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CSR · Climate & carbon
Milk drives more than four fifths of a cheese's emissions, and how much milk a cheese needs depends on its family. What that means for makers, mongers and buyers.
CSR · Climate & carbon
Most first carbon footprints end at the report. What separates companies that reduce emissions from companies that measure them again, and what to decide before the results meeting closes.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
REACH obliges you to know, and to declare, what is inside the components you buy. What auditors ask for first, and how to have it ready before the 45-day clock starts.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
The REACH Candidate List stands at 253 substances since February 2026. Screen each update against your parts, not your calendar.
CSR · Climate & carbon
Purchased components are the largest line in an electronics footprint, and the data belongs to suppliers who mostly don't have it. How to run the request as a campaign.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
A PFAS supplier inquiry scoped by component family, with the OECD definition and thresholds attached, gets answers a generic questionnaire never will.
CSR · Climate & carbon
The physical method is more accurate, the monetary method is available. Solid footprints use both, deliberately. How to decide, emission source by emission source.
CSR · Climate & carbon
Collection is the longest phase of a carbon footprint. Which department holds which data, the document to ask for, and the one topic that deserves a questionnaire.
CSR · Climate & carbon
A first carbon footprint fails on sequencing, not on math. How to fix the scope in writing, appoint contributors, and give collection the months it needs.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
Any article with a Candidate List substance above 0.1% must be notified to SCIP before it goes on the EU market. The threshold is assessed part by part.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
As of April 3, 2026, RAC backs a broad PFAS ban and SEAC is consulting on derogations until May 25. Enough is settled to start your inventory now.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
The EU packaging regulation applies from August 12, 2026. What it borrows from France's AGEC law, what it overrides, and what stays national.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
REACH Article 33 requires the name of a substance above 0.1%, not a full material breakdown. How to answer in 45 days without a dedicated program.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 applies from August 12, 2026, and stacks most of its requirements on January 1, 2030. The timeline, and who carries each duty.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
As of January 30, 2026, the EUDR applies from December 30, 2026 for large and midsize companies, and from June 30, 2027 for micro and small ones.
