Assent provides a leading supply chain sustainability management solution that supports manufacturers across the globe in addressing their product compliance and ESG needs. Founded in 2010, the company helps manufacturers collect and manage the supply chain data needed to meet environmentally and socially responsible product standards. With advanced technology and deep regulatory expertise, Assent enables companies to collect data that is aligned with regulations and industry standards to manage risks, accelerate market access, and foster sustainable practices. For more information, visit: www.assent.com.

Big changes are on the horizon for 2025, and they’re set to reshape how companies like yours make and sell products worldwide. If you’re wondering how to get ready, we’ve got just the thing for you.

Every year, our experts look back on the year gone by and give a sneak peek into what’s coming next. This time, we’re diving deep into the top trends in compliance that will shape 2025. We’ll break down the latest rules, sustainability goals, and ways to boost transparency in your supply chain. Our goal? To leave you with practical tips to keep up with new regulations and build trust with your customers and suppliers.

You’ll also learn about:

- How changing restrictions on materials could impact your market access and product designs
- The increasingly complex world of trade restrictions, mineral sourcing, and sanctions
- The growing focus on the entire product life cycle and the shift toward a “cradle-to-grave” approach
- Strategies to eliminate PFAS from your products

Plus, you’ll get the lowdown on any EU regulation impacts and trade considerations.

Speakers:
- Jamie Wallisch, Sustainability Expert
- Emma Owens, Regulatory Expert
- Craig Howard, Senior Regulatory Expert

Countdown to 2025: Regulatory Game-Changers You Can’t Afford to Ignore

Sustainability isn’t just a trend — it’s a necessity for businesses today. But building a supply chain sustainability program can feel like a daunting task. Where do you begin? What data should you collect? How do you stay ahead of ever-changing regulations?

We’re here to help simplify the process. Join our experts as they draw from their manufacturing backgrounds to guide you in setting up a robust supply chain sustainability program. Learn how to reduce risks, cut costs, and gain a competitive edge.

You’ll learn:
- The importance of a well-run supply chain sustainability program
- The essential elements of an effective program and how to get started
- How Assent can help you streamline your sustainability efforts

Meet Your Experts
- Sue Fortunato-Esbach, Manager, Regulatory & Sustainability, Assent
- Dr. Roxy Swails, Regulatory & Sustainability Expert, Life Cycle Assessment, Assent

Kickstart Your Supply Chain Sustainability Program

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is turning heads by introducing strict and complicated emissions reporting requirements. Are you in the dark about your responsibilities and the upcoming deadlines? You’re not alone. In fact, Assent’s experts are getting so many CBAM questions that we’re hosting a live Ask Assent Anything session about it where we’ll address your top concerns!

You’re in the driver’s seat for this event. Our experts will focus on the topics that matter most to you:

- Vote on which questions you want answered live
- Submit your own questions in our 30-minute Q&A

Get the answers you need to understand your CBAM requirements and stay on top of this complex regulation.

Speakers:
- Sue Fortunato-Esbach — Manager, Sustainability at Assent
- Devin O’Herron — Regulatory & Sustainability Expert, ESG & Responsible Sourcing at Assent

CBAM Countdown: Experts Answer Your Urgent Questions Before the Deadline

The dust has settled from the U.S. election, and you’re probably wondering: “What does this mean for my business?” With new leadership comes new policies, and staying on top of regulatory changes can feel like hitting a moving target. But don’t worry — we’re here to help you navigate the uncertainty.

Watch our webinar, where our regulatory team breaks down what the election results could mean for corporate compliance. We’ll chat about the big topics that are top of mind for you, like environmental regulations, data privacy laws, labor policies, and other industry-specific rules that might shift with new leadership.

You’ll also learn:
- Why federal changes may not be as drastic as you think
- Why it’s still more crucial than ever to identify PFAS in your materials
- Tips and tricks to navigate compliance when the geopolitical landscape is anything but stable

Plus, you’ll get the lowdown on any EU regulation impacts and trade considerations.

The Election’s Over. Now What? Staying Ahead of Regulatory Changes

Keeping up with ever-changing compliance obligations and sustainability demands can feel like an uphill battle. Complex supply chains, elusive data, and suppliers overwhelmed by constant requests only add to the stress. But what if there was an easier way?

