Charlotte Hill, committee member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA) and partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper, and Richard Raban-Williams, an associate at Penningtons Manches Cooper, explore the implications of New York state's case against Pepsico.
A large-scale shift to returnable plastic packaging can lift corporate profits while simultaneously cutting virgin material and water use, GHG emissions and plastic pollution, according to a new report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF).
The issue of liability for climate change has opened up again after the European Parliament and the Council agreed on the protection of the environment through criminal law – a charge of ecocide.
From issues around Scope 3 emissions to hard-to-recycle plastics, in this weekly round-up we explore the latest developments regarding corporate initiatives, sustainability reports and key industry updates.
Financial institutions with a combined total of $3.5 trillion in assets under management are calling for new regulations that would require companies to report on their production, consumption and disposal of plastic.
From increased pressure on plastic to Unilever's help to ice cream producers, in this weekly round-up we explore the latest developments regarding corporate initiatives, sustainability reports and key industry updates.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have published a five-year stocktake of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.
Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) has published a damning report on the reality of pyrolysis plastic recycling, exposing the failings of the industry's favoured solution.