Plastics

Environmental Disclosures: CDP announces plastics to be added to Reporting Platform for first time

By J. Paul Forrester, David Carpenter & Oliver