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Ready to gain a better understanding of the reporting requirements and regulations impacting your daily business? Join us at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan — or virtually via Zoom — on October 11–12, for our 2022 IMDS & Product Chemical Compliance Conference.

If you are registered for AIAG’s IMDS & Product Chemical Compliance Conference in October, you are eligible for 25% off on an additional training day to bring you up to speed before the conference. This special discount is available for our Monday, October 10, 2022, session of the IMDS Basic Concepts and Application training. Once you’ve registered for this year’s Conference, please contact AIAG Customer Service at 248-358-3003 for more information.

How can improved reporting ensure that organizations contribute to addressing one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time — protecting nature and reversing biodiversity loss?

Plans are heating up for the 2022 IMDS & Product Compliance Conference — and we’re excited to announce you can attend virtually or in person. Scheduled for October 11–12, 2022, attendees will convene at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan.

The Guiding Principles are based on fundamental principles of social, environmental, and governance responsibility consistent with applicable laws and international standards. They outline the expectations of automotive companies towards suppliers on issues related to sustainability. With additional sections on circularity, carbon neutrality, animal welfare, biodiversity, land use, and deforestation, the newly revised Guiding Principles aim to address the latest trends and industry expectations for supply chain sustainability.

How ESG Research Firms Evaluate Supply Chain Sustainability

Publicly traded companies are increasingly inundated with requests to publish environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data. The most influential requests are coming from organizations that directly participate in financial markets. An influential piece of this ESG Ecosystem is the organizations that develop and promote ESG disclosure guidance, frameworks, and/or standards. These organizations are sometimes referenced by the financial markets, governments, stock exchanges, or companies. Institutional customer demand for ESG information is rippling through entire supply chains, thereby impacting suppliers that are both publicly traded or privately held. In this webinar, learn the information various ESG firms are expecting companies to provide to demonstrate sustainable supply chain practices.

In this article, Andrea Pradilla, the director of GRI’s regional office for Hispanic America explores the theme in the movie of ignoring difficult news — and why facing up to both positive and negative impacts is necessary for a balanced sustainability report. As she highlights in this article on Medium, it also improves stakeholder relationships.

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and Drive Sustainability has released the updated version of the “Automotive Industry Guiding Principles to Enhance Sustainability Performance in the Supply Chain,” the reference document for suppliers that aims to address the latest trends and industry expectations on supply chain sustainability.

As AIAG celebrates 40 years this month, the association says that successful collaborations and making sure standards and best practices are accessible to the entire automotive supply chain will help the industry navigate one of the most challenging periods in its history. With the evolution of electric vehicles and unprecedented supply chain and workforce challenges, the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) is poised with 40 years of leadership experience to help the industry change, adapt, and grow.

Join us for the 2022 Hybrid IMDS & Product Compliance Conference scheduled for October 11–12, 2022, at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan. This always-popular event will cover global legislative issues and IMDS topics.