Hazardous Substance Control
Hazardous Substance Control
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Management of Hazardous Substances
Hazardous substance management is an integral part of our environmental responsibility. We continuously monitor and comply with relevant regulations worldwide, including the European Union's RoHS Directive, POPs Regulation, REACH Regulation, Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), and the latest Batteries Regulation. Through a comprehensive management framework, we are committed to minimizing hazardous substance risks throughout product manufacturing processes and supply chain operations, thereby protecting the environment and safeguarding consumer health and safety.
To address evolving regulatory requirements, Inventec not only completed the restriction, phase-out, and substitution of all regulated hazardous substances across its supply chain prior to the effective dates of the aforementioned regulations, but also proactively strengthened its management of specific hazardous substances such as LC-PFCAs. In addition to strictly controlling substances already regulated under effective legislation, Inventec incorporated substances proposed in the draft amendment to the EU Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation into its management scope in advance (Note) and completed supply chain compliance verification accordingly.
Through these hazardous substance management practices, Inventec effectively mitigates regulatory and environmental risks. Taking the EU POPs Regulation as an example, no substances regulated under the regulation were used in 2025.
Note: Substances listed in EU POPs Annex I Part A.
To keep abreast of the latest international environmental regulations, Inventec communicates internally through various channels to ensure timely confirmation and response to customers' hazardous substance standards.
- Green product conference: Convene a monthly meeting to disseminate new information on hazardous substance control.
- Green e-newsletter: Assess the impact of HS-related international regulations and customer requirements, and publish every quarter.
- Conducting in-house training courses: Hold annual training sessions on updates to international environmental regulations and relevant response measures, as well as explanations for revisions to Inventec Hazardous Substance Free (HSF) Management Standard.
Hazardous Substances Free Management Actions
- Suppliers are required to sign the Environment Protection Declaration
- Hold supplier briefing sessions to announce the new version of Inventec Hazardous Substance Free (HSF) Management Standard, which is reviewed and revised annually
- From design to development, suppliers are required to provide a chemical laboratory test report certified by ISO17025 or other similar standards
- Download hazardous substance test report data via cloud services, optimizing supplier test report submission, and streamlining the review process
Cloud interconnected platform-Inventec iSupplier platform
- Collect and consolidate environmental regulations related to green products and customer green product standard requirements
- Conduct impact assessment
- Revise "Inventec Hazardous Substance Free (HSF) Management Standard" as a basis for component selection in design
- Optimize the supplier management platform (iSupplier)
Connection and Review Approach
- Sample testing of hazardous substance content in components
- Components of concern are subject to re-evaluation by the factory's chemical laboratory or a third-party laboratory to ensure that incoming materials comply with the requirements of "Inventec Hazardous Substance Free (HSF) Management Standard"