Enter the Assent Sustainability Network: your solution to simplifying compliance and sustainability. The network centralizes and allows you to share your data, so you can spend less time chasing information and more time making an impact.

Join our webinar to discover:

- How the Assent Sustainability Network brings data together and strengthens connections with customers and suppliers
- How the Assent Sustainability Platform, coming soon for suppliers, makes it easier for them to share vital information — and how that benefits you now and in the future
- What sets Assent apart, including our manufacturing focus, unwavering dedication to supplier support, and the power of our connected network

Speakers:
- Maria Poole, Sales Engineer, Assent
- Annie Calfo, Director of Product Marketing, Assent

Don’t miss this chance to see how the Assent Sustainability Network can transform your supply chain sustainability management program.

The Assent Sustainability Network: A Better Way to Manage Supply Chain Data

Your current Proposition 65 strategy could become obsolete if long-awaited regulatory changes come into effect. But don’t stress, this webinar featuring an Assent product compliance expert will explain how to keep your program ready for any changes on the horizon.

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed updates to labeling requirements, including requiring more specific chemical information even on short-form labels. That means if you’ve been relying on generic warning phrases, you’ll need to start collecting and disclosing real-world product data. We’ll break down the proposed changes and explain how to efficiently collect the supply chain data you’ll need to maintain compliance.

You’ll also get expert insights about:
- Current Proposition 65 requirements and how they compare to the proposed changes
- How state-level regulations are setting the tone for future federal requirements
- Improving supplier engagement with your compliance program using Assent
- The business benefits of proactive Proposition 65 compliance

Meet the Expert:
- Craig Howard, Senior Regulatory Expert, Assent

Future-Proof Your Proposition 65 Program: Understanding Proposed Changes

In this second session, we explore how the realities of upstream sourcing impact downstream operations. This webinar will highlight potential setbacks, evolving goals, and the critical need for transparency throughout the supply chain. 

We’ll discuss why boycotting suppliers isn’t the solution and how supporting legitimate supply chain efforts is the way forward. The session covers why you can’t rely solely on smelter names or basic RMAP audits — companies must gather comprehensive Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) data to enhance visibility and data quality.

Featured Experts: 

Jared Connors: Director, Regulatory & Sustainability at Assent
Noah Taetle: Sustainability Specialist at Assent
Shae Buggs Trautwein: Sr. Manager, Sourcing Risk, Compliance & Security at Palo Alto Networks

Responsible Sourcing in the DRC & Beyond: Connecting the Upstream & Downstream Challenges

Prepare for CSRD Compliance in 2025
When the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve 2024, all large EU companies will fall in scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
Will you be in scope in 2025, or are you a supplier to a customer who will be? Now is the time to start collecting supply chain data if you’re required to submit a CSRD report next year.

What You’ll Learn: 
Get the key insights you need for proactive 2025 CSRD compliance.
- Essential Data for CSRD: Learn what supply chain info you’ll need to collect.
- Understanding Double Materiality: Find out what a double materiality assessment is and what it’s used for.
- CSRD Implementation Strategies: Understand proactive strategies to get your CSRD program up and running.

Meet Your Experts
Our experts will break it all down for you in simple terms so you can go into the new reporting year with confidence. They’ll recap CSRD requirements and explain what to know for 2025.
- Jamie Wallisch, Sustainability Expert, Assent
- Ann Schober, Sustainability Expert, Assent
- Nik Pugh, Sales Engineer, Assent

CSRD: Your 2025 Primer

Are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) keeping you up at night? Dealing with these “forever chemicals” is a big responsibility, not just for compliance but for the well-being of people and the planet. It can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be.

We’ve got your back.

Join us for an insightful webinar where we’ll dive into why managing PFAS is crucial for your ESG program. Hear firsthand from Corsair’s ESG Manager, Jonathan Harris, about how they turned PFAS challenges into a proactive compliance success story.

You’ll also learn:
- The impact of PFAS on society, your employees, the boardroom, customers, and investors
- How having strong relationships with suppliers and customers simplifies compliance with PFAS requirements
- Strategies to tackle common obstacles and ensure smooth, accurate reporting.

Meet Your Speakers:
- Bruce Jarnot, Senior Regulatory Expert at Assent
- Sam Lokman, Senior Customer Success Manager at Assent
- Jonathan Harris, ESG Manager at Corsair

Don’t miss this chance to make PFAS management less of a headache and more of an opportunity. Let’s work together to protect the environment and your business.

