Chemicals Management for Electronics in Europe 2022

Moderator

Danielle Suttle

Content Marketing Manager, Chemical Watch

• What the digital product passport (DPP) will introduce and the expected pilots/implementation/roll out; and
• ECOS position on the DPP, how it will support sustainable products, and what points will need to be strengthened for it to deliver on its ambitions

Margaux Le Gallou

Programme manager, ECOS – Environmental Coalition on Standards

• Keeping on top of the fast-pace regulatory environment; 
• Embedding circular economy thinking;
• Expanding value chain transparency and integration; and
• Connecting internally.

Susanne Baker

Partner - Technology, ERM

Moderator

Kelly Scanlon

Director, Environmental Policy and Research, IPC, USA

• Introduction to Right to Repair campaign;
• Overview of EU legislation on electronics;
• Ecodesign for smartphones;
• Repair and RoHS – how should the revision treat repair?;
• Should product policy be used to address chemicals; 
• Example of  displays in ecodesign; and
• Opportunities for using product passports and incentivising transparency.

Jean-Pierre Schweitzer

Senior Policy Officer, EEB- Environmental European Bureau

• The need for a safe and just circular economy in electronics;
• How to design safe and circular electronics from the outset;
• How to prepare and optimise electronics supply chains for circularity; and
• Safe and circular electronics in practice.

Christina Raab

President & CEO, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, Netherlands

Moderator

Kelly Scanlon

Director, Environmental Policy and Research, IPC, USA

• A new era of expectation in Supply Chain Responsibility (SCR) is driving companies like Intel to deliver; and
• SCR Stakeholder interest in both regulatory and voluntary issues continues to rise, while the issues continue to become more difficult to manage.

Bob Leet

Sr. Technologist, Sr. Supply Chain EHS Engineer, Intel Corporation

• Lead times;
• Warehousing/third part warehouse;
• Brokered materials; and
• Recalls/mock trials.

Robert (Bob) Trimble

Program Manager - Global Restricted Substances (GRS), Intertek, United States

• Background on risk evaluations and risk management under TSCA
• Recent Updates; and
• PFAS Activities under TSCA.

Cindy Wheeler

Attorney-adviser, Existing Chemicals Risk Management Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, EPA

• Refresher on California’s Proposition 65, including details on recent amendments, new chemical listings, and current trends that may affect the electronics industry, along with examples of helpful compliance tools;
• Background on New York’s recently-enacted law banning flame retardants in electronic displays, reporting obligations under the law, and potential implications in the electronics industry; and
• Other state laws emerging which are similar to Prop 65 and the NY Fire Retardants Ban and may impact the electronics industry.

Danelle M. Gagliardi

Senior Associate, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

• how standards and regulations can promote sustainable electronics;
• a brief history of international IEC and European CENELAC electronics standards; and
• the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, European Union, and recent New York state bans of organohalogen flame retardants in electronic enclosures   

Arlene Blum

Executive Director, Green Science Policy Institute and Research Associate in Chemistry, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley

• The prohibition of certain toxic substances regulations, 2022;
• Proposed restrictions of decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), dechlorane plus (DP), hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and their precursors (LC-PFCA), perfluorooctane sulfonate, its salts and its precursors (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid, its salts and its precursors (PFOA), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); and
• What would make these regulations unique compared to Proposition 65, REACH, and RoHS?

Aury Hathout

President and Lab Quality Manager, Enviropass Expertise Inc, Canada