Cobalt is the key element used in batteries of mobile phones, laptops, and electric vehicles and hence the demand for cobalt has been increasing year after year. To ensure responsible sourcing the Responsible...
Companies currently using SAP® have a vast amount of existing data in their system that can be analyzed for compliance purposes, however, current SAP® functionality falls short of offering the type of...
On July 16, 2019, the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has published 4 new candidate substances. This candidate list that contains the so called SVHC – „substances of very high concern“- now contains 201...
E-mobility is a hotly debated issue right now, both in scientific circles and in the media. Some herald it as enabling mobility with fewer carbon emissions, while others claim battery production makes electric vehicles...
On Thursday, August 8th, eLRT Lite, a simplified version of the electronic Labour Rights Template, was launched. Pia Ostroske (P.O.) interviewed Tolga Yaprak (T.Y.), Senior Consultant for Compliance and Social...
As life cycle experts know, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a useful tool to either confirm or disprove a product’s assumed environmental advantage. Consumers, too, are increasingly looking to LCAs when it comes to...
Cobalt is the key element used in batteries of mobile phones, laptops, and electric vehicles and hence the demand for cobalt has been increasing year after year. To ensure responsible sourcing the Responsible Minerals...
On July 16, 2019, the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has published 4 new candidate substances. This candidate list that contains the so called SVHC – „substances of very high concern“- now contains 201 entries in...
Companies currently using SAP® have a vast amount of existing data in their system that can be analyzed for compliance purposes, however, current SAP® functionality falls short of offering the type of functionality...
Volvo Cars and iPoint systems act jointly in improving availability of and accessibility to life cycle information flows. Better quality of results, specific for each product by use of real primary data sources. Jessica...
What are the challenges for the implementation of Sustainable Product Development in the automotive industry? The Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable Product Management of the University of Graz, AT and the...
iPoint Compliance becomes the pilot tool for the EU Project LIFE AskREACH. In addition, iPoint actively participates in different ECHA Working Groups. The goal is to create the ECHA SVHC database, which will be useful...
To speed up the development of new products companies need to evaluate data on products, materials and substances thoroughly and transforms them into insights. What do engineers have to say? Supervisors? Toxicologists...
With the use of electric vehicles on the rise, there’s a lot of buzz about how environmentally friendly they are. While operational impacts are low compared to vehicles powered by internal combustion engines (ICEs), a...
It is hard to argue that industrialism didn’t improve the world. Without industrial-scale production, affordable food, clothing, medicine, transportation and communication we take for granted wouldn’t be possible...
ROHS Directive starts to restrict the Phthalates listed in ROHS Annex II. But with regard to REACH Annex XIV sunset date (21/02/2015) there is a discrepancy. Nevertheless, iPoint Compliance Agent enables customers to...
Earlier this year, a team of consultants from ifu Hamburg, Member of iPoint Group, held an initial workshop at MinERALiX, a business specialized in the recycling of construction materials. The goal was to help the...
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