Comprehensive Compliance Solutions for Chemical Substances, Supply Chains, and Market Access.
EU & UK REACH Support
Navigate EU & UK REACH with expert regulatory support
What We Do
Trusted guidance at the heart of European chemical regulation.
We bring decades of experience helping clients navigate the complex and evolving EU and UK REACH landscape, across every stage of the REACH process:
R - Registration - From straightforward substance dossiers to complex, global registration strategies for supply chains, including our industry-leading IUCLID & Chesar Services.
E - Evaluation - Extensive expertise in consortia management and science-driven testing strategies.
A - Authorisation - Regulatory experts supported by leading exposure science to guide you through authorisation challenges.
CH - Chemicals - Deep understanding of the global chemicals industry, from manufacturing to downstream use, enabling practical, supply-chain-aware support.
Our involvement in REACH dates back to its inception, including contributions to early legislative discussions and the original REACH Implementation Projects.
How We Work
Supporting businesses with end-to-end REACH compliance services.
Being at the forefront of regulatory developments, and with a multidisciplinary team of scientists and regulatory experts from multiple industry sectors, we understand the challenges businesses face when maintaining compliance or bringing new products and chemicals to market.
We provide comprehensive REACH services, covering:
Substance Identification
Data Gap Analysis & Testing Strategies
Registration & Dossier Updates
Authorisation & Restriction
Exposure Assessments & Provision of CSR and CSAs
Our experience stems mainly from our involvement in EU and UK REACH, but our knowledge covers other jurisdictions like China, Korea, Turkey, and future REACH programmes such as Ukraine and Latin America.
Core Services
Global Product Stewardship & Regulatory Services
With over 20 years of experience across EU and UK frameworks, including REACH, CLP, BPR, Cosmetics, Food Contact, and ESPR, and international regimes such as US TSCA, Korea REACH, and China’s chemical laws, we combine scientific expertise with regulatory insight to protect market access, reduce risk, and safeguard brand reputation.
Our Active Steward™ platform centralises regulatory data, providing visibility of obligations, liabilities, and future regulatory costs.
Only Representative Services
Our expert OR services help non-EEA and non-UK companies simplify REACH compliance and secure EU/UK market access.
As an approved Only Representative Organisation (ORO) member, we manage complex supply chains, maintain confidentiality, and ensure compliance while reducing duplicate registrations and lowering costs.
Substance Identification Support
Ensure your substances are correctly identified and aligned for REACH and UK REACH compliance. Our experts help you define substance identity, confirm sameness, and connect with existing registrations, reducing risk, cost, and time to market.
EU & Global Reach
We help businesses navigate EU and UK REACH with expert regulatory guidance and end-to-end compliance solutions. Our multidisciplinary team offers practical support across substance identification, data gap analysis, testing strategies, registration and dossier updates, authorisation and restriction, as well as exposure assessments and the provision of CSRs and CSAs.
Our Approach
Delivering practical regulatory strategies that keep you compliant, confident. and competitive.
We work closely with clients to determine the most effective regulatory strategy, adopting a pragmatic approach that:
Enables rapid market access for new and existing substances
Meets all current regulatory requirements
Enable timely implementation of new requirements and mandatory updates
Minimises costs across the intial set up and year-on-year maintenance
Ensures confidentiality
Through our Active Steward™ platform, we simplify compliance management by tracking and coordinating regulatory activities across complex supply chains.
Why Partner with Us?
We work closely with clients to adopt a pragmatic regulatory strategy that:
Achieve fast and cost-effective compliance
Enable smooth market access for existing and new substances
Integrate with other regulatory requirements
(CLP, ESPR and other initiatives in Europe's Green Deal Industrial Plan)
With Penman Consulting, your compliance strategy is guided by industry expertise, scientific excellence and regulatory insight.
We may not tell you what you want to hear, but we will tell you what you need to know.
Our Regulatory Compliance Experts
Decades of scientific, technical, and regulatory experience.
Our scientists and regulatory experts have been working on REACH since its conception. Working across EU, UK, and global frameworks, they deliver practical, tailored solutions that ensure compliance, protect market access, and keep clients ahead of regulatory change.
With offices in the UK and Brussels, and strong ties to regulators and industry associations, we keep clients ahead of regulatory developments and proactively prepared for change.
Jan Maarten Teuben
Head of Product Stewardship & Strategic Initiatives
James Orr
Head of Regulatory Affairs
Claire Robinson
Regulatory Affairs Officer
Carole Lamant
Regulatory Scientist
Montse Guiteras Capdevila
Regulatory Chemist
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Ensure Regulatory Compliance & Protect Market Access
Partner with Penman Consulting for expert guidance on EU and UK REACH compliance, tailored regulatory strategies, and end-to-end support across your supply chain.