If your business sells direct to consumer products, you should be familiar with the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Green Guides, which provide recommendations and standards for businesses regarding the use of environmental marketing claims, often referred to as “green” or “eco-friendly” claims. The purpose of the Green Guides is to prevent deceptive or misleading advertising…
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What are Science-Based Targets?
You have likely heard of company’s making net-zero commitments lately, and as part of that commitment is setting greenhouse gas reduction targets that align with climate science, which is basically what science-based targets are; and the climate science says that in order to avoid catastrophic effects of climate change, we must halve global greenhouse gas…
EU’s New ESG Reporting Rules Will Apply to Many US Issuers
This article was originally posted by Emma Bichet, Jack Eastwood, and Michael Mencher, Cooley LLP, on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 in the Harvard Law School Forum of Corporate Governance. Is your company doing business in the European Union? If so, they are requiring more stringent reporting on environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting the the SEC…
Bajío Sunglasses Partners with Cool Effect for Trash to Treasure Campaign
Leaders in Performance Fishing Eyewear Adopt New Strategy to Maintain Carbon-Neutral Status New Smyrna Beach, FL (September 21, 2022) – Bajío, maker of blue-light filtering, sustainably-made, performance sunglasses built to save the world’s saltwater flats and estuaries, is proud to announce a new partner in its sustainability journey: Cool Effect. This globally recognized non-profit platform…
The Sustainable Business Show: What is Sustainable Business?
I am excited to share that we are launching a new video series called The Sustainable Business Show on the Emerger Strategies YouTube Channel. The intent of the show is simply educate business leaders about sustainable business practices in an effort to help more companies take climate action. The first episode answers the question, “What…
In the News: Featured in Garden & Gun
I am honored to be named one of Garden and Gun’s “15 for 15: Southern Futures” in the April/May 2022 magazine. From G&G: “Southern Futures: Since this magazine’s debut in 2007, the South has changed in ways pleasurable and profound, from the biscuit and bourbon booms to reckonings centuries in the making. That progress continues,…
