News Home page/ News All types {$cat.news$} Blog 6 Mar 2020 NCEC Newsletter – March 2020 NCEC's first newsletter of 2020 including how businesses can prepare for a pandemic, regulatory legislation updates over the coming year and an introduction to the members of our expanding crisis team. Read more 28 Feb 2020 Hazmat 2020 – a sneak preview Hazmat 2020 will take place on 13 and 14 October 2020 at the Crowne Plaza, Stratford-upon-Avon. Registrations remain open till 25 September. Book your place today! Read more 27 Feb 2020 Meet our growing crisis team Over the last year, Ricardo has grown its team of crisis management experts, who hold a total of 80 years industry-leading experience. The expertise within the team is broad and stems principally from international experience working in the public and private sectors. Read more 20 Feb 2020 Nearly 60% of organisations need to improve their telephone emergency response arrangements Polling during our recent webinar ‘Best practice in telephone emergency response’ hosted in partnership with Cefic and BASF revealed that almost 60% of attendees thought they needed to make adjustments to their response provision. Read more 18 Feb 2020 NCEC extends presence in North America The National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC), part of Ricardo, is excited to announce that it will be extending its physical presence in North America to better support our customers in the region. Read more 15 Feb 2020 Hazmat training at NCEC benefits emergency services Recently, Nigel Blumire, NCEC’s lead hazmat trainer, delivered a hazmat training course to fire officers to help them prepare for incidents that they do not deal with on an everyday basis. Read the feedback that he received from the fire officers. Read more 14 Feb 2020 ECHA launches SCIP database for substances of very high concern From 5 January 2021,ECHA will require companies to submit information on any SVHCs that are on the REACH Candidate List and are used in any complex products being placed on the EU market. This information will be entered into the SCIP database. Find out why this poses a new challenge to businesses. Read more 12 Feb 2020 Crisis training and consultancy services go from strength to strength Over the last few months, our crisis management team has been very busy delivering training, exercising and consultancy services to our ever-increasing client base. Read here to find out more. Read more 12 Feb 2020 Environmental risks from SVHCs – a persistent challenge PBT and vPvB substances might be added to the Candidate List of SVHCs in accordance with REACH Article 59 and is likely to lead to severe disruption for businesses with an interest in using them. Read more 12 Feb 2020 Are your safety data sheets compliant with classification and labelling obligations? ECHA's recent project to tackle non-compliance in the classification and labelling of mixtures revealed that 44% of hazardous mixtures are not compliant with classification and labelling obligations. Read more here. Read more 11 Feb 2020 Which numbers are required on safety data sheets? What if the number on your SDS is not available 24/7 or is limited in its use? Who does your stakeholder contact in the case of an emergency? Read more 9 Feb 2020 Revised workplace exposure limits enforced Revised workplace exposure limits (WELs) came into force on 17 January 2020. They were introduced by the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (EU) 2017/2398 amending Directive 2004/37/EC. Find out more. Read more Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Next
6 Mar 2020 NCEC Newsletter – March 2020 NCEC's first newsletter of 2020 including how businesses can prepare for a pandemic, regulatory legislation updates over the coming year and an introduction to the members of our expanding crisis team. Read more
28 Feb 2020 Hazmat 2020 – a sneak preview Hazmat 2020 will take place on 13 and 14 October 2020 at the Crowne Plaza, Stratford-upon-Avon. Registrations remain open till 25 September. Book your place today! Read more
27 Feb 2020 Meet our growing crisis team Over the last year, Ricardo has grown its team of crisis management experts, who hold a total of 80 years industry-leading experience. The expertise within the team is broad and stems principally from international experience working in the public and private sectors. Read more
20 Feb 2020 Nearly 60% of organisations need to improve their telephone emergency response arrangements Polling during our recent webinar ‘Best practice in telephone emergency response’ hosted in partnership with Cefic and BASF revealed that almost 60% of attendees thought they needed to make adjustments to their response provision. Read more
18 Feb 2020 NCEC extends presence in North America The National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC), part of Ricardo, is excited to announce that it will be extending its physical presence in North America to better support our customers in the region. Read more
15 Feb 2020 Hazmat training at NCEC benefits emergency services Recently, Nigel Blumire, NCEC’s lead hazmat trainer, delivered a hazmat training course to fire officers to help them prepare for incidents that they do not deal with on an everyday basis. Read the feedback that he received from the fire officers. Read more
14 Feb 2020 ECHA launches SCIP database for substances of very high concern From 5 January 2021,ECHA will require companies to submit information on any SVHCs that are on the REACH Candidate List and are used in any complex products being placed on the EU market. This information will be entered into the SCIP database. Find out why this poses a new challenge to businesses. Read more
12 Feb 2020 Crisis training and consultancy services go from strength to strength Over the last few months, our crisis management team has been very busy delivering training, exercising and consultancy services to our ever-increasing client base. Read here to find out more. Read more
12 Feb 2020 Environmental risks from SVHCs – a persistent challenge PBT and vPvB substances might be added to the Candidate List of SVHCs in accordance with REACH Article 59 and is likely to lead to severe disruption for businesses with an interest in using them. Read more
12 Feb 2020 Are your safety data sheets compliant with classification and labelling obligations? ECHA's recent project to tackle non-compliance in the classification and labelling of mixtures revealed that 44% of hazardous mixtures are not compliant with classification and labelling obligations. Read more here. Read more
11 Feb 2020 Which numbers are required on safety data sheets? What if the number on your SDS is not available 24/7 or is limited in its use? Who does your stakeholder contact in the case of an emergency? Read more
9 Feb 2020 Revised workplace exposure limits enforced Revised workplace exposure limits (WELs) came into force on 17 January 2020. They were introduced by the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (EU) 2017/2398 amending Directive 2004/37/EC. Find out more. Read more