Substances & materials

Ensuring end-to-end traceability and availability of materials

Growing environmental concerns and raw materials scarcity are translating into more stringent, constantly evolving standards and regulations on substances and materials. This is making sustainability compliance increasingly complex – particularly for global businesses.

From reputational damage to unforeseen costs, the new risks and threats associated with driving sustainability can have dramatic consequences.

Why Airbus Protect?

Our risk assessment framework is designed to identify potential risk exposures throughout end-to-end business processes – including design, production, operations, maintenance, and recycling.

Our team of consultants develop sustainable risk mitigation plans in line with ISO 26000. This ensures that organisations and their supply chains maintain business practices that help sustain the balance of people, planet, and profit.

We monitor various environmental regulations at the substance level, such as the EU REACH, RoHS Directive, the EU Battery Regulation, and the EU Critical Raw Materials Act among others, and we provide a concise strategy to comply with them. We are a trusted partner for any industrial player looking to boost its business resilience while enhancing sustainability compliance.

Expertise we can offer

Materials & Process Qualification

We evaluate and qualify materials and industrial processes to ensure they meet technical and regulatory standards for sustainability and safety.

We help clients identify, control, and substitute hazardous substances across their supply chains to reduce risks and support compliance.

Regulatory Watch

Our experts monitor key regulations—REACH, RoHS, Battery Regulation, Critical Raw Materials Act—and translate them into actionable insights.

Production Support

We provide on-site and remote support to ensure your production aligns with your own production processes, environmental requirements and best practices.

Special Process Audits

We audit and evaluate critical industrial processes in the supply chain, ensuring compliance with customer requirements and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Impact Assessment & Risk Mitigation

We assess the environmental and operational impacts of substances and materials, proposing tailored mitigation strategies.

Substitution Management

 We guide and qualify the replacement of restricted substances with safer, more sustainable alternatives, while maintaining performance and reliability.

Repurposing of Materials

We support circularity initiatives by identifying opportunities to repurpose or recycle materials, extending their lifecycle and reducing waste.

Our goal is to help clients anticipate future challenges, improve compliance, and build robust, environmentally responsible operations.

Industries we serve

Project reference

Qualification of substitute materials and regulatory support in aeronautics

We support a major aerospace manufacturer in managing chemical regulations and the qualification of critical raw material alternatives. This includes overseeing test campaigns and quality audits to integrate new materials and substitute processes into the supply chain.

Our contribution strengthens regulatory compliance, supply chain resilience, and sustainable material strategies across complex industrial environments.

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