastics “tax”, applicable from January 1, 2021, which is wildly debated in the media and industry. Within the framework of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) adopted on 10 November 2020, a plastics tax was agreed upon: from 1 January 2021, contributions from EU Member States will also […]