Chairman: Don Harrison, Johnson Matthey (United Kingdom)
Objectives of the EHS Committee:
To follow EU and national regulatory developments in the field of environment, health and safety affecting the precious metals industry, namely:
- Site-related issues:
- Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive
- Water Framework Directive
- Seveso Directive
- Sustainability of precious metals:
- Waste Framework Directive
- Waste Electric and Electronic Equipments (WEEE)
- R of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
- Raw Materials Initiative
- Eco-efficiency indicators
- Risk assessment of precious metals’ manufacture, use and disposal
- OEL Recommendations
- REACH requirements (unless covered by the REACH Consortium)
- Nanomaterials
- Energy & Climate-related issues such as the Emission Trading Scheme
