As you grow into your global trade adventure it may become important that you bring in-house a lot of the services that the GTD can offer; regulation is a minefield and carries with it so many risks unless approached correctly. To assist you on this part of your journey, we are pleased to offer a comprehensive regulation training framework to help build your internal skills in these areas.
Not only can we help you with achieving these skills we are still available to help fill in the gaps where needed with our comprehensive consultancy and ‘Hands-on Support’ packages.
Compliance in global trade is essential both with import and export. This half-day, deep dive training course covers comprehensive documentary requirements, customs entries and port/airport procedures and documentation, proof of export, payment methods and documentation, full customs compliance, and HMRC audits. This course is perfect for sales, contracts, financial, procurement staff, as well as management charged with company compliance.
Understanding the complex world of product safety regulation both at the EU and global level. Much of the content will focus on EU harmonised regulation and compliance including but not limited to standards, testing, technical file compilation, CE mark affixing, market surveillance, and more. It will also provide an overview of product safety regulation globally, how this links to EU regulation and routes to compliance.
This introductory course focuses on the core imperatives of sustainability regulation being implemented across the EU via the Commission and globally via the ISSB, namely: circularity, waste, supply chains, decarbonisation, and greenwashing and their respective regulation and governance. It provides a detailed overview of the global regulatory framework, accompanying standards, and implementation timeframes.
CBAM regulation is complex and increasingly far reaching. This half-day course aims to help delegates understand carbon quantification, considering the various standards and schemes globally. Delegates will gain a practical understanding of establishing inventory boundaries; determining sources of data; applying emissions quantification approaches; and importantly, communicating and reporting carbon data.
This half-day course is a highly practical session helping delegates to fully understand their compliance obligations depending on their role in a supply chain, including what data they need to collect, how this data must be reported, the frequency of reporting, and importantly, thresholds and exemptions. This session looks at EPR regulation globally, providing a “How to” guide for all markets where the regulation exists.
The EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) came into force on 18th July 2024. In this half-day session, delegates will learn about the regulation, its requirements, and how it interacts with other EU and global regulation, including but not limited to how the regulation relates to the destruction of unsold consumer products; the creation and maintenance of Digital Product Passports (DPP); how the regulation impacts EU public procurement; and more.
The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation came into force on the 11th February 2025. In this half-day session delegates will learn about the regulation, its requirements, and how it interacts with other EU and global regulation including but not limited to: how it impacts on packaging labelling; about reuse and refill targets; about bans and restrictions of certain materials, formats, and substances; how it alters existing EPR requirements and fee structures; and more.
The module guides delegates through the process of developing a full and compliant sustainability report from strategy, scope and goals through to metrics, stakeholder engagement and governance; whilst importantly, highlighting how report content addresses and complies with key regulation within the EU and globally. Delegates reflect on their respective companies, applying the theory and practical guidance delivered during the module to their own operations.
Increasingly the work GTD undertakes involves helping SMEs, UK and overseas, navigate the complex and rapidly developing world of sustainability regulation. The team have developed a specialism in this area, and have a wealth of resources consultancy, training, and technology based.
In addition to Global Trade Sustainability Assessments, the GTD Platform is also extending to provide Digital Product Passports (DPP) to enable clients to comply with the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, as well as other global variants o the regulation.
Obtain an impartial, outside-in assessment of your current global trading processes and practices, with practical recommendations of how you can incorporate sustainability values and targets to meet future regulatory requirements and drive long-term growth.
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