Supply Chain (LkSG) and Material Compliance

Our obligations along the supply chain

The NORD DRIVESYSTEMS Group has been implementing the Supply Chain Act since 2023. We want to reassure our customers and all our colleagues that our products are made with raw materials and components from sustainable production and that it goes without saying that our partners along the supply chain are also committed to human rights.

As a globally active family business, we are aware of the influence and impact that our business activities have on society. Therefore, we are intensively engaged with the topic of CSR.

Excerpt from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS’ statement of principles according to LkSG

Material Compliance

Manufacturers but also importers, dealers or suppliers of goods are obligated to ensure that their products comply with all material regulations (material compliance). The chemicals regulation REACH and the EU Directive RoHS are examples for the implementation of material compliance; data regarding these regulations must be disclosed and documented along the supply chain.

The REACH regulation was issued by the European Union to improve protection of human health and the environment against the risks that can be posed by chemicals. (Regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals)

Download manufacturer's declaration on the REACH Regulation

The RoHS Directive is also an EU regulation that controls and restricts the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. The aim is to reduce and limit the input of these substances as pollutants into the environment and at the same time reduce exposure to humans during the manufacturing and recycling processes. (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances)

Download RoHS Declaration of Conformity

The Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) was developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) to help companies provide their customers with accurate information on the country of origin of minerals and the smelters and refineries they use.

Conflict minerals in this context refer to raw materials that contribute to the financing of violence and human rights violations in the producing countries; this is to be curbed through the implementation of the EU regulation.

Download Conflict Minerals Report (CMRT) (ZIP)

The Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) was developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) to help companies provide their customers with accurate information on the country of origin of minerals and the smelters and refineries they use.

Conflict minerals in this context refer to raw materials that contribute to the financing of violence and human rights violations in the producing countries; this is to be curbed through the implementation of the EU regulation.

Download Conflict Minerals Report (CMRT) (ZIP)

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a US law regulating chemical substances that gives the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to test chemicals for health and environmental risks and, if necessary, to ban or restrict them.

Section 6(h) is a specific part of this law that deals specifically with so-called ‘PBT chemicals’ — substances that are persistent (stable in the environment), bioaccumulative (build up in organisms) and toxic (poisonous or harmful).

This may mean that the manufacture, processing, distribution, use or disposal of these hazardous chemicals is wholly or partially prohibited or restricted. The aim is to significantly reduce the exposure of humans and the environment to these particularly problematic substances.

Download TSCA Information

PFAS are a group of industrial chemicals that includes a very large number of substances. They are organic compounds in which the hydrogen atoms are completely ("perfluorinated") or partially ("polyfluorinated") replaced by fluorine atoms. Due to their special properties, they have been widely used for a long time in many industrial sectors and also in the household.

The best-known substance groups of PFAS are:

  • Perfluorinated sulfonic acids (best known representative: perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS))
  • perfluorinated carboxylic acids (best known representative: Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)).

On 07.02.2023, ECHA pre-published the restriction dossier on the broad restriction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

As a responsible company, we take this issue very seriously. We keep ourselves informed about current developments in this area, among others through the VDMA and ZVEI associations. As soon as the REACH Regulation (EC) 1907/2006, a European chemicals regulation, is updated and PFAS are included in the candidate list as substances of very high concern, we will take appropriate action and live up to our responsibility.

Download PFAS Information

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