Hidden Compliance Costs for Sports & Outdoor Equipment Brands

Hidden Compliance Costs for Sports & Outdoor Equipment Brands

Many sports and outdoor brands don’t realize they have Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations until they are surprised by hefty fines or regulators block shipments. Now’s your chance to get clarity straight from our experts.

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Webinar Registration: Hidden Compliance Costs for Sports & Outdoor Equipment Brands

On October 28 at 14:00 CET, RLG is hosting an educational online event: Hidden Compliance Costs for Sports & Outdoor Equipment Brands. This interactive session is designed to help businesses stay compliant, confident, and ahead of the curve. From headlamps to athletic sneakers, you won’t want to miss this.  

During the webinar, our team will give a clear breakdown of where compliance costs are hiding in sports and outdoor products, and discuss what obligations are often overlooked. They’ll end the session with step-by-step actions that you can take to protect your brand, budget, and market access. 

Who should attend?

Compliance, legal, packaging, sustainability, procurement, and brand leads, or anyone responsible for keeping your products on shelves and in customers’ hands.  

Meet the Expert

Marie-Luise Vielhaber

In her role as an Environmental Compliance Account Manager at the RLG headquarters in Munich, Marie-Luise supports clients understand the intersection of data management and environmental compliance – helping to navigate regulatory challenges effectively reaching extended producer responsibility.   

Her team emphasizes the importance of data in developing strategies that not only meet compliance requirements but also foster sustainable practices by bringing visibility to often unknown internal processes and trends. Her insights empower businesses to leverage data as a key tool for enhancing environmental responsibility and achieving sustainability goals.   

With a background in a M.Sc. in waste management and expertise in digitizing the fashion industry she dedicated her career to transforming how companies approach sustainability. Bridging the gap between regulatory demands and industry practices, she is part of creating awareness that benefits both planet and client. 

Secure Your Spot

Register today, don’t miss this chance to get your EPR questions answered. Can’t make it live? Register with your business email and receive the recording after.  

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Les Griffith - Speakers

Business Development Director
RLGA

Les Griffith is currently the Business Development Director at RLGA and is tasked with expanding the company’s data management offerings for packaging EPR in the Americas. Les has over 30 years of industry experience in Environmental Services, Extended Producer Responsibility and Reverse Distribution. Les has spent these last 30 years working with organizations to develop progressively more sustainable solutions to the management of end-of-life materials. Prior to joining RLG, Les spent eleven years at Covanta most recently serving as the Business Development Director for the Healthcare Solutions division. His group covered North and Central America and specialized in providing a suite of services to healthcare PROs, take-back services to retail pharmacy and law enforcement and environmental services to the healthcare sector and reverse distributors. Prior to Covanta Les spent 10 years at Waste Management Inc. as an Area Manager for their Healthcare Solutions group.

Andriana Kontovrakis - Speakers

Director of Compliance Services
RLG

Andriana Kontovrakis is the Director of Compliance Services for Reverse Logistics Group’s US team.  She manages a team responsible for ensuring manufacturer and retailer customer compliance with EPR laws for electronics, batteries, packaging, household hazardous wastes, and other consumer products across the US. Along with RLG partner the Household and Commercial Products Association, she is spearheading the development of the Household Product Stewardship Alliance, a stewardship organization forming under the guidelines of Vermont’s HHW EPR law.  Prior to working with RLG, she was a Policy Analyst with the global electronics recycler Sims Lifecycle Solutions where she managed programmatic implementation and customer and supplier accounts for the US EPR compliance unit and the Deputy Director for Waste Prevention for the NYC Department of Sanitation.

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