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Intro to Track and Trace

Intro to Track and Trace

by | Nov 10, 2020 |

Track and trace systems store vast amounts of data about the cannabis product from seed to sale. This is a foundational element in creating transparency when managing cannabis products through the licensed commercial cannabis industry and one of the best sources of data available. Any entity dealing with commercial cannabis needs to understand what the track and trace regulations and the track and trace systems are meant to do, the data collected, and how it transitions across the supply chain to create transparency for the cannabis product from seed to sale. As one of the richest data sources available, understanding the track and trace system will help you implement due diligence on your cannabis product supply chain and monitor the cannabis product under the commercial cannabis business’s control.

We interview former cannabis examiner Phil Martin, CEO of Copacetic Strategies. This video will provide insight on the fundamentals of track and trace regulations, how non regulators can use the data to identify the risk profile of the cannabis product they work with, and what data to focus on.

This ACCCE On Demand video will review the data commercial cannabis businesses or ancillary commercial cannabis businesses should consider for ongoing monitoring.

This is an ACCCE On Demand video. This video is one hour in length.

Continuing Education: 1 hour

Introduction to Compliance Management – Establishing the Culture of Compliance

Introduction to Compliance Management – Establishing the Culture of Compliance

by | Nov 18, 2020 |

In 2019 across North America, compliance violations were assessed for millions of dollars, with multiple individual fines exceeding $100,000, and hundreds of licenses were revoked. Noncompliance with laws and regulations can expose your commercial cannabis business to litigation, monetary penalties, and other formal enforcement actions including license revocation. Compliance in the commercial cannabis industry is highly regulated and complex due to the multi jurisdiction requirements, quick changes to rule making and regulation, and growth of the industry. Establishing a culture of compliance early reduces the likelihood that your business is damaged by noncompliance and creates an effective defense to reduce the impact of noncompliance should it happen in the future.

Effective compliance management enhances your business’s ability to manage compliance responsibilities, ensures employees understand these responsibilities, establishes self-reviews and audits to ensure responsibilities are carried out, and creates an issue management process to manage corrective actions when noncompliance is identified. Learn how to integrate board and management oversight, formalize compliance policies and procedures, and establish compliance audit standards into your risk program to start this process. These elements allow you to focus your resources on the highest risk problems while you mature compliance management over time.

This is an ACCCE Webinar; the live Q&A will be January 21, 2021 from noon to 2:00 MST.

Continuing Education: 2 hours

Measuring Your Compliance Culture Checklist

Measuring Your Compliance Culture Checklist

by | Jan 18, 2021 |

Commercial cannabis risk managers and compliance officers can use this checklist to assist them in measuring the effectiveness of their company’s compliance culture. Compliance culture is built over time, and this checklist will assist with answering key questions about the strength of the internal control environment, training, and communication.

This checklist is intended for:

  • Commercial cannabis business owners
  • Commercial cannabis business risk managers
  • Commercial cannabis business compliance managers

Produced by Donald Luther for the “Introduction to Compliance Management – Establishing the Culture of Compliance” Webinar.

Membership

Membership

by | Mar 8, 2021 |

ACCCE supports its members by providing access to the knowledge, resources and training needed to understand the complexities and risks of the commercial cannabis industry

Members are connected to an international community where they can exchange ideas, share best practices, and establish industry-leading risk management techniques for the commercial cannabis industry.

Operational Cannabis Compliance Risk Assessment Considerations

Operational Cannabis Compliance Risk Assessment Considerations

by | Mar 15, 2021 |

Cannabis risk officers, meet your business objectives while reducing risk by implementing a compliance risk assessment that will help you identify and prioritize your highest risks so you can allocate resources appropriately. This printable resource provides specific inherent risks to consider as part of operational compliance and lists expert tips on managing residual risks within your business’s risk tolerance.

This fact sheet is intended for:

  • Commercial cannabis risk officers
  • Commercial cannabis compliance officers

Produced by Mark Slaugh for the ACCCE webinar Compliance Management Best Practices: Putting the Risk Assessment to Work for You

Risk Assessment Template

Risk Assessment Template

by | Mar 24, 2021 |

Commercial cannabis risk professionals can meet their business objectives while reducing risk with this customizable, cost-effective compliance risk assessment template. The editable template and accompanying instructions document will walk you through the steps for documenting your company’s risk appetite, inherent risks, and control environment to arrive at your residual risk rating.

Risk Assessment template covers

    • Risk Appetite
    • Risk Drivers
    • Quality of Controls broken down by the Cannabis Risk Management Framework
    • Examples

This job aid package includes:

  • ACCCE Compliance Risk Assessment Instructions
  • ACCCE Compliance Risk Assessment Template

This job aid package is intended for:

  • Risk managers
  • Compliance officers
  • CEOs
Risk Program Package

Risk Program Package

by | Nov 4, 2020 |

ACCCE’s risk program is a great starting place for commercial cannabis businesses with no risk program in place, or for commercial cannabis businesses looking to enhance their current risk program and free to ACCCE members.

Ancillary cannabis businesses can also use this risk program template to assist their commercial cannabis clients in implementing a risk program.

 

Risk Program language includes

  • Policy Statement
  • Roles and Responsibilities for Directors, Directors Risk Committee, Risk Steering Committee, Risk Officer, and employees
  • Risk Assessment
  • Key Control Activities
  • Training
  • Audit

The instructions document and accompanying video will help you understand how to create a commercial cannabis risk program by establishing what each section in the template does for your business, how to modify certain sections to be specific to your business, and how to formalize the program through a corporate approval process.

This risk program package is intended for:

  • Risk officers
  • Compliance officers
  • Compliance managers
  • General Counsel
  • Compliance and risk functions at ancillary cannabis businesses
Using Track and Trace Data to Identify Unusual Activity

Using Track and Trace Data to Identify Unusual Activity

by | Nov 18, 2020 |

Data from the track and trace system provides a key data set to identify unusual activity early in the event horizon. This allows commercial cannabis businesses and ancillary cannabis businesses to manage issues before they become fines, penalties, or other negative risk outcomes. These rich data systems follow the cannabis product from seed to sale making it an important data set for any entity dealing with commercial cannabis to understand. Using data from track and trace systems allows your business to implement a robust set of risk-based controls for your individual cannabis products, cannabis product portfolio, and licensed businesses in your supply chain rather than a one size fits all approach.

This expert panel will discuss how to use track and trace data to implement a risk-based control environment that commercial cannabis businesses or ancillary commercial cannabis businesses should consider. Our expert panel will specifically cover how to use the data to enhance self-reviews, unusual activity analysis, and red flag monitoring.

This is an ACCCE On Demand video, accessible immediately after purchase. The video is one hour in length.

Continuing Education: 1 hour

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