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Are You Tracking Your Packaging Data Yet?

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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws represent a pivotal shift in environmental and sustainability compliance, placing the onus of end-of-life product management on Producers, the parties that produce the products...more

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Litigation Minute: Microplastics—Everything, Everywhere, All at Once? (ESG Litigation Series: Part Two)

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What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - Microplastics, as a seemingly ubiquitous contaminant, have increasingly become the subject of online exposés and class action challenges. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...more

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Greenwashing and Plastics: Getting Ahead of the Upstream Risks

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Consumer packaged goods companies know that sustainability sells. And in their efforts to market their products as sustainable, they’ve long contended with allegations of greenwashing—the practice of claiming their products...more

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Meeting New Challenges: Environmental, Energy, and ESG Issues to Watch in 2024

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The regulated community faces a complex and evolving landscape. As we head into 2024, our team of energy, environmental, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) attorneys provide insights and guidance on how to...more

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2023 Proxy Season Update: Shareholder Activism on “E” Topics

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What a difference a year makes. A highlight of the 2022 proxy season was the increased shareholder focus on a number of ESG topics, including more than 100 “E”-related shareholder proposals related to climate change,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CDP Introduces Plastics-Related Disclosure

On April 19, 2023, CDP launched a request for 7,000 companies to disclose on the production and use of the most environmentally problematic plastics, i.e., plastic polymers, durable plastics, and plastic packaging, through...more

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Plastic Supply Chain – From Petrochemicals to Consumer Products – Caught in the Crosshairs

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The war on plastics and petrochemicals has ramped up in 2023. The first two months of the year have seen the petrochemical supply chain under stress....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Efforts to Regulate Plastic Pollution Likely to Increase in 2023

Actions by Congress and the Biden Administration indicate that regulation of plastic pollution and related activities will accelerate over the coming year. The Biden Administration is rapidly accelerating efforts to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Global Food Products Company Sued Over Single-Use Plastics

Environmental nonprofit ClientEarth, with support from other activist groups, has commenced litigation in a Paris court against a global food-products company. The claimants contend that Danone has breached France’s Corporate...more

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ESG and Sustainability Litigation as Vehicles to Compel Environmental Policy Change

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US environmental policy changes tend to occur at a glacial pace, particularly at the federal level. Frustrated with the pace of change, environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and state regulators are increasingly...more

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Focus on Plastics Intensifies in California with New Legislation

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Governor Newsom recently signed Senate Bill 54 (“SB 54”), heralding an unprecedented commitment to reducing plastic production and consumption in California. The Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Corporate Plastic Footprints: A Growing ESG and Sustainable Finance Focus

Increasing public awareness of the environmental and social impacts of plastic pollution is pushing plastic management to a leading place in ESG evaluations. ESG and sustainable finance programs continue to gain momentum...more

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Coca-Cola Sued For Deceptive Sustainability Claims

Last week, Coca-Cola was sued by Earth Island Institute for deceptive marketing regarding its sustainability efforts “despite being one of the largest contributors to plastic pollution in the world.”...more

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Dealing with plastics in the supply chain

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 22 (November 21, 2019) - Two news items touch on the problem of plastic waste clogging the oceans and how to remove plastics from the supply chain or find other more innovative...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: June 2019

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INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS - The New European Parliament: More Fragmentation, Ad Hoc Coalitions, And Greener Policies? The results of the May 2019 European Parliament (“EP”) elections resulted in a more complex European...more

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2019 Proxy Season Update: Shareholder Proposal Trends

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In the United States, the process by which shareholders submit proposals to be voted on at a company’s annual meeting has long been a mechanism used to promote often obscure special interests and social issues. In recent...more

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