Audience: Open industry. All apparel and footwear industry professionals, regardless of AAFA membership, are encouraged to participate. Only individuals who register will receive a copy of the PDF presentation and link to the recorded program.
Description:
In recent years, the apparel and footwear industry has recognized the many harmful chemicals we use in production or that can be found in our products. This awareness is driven by many inputs such as the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), State Regulations, NGOs, various RSL schemes, and of course by your companies' policies. The result, for most of you, is a list of chemicals deemed harmful, plus a test plan and reporting requirements. In this webinar, we will discuss an approach to mitigate your testing for chemicals while increasing the effectiveness of your program and reducing costs. In addition, we will look in front of your production and discuss testing of waste water and sludge discharge. The objective is to provide a basis for a solid approach to chemical management with the ultimate goal of rooting out all harmful chemicals from your supply chain and products.
Attendees of this webinar will:
Define chemical management for the apparel and footwear industry.
Understand the drivers and components of a chemical management program.
Appreciate how to formulate and implement a cost effective chemical management program.
Speaker:
Ben DeVito
Global Sales & Technical Director, Softlines & Toys
TÜV SÜD America
Ben has more than twenty years of experience in engineering, sourcing, and production for fortune 500 apparel manufacturers and in recent years has worked with clients to successfully design and implement testing, inspection and audit programs. At TÜV SÜD, Ben is responsible for the softlines and toys business units for North America. In addition, Ben serves as the Vice Chair for the AAFA Product Safety Council. Ben has Bachelor of Sc. Degree from the United States Coast Guard Academy and an MBA from Baldwin–Wallace University.
Moderator:
Nate Herman
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
AAFA
Nate oversees AAFA’s government relations department, managing the association’s lobbying, policy, and regulatory affairs activities. Nate leads AAFA’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, formulating and implementing CSR policy and representing AAFA and the industry on CSR issues before governments, NGOs, and other key stakeholders. Nate also leads the association’s work on sustainability, transportation, logistics, and customs issues. In addition, Nate develops all apparel and footwear industry data and statistics as AAFA's resident economist. Prior to joining AAFA, Nate worked for six years at the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration assisting U.S. firms in entering the global market. Nate spent the last two years as the Department's industry analyst for the footwear and travel goods industries. Nate received a Masters of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh in 1994 and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Economics from the University of Delaware in 1992.
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