Policy & Standards

EU adopts sustainable packaging and recycling rules

"Companies will ignore the packaging and packaging waste regulation at their peril."

Melodie Michel

17 December 2024

Oil & Gas

Oil and gas firms risk stranded assets by betting on petrochemicals: report

Petrochemical demand would have to grow by 3.9% per year until 2035 to make up for lost transportation demand.

Melodie Michel

06 December 2024

Climate Targets

Coca-Cola lowers recycling ambition and drops agriculture goal in new targets

The brand's most recent move reflects the difficulty most companies are facing in reducing virgin plastic use.

Melodie Michel

04 December 2024

Global Plastics Treaty

Global Plastics Treaty talks to resume in 2025 after INC-5 ends in deadlock

"A Treaty that doesn’t protect us fully, that doesn’t cap plastic production, is not a Treaty worth having.”

Melodie Michel

02 December 2024

Global Plastics Treaty

Slow progress on Global Plastic Treaty as talks dominated by fossil lobbyists

Fossil and chemical industry lobbyists form the largest delegation at the INC-5 summit.

Melodie Michel

28 November 2024

Plastic Pollution

Final Global Plastics Treaty negotiations off to good start in Busan

Over the next few days, government representatives will negotiate the content of the final Global Plastics Treaty around four topics.

Melodie Michel

26 November 2024

Plastic Pollution

Business leaders call for a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty

The call comes as many companies are struggling to meet their plastic commitments – and some are even dropping them completely.

Melodie Michel

04 November 2024

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: Investors are asking for credible transition plans

Shareholders push for transition plan votes in 2025, packaging firms get first CSOs and Morgan Stanley drops its plastic commitment.

Melodie Michel

12 September 2024

Plastic Pollution

Morgan Stanley drops 2030 pledge to cut plastic pollution

The bank removed all mentions of its Plastic Waste Resolution from its latest ESG report.

Melodie Michel

06 September 2024

Plastic Pollution

LEGO displacing virgin plastics in bricks: What’s the mass balance principle?

Critics argue that the methodology opens the door for greenwashing.

Melodie Michel

30 August 2024