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Compliance Amidst a Global Consensus Breakdown
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Cobalt, Lithium, and the Quest for Sustainable Batteries With John Busbee, Xerion — Battery + Storage Podcast
Emerging Risks & Opportunities: Navigating Environmental & Sustainability Regulations During the First 100 Days
Innovation in Compliance: Visionary Leadership with Jackson Calame
A Thermal Storage Revolution With Nis Benn, Hyme Energy — Battery + Storage Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Navigating AI Governance in 2025 with Christine Uri
Greenhushing: What It Is & Why It Matters
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COP16 en Colombia: El Futuro de la Biodiversidad
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Navigating ESG: Preparing for Future Regulations (Part Two) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 201: SHL Medical’s Investment in the Carolinas with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Compliance into the Weeds: Sustainability and Managing 3rd Party Risk
JONES DAY TALKS®: ESG Reporting Rules: The SEC, CSRD, and California– Who's on the Hook?
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania) and Tom Suozzi (New York) introduced into the United States House of Representatives legislation styled: Cultivating Investment in Recycling and Circular Local Economies...more
Earlier in the week, we posted that the European Commission would soon be launching an environmental call for evidence, as a step towards the introduction of an environmental omnibus simplification proposal. That call for...more
The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/40), the European Union’s new regulation concerning the packaging of products placed on the European market (PPWR), came into force on 11 February 2025....more
Do you want to destroy PFAS? But why stop there? Continue on to convert them into high value fluorochemicals, and recover and reuse the phosphate salts. That’s what one new study claims it can do....more
Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation, also known as EPR laws, is a policy-based approach that holds producers accountable for the entire lifecycle of their products, particularly for take-back, recycling, and final...more
The "Decree granting tax benefits in the Circular Economy Development Poles for Well-Being" in Mexico was published on July 4, 2025. This decree will grant tax benefits to companies and developers that invest in the Circular...more
Influenced by laws in existence in multiple states, including California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington, the New York State Legislature has examined in recent years extended producer...more
The Brazilian government published Decree No. 12,451/2025 (the “New Decree”), which regulates Article 49, §1 of the National Solid Waste Policy (Law No. 12,305/2010), establishing exceptions to the ban on importing solid...more
Key Takeaways - - Effective January 1, 2026, products must meet far more stringent requirements to be labeled as "compostable" or "home compostable." - Most packaging currently labeled as compostable is not compliant with...more
This week Maryland’s Governor Wes Moore signed Senate Bill 901, an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) law designed to make “producers” of packaged items and paper products financially responsible for the upgrades to state...more
Sustainability in México - Environmental General Counsel (“EGC”) continues its Global Sustainability Series with a focus on Mexico. EGC Founder and Principal Catherine W. Johnson recently interviewed Luigi Pontones Brito,...more
Chemical recycling of plastic is at a turning point in Europe, with several large projects poised to start but still facing regulatory and market challenges. As highlighted in the study recently published by consultants...more
Senate Bill 726 has been introduced into the 83rd Oregon Legislative Assembly which would address municipal solid waste landfills. The Bill would require the owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill to...more
Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources and Food & Beverage Groups examine the growing industry compliance impact of states’ extended producer employer production responsibility (EPR) laws....more
All Wrapped Up is a newsletter that tracks and analyzes key developments in extended producer responsibility laws for packaging. It is a subscription-based resource for King & Spalding clients who sell or distribute just...more
Introduction Le 31 décembre 2024, le gouvernement du Canada a publié un guide de déclaration (le « Guide ») relatif au Registre fédéral sur les plastiques (le « Registre »). Ce Registre, qui a été créé par le gouvernement...more
On November 21, 2024, Massachusetts enacted legislation likely to accelerate its adoption of new extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation. Tucked into a new climate law (find a separate alert on the law here),...more
The transition to sustainable energy in the United States is reshaping how we create, store, and use energy – especially electricity – and the landscape is changing rapidly. This shift introduces new waste management...more
Introduction - On December 31, 2024, the Government of Canada published a guide for reporting to the Federal Plastics Registry (Registry). As discussed in our previous bulletin, the Government of Canada established the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a report titled: An Assessment of the U.S. Recycling System: Financial Estimates to Modernize Material Recovery Infrastructure (“Report”)....more
The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) and the Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) released a January 2025 Policy Statement that is stated to address what is described as the: …critical issue...more
This year will be an active one for trade and regulatory developments in the European Union (EU). During the 2019–2024 term of the European Commission, the EU introduced a wide range of regulations impacting various sectors....more
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
Global supply chains are complex webs that span continents, cultures, and economies. They move goods and services across borders to meet the demands of consumers worldwide. However, this complexity often obscures the...more
As part of the European Green Deal ambitions, the proposal encourages sustainable consumption through additional incentives to repair products to reduce waste and emissions. On 22 March 2023, the European Commission...more