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Tackling PFAS Together: How Corsair Built a Proactive Compliance Program

Dive into the complexities of addressing challenges and meeting expectations within 3TG supply chains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This session, led by experts in the field, provides a tactical look at the realities of responsible sourcing on the ground. Mickaël Daudin from the International Tin Supply Chain Initiative (ITSCI) will take you through the ITSCI’s approach to traceability and due diligence.                                                                           

The session covers risk mitigation strategies when sourcing from high-risk and conflict-affected areas (CAHRAs), with concrete insights from the ITSCI Program. This is your chance to understand the critical need for rigorous data collection as well as the steps downstream companies can take to support upstream due diligence.

Featured Experts: 
Jared Connors: Director, Regulatory & Sustainability at Assent
Noah Taetle: Sustainability Specialist at Assent 
Mickaël Daudin: ITSCI Programme Manager

From the Ground Up — Facing the Challenges of Upstream Validation in the DRC

Supplier fatigue is one of the top reasons product compliance and sustainability programs fail, but the warning signs often go unnoticed until it’s too late. Are your suppliers engaged, or are they on the brink of burnout?

This webinar examines the different ways supplier fatigue negatively affects your program outcomes, including data quality and availability, and how you can prevent it. You’ll get expert insights from Assent’s Supplier Success team on why improving supplier processes and technology benefits not just them, but also your organization. Plus, you’ll get to hear the supplier perspective from a special guest speaker.

You’ll also learn how to:

- Identify the root causes and signs of supplier fatigue
- Ensure timely access to reliable data by improving your supplier relationships
- Better support your suppliers through education and streamlined processes

Speakers:
- Anna Siadat, Manager, Supplier Education, Assent 
- Annie Calfo, Director, Product Marketing, Assent 
- Special supplier guest speaker

Your suppliers are critical partners in meeting your regulatory requirements, so make sure you’re setting them up for success. Invite your suppliers to join you at this webinar by sending them this webpage.

Watch the webinar now!

Supplier Fatigue: What It Is & How to Fix It

Back by popular demand, Assent is hosting a live Ask Assent Anything Q&A session on all things PFAS. Have questions about Canada’s fast-approaching reporting deadline? How about your risk now that 3M is stopping PFAS production less than four months from now?

Join us for a live session where our subject matter experts will help you cut through the complexity, so you can meet important deadlines and keep your business on track.

This isn’t just another webinar — it’s your chance to get real answers to the PFAS questions that are keeping you up at night. Our experts are ready to dive in and make sense of it all

You’ll learn:
- What makes Canada’s PFAS reporting rule different—and what that means for you
- Urgent PFAS obsolescence risks you need to get ahead of now
- The smart way to figure out if your products are in scope or at risk

Speakers:
Cally Edgren, Vice President, Regulatory & Sustainability
Bruce Jarnot, Senior Regulatory Expert 
Ryan Zelhofer, Manager, Regulatory & Sustainability

Your PFAS Questions Answered: Live Expert Session

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is transforming the global market, and manufacturers and importers need to adapt quickly. As of August 1, 2024, relying on default emissions values is no longer an option — now you must ensure that at least 80% of your CBAM reports are backed by primary data. Join us for a live session where our experts help you cut through the noise and tackle this challenge head-on.

We’ll walk you through the CBAM requirements and dive into the reporting tools that can make your life easier. We’ll show you exactly how our survey works, live on screen, focusing on the features that really make a difference in your program.

You’ll also learn:
- About CBAM’s impact on your business
- How to collect crucial primary emissions data from complex supply chains
- How the Assent CBAM solution can take your sustainability efforts to the next level

Speakers:
- Sue Fortunato-Esbach, Manager, Regulatory & Sustainability 
- Devin O’Herron, Senior Sustainability Expert 
- Jackie Romanetti, Senior Product Manager

Beat the CBAM Crunch: Meet Your Requirements Head-On

The new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is set to make a big impact on EU products by boosting their circularity, energy performance, and overall environmental sustainability. This webinar is your chance to get a clear understanding of what ESPR is all about, the risks and challenges it brings, and how it will affect your business.

Join our expert speakers as they break down the key elements of ESPR and show you what your company needs to do to be ready.

You’ll learn:

- Everything you need to know about the new regulation
- Its impact on manufacturers, depending on their segment and product category
- How the ESPR affects data requirements throughout the product life cycle

Speakers:

- Emma Owens, Regulatory & Sustainability Expert, Product Sustainability
- Marcus Schneider, Regulatory & Sustainability Expert, Product Sustainability

ESPR Essentials: Understanding the New Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation

Explore advanced strategies for mitigating long-term risks related to PFAS in your supply chain. Learn how PFAS is connected to increased insurance risks, unplanned product redesigns, and the rising trend in litigation against manufacturers. You’ll get expert insights into minimizing your business risks and moving beyond basic compliance to proactive PFAS management. 

Choose this course if: You’ve taken steps to track and report PFAS in your supply chain and are ready to get more out of your program.

Featured Assent Expert:  Ryan Zelhofer, Manager, Sustainability

[PFAS 301] Advanced Strategies for Long-Term PFAS Risk Management

Get practical steps to start meeting your PFAS management and regulatory requirements. You’ll deep dive into specific reporting and recordkeeping requirements, including TSCA Section 8(a)(7), Canada’s new PFAS reporting rule, and U.S. state-level laws. Plus, we’ll explore strategies for PFAS due diligence and establishing a compliance program.

Choose this course if: You know you’re in scope of at least one PFAS regulation and need to implement processes to support your compliance.

Featured Assent Expert: Dr. Bruce Jarnot, Regulatory & Sustainability Expert

[PFAS 201] Practical Compliance & PFAS Management

This is your comprehensive introduction to PFAS. We’ll explore their chemical properties, common uses, and potential health impacts. The webinar will also cover basic regulatory frameworks in North America and Europe, to help you understand and set the right PFAS management goals.

Choose this course if: Your company doesn’t have a PFAS program in place and you’re not sure if you need one.

Featured Expert: Emma Owens, Regulatory & Sustainability Expert, Assent

[PFAS 101] PFAS Fundamentals: Industry Implications & Regulations

The 2023 reporting season to the U.S. SEC is over, but the work doesn’t stop there. You still need to meet customer expectations and prepare for next year’s reporting. Responsible minerals due diligence is about more than just the 3TGs, and Assent is here to help you manage it all.

Keeping up with regulatory pressures, customer expectations, and all the moving parts involved in responsible minerals due diligence is a huge task. Assent keeps you on top of it all with easy data collection, supplier outreach, expert support, and smelter validation services.

Join our webinar to get insight into:
- The U.S. filing deadline on May 31, 2025, for the 2024 calendar year and other important regulatory requirements
- Common challenges like risk evaluation and overcoming supply chain problems
- How Assent’s platform automates data collection and enhances supplier communication
- Real testimonials and case studies showing how Assent helps companies achieve compliance and boost their ESG performance

Speakers:
- Jared Connors, Director of Sustainability, Assent
- Ann Schober, Regulatory & Sustainability Expert, ESG & Responsible Sourcing.

Don’t miss this chance to streamline your responsible minerals due diligence and see how our solution helps you ensure compliance. We can’t wait to see you there!

Responsible Minerals Reporting: Simplify Your 2024 Due Diligence

Are you concerned about the increasing legal risks tied to having PFAS in your parts and supply chain? With a surge in class-action lawsuits and litigation by governments claiming clean-up costs, businesses can’t afford to ignore PFAS in their parts or supply chains.

Join us for a discussion with John Gardella, attorney and nationally recognized PFAS thought leader, as well as Donna Driver, Chief Risk & Compliance Manager at Bray International Inc., that explores the current legal scrutiny of manufacturers using PFAS. They’ll be joined by Cally Edgren, Assent’s Senior Director of Sustainability, to talk about how to establish a product compliance program that addresses these legal risks.

You’ll gain insights into:

Recent litigation and fines that have set the trend for rising costs of PFAS
Why companies that take proactive steps are more resilient to liability risks
How to identify and mitigate your PFAS risks

Speakers: 
Donna Driver, Chief Risk & Compliance Manager, Bray International Inc.
Cally Edgren, Senior Director, Sustainability at Assent
John Gardella, Attorney & National Thought Leader on PFAS, CMBG3 Law

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