The world's first independent certification to recognize organizations that have put in place a framework to measure, manage, and reduce carbon emissions across their supply chains was launched by Carbon Trust on September 30th at the British Academy in central London. The Carbon Trust Standard for Supply Chain certification was created to provide a management…
Bath, Wiltshire, UK : In June 2015, the number of substances of very high concern (SVHC) on the REACH Candidate List Substances increased to 163. Article 33 of the REACH Regulation requires companies who supply articles which contain more than 0.1% by weight of any REACH Candidate List Substance to provide their customers with “sufficient…
The Syrian refugee crisis has gripped headlines and shone a spotlight on needs for temporary shelters to house the displaced. Part of these needs are toilets, and many people in the world still lack these sanitary fixtures. It's a problem that causes 3.4 million deaths from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related (WASH) issues per year. Refugee…
PARIS —In effect, CUJO is acting as a gateway between your local devices and your connection to the Internet, thwarting virtual intrusions such as malware, viruses and hacking techniques which would necessarily transit via your WiFi or Ethernet connection. The device is not only looking for known signatures, like an antivirus, but also learning from…
Recently, a spotlight has been placed on the issue of modern slavery, also called human trafficking, which exists in nearly every country in the world. The electronics industry has a particularly key part to play in controlling and ultimately ending bonded labor, debt bondage, forced child labor, and other crimes against humanity throughout the supply…
Utrecht, The Netherlands –GreenPeak Technologies, the leading low power RF semiconductor company, and Dusun Electron Ltd, a rapidly growing electronic company focusing on development of wireless internet technology and pioneering the Internet of Things (IoT) industry in China, today announced their partnership with the launch of their first Smart City assisted parking application that addresses…
West Chicago, IL– Sims Recycling Solutions, a leading provider of global IT asset disposition (ITAD) services, is partnering with Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI) as an R2 Leader. R2 Leaders work with a team to take on a leadership project based on their organization's core competencies and sustainability goals. These projects are designed to advance…
In the world of electronics and high-tech products, the days of “segmented thinking” are over. Now manufacturers are recognizing that to maximize a product's worth, they have to adopt an end-to-end approach that focuses on a product's lifetime value. This means first, treating each individual item as an asset, and second, identifying and leveraging opportunities…
The list of reasons to wean your supply chain from fossil fuel is compelling: regulatory pressures, tax-savings incentives, the desire to improve company environmental stewardship, or all of the above. Most companies will not, of course, source most of their energy needs from renewable sources in the near future given the complexity involved and other…
For the past few decades, OEMs based in the U.S. have had many good reasons to ship the bulk of their manufacturing and supply chain jobs to other countries in the APAC region. The most compelling reason was that it dramatically reduced costs. Other benefits included less stringent regulations and greater convenience. The massive supply…