Industry-focused Compliance - Governance, Risk, and Compliance Topic for Oracle Applications - page 366

Beyond the risks, GRC Manager also maintains a registry of consequences. A
consequence is the outcome when and if a risk event happens. For example,
consequences of a failure in the control of heavy metals disposal may include
factory shutdown, environmental cleanup and restoration, employee health
costs, and workers compensation.
RoHS WEEE
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances and is a directive, which
came into effect on 1st July, 2006.
WEEE stands for the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive . In
this section, we expand our environmental conversation with the Manufacturing
Manager to include how he manages heavy metal content in his electronics. We
will show how Oracle has expanded the governance and compliance theme into
the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications.
RoHS WEEE and hazardous substance
compliance
The RoHS regulations implement the provisions of the European Parliament and
Council Directive on the Restrictions of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances
in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (2002/95/EC).
This directive was established to:
• Protect human health and the environment
• Complement the Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
directive (2002/96/EC)
Who needs to comply?
The RoHS directive places the responsibility for electrical or electronic equipment
compliance on the producer of the electrical or electronic equipment. It is the
producer who must determine whether his/her product is electrical or electronic
equipment under the directives, and if so, then ensure its compliance.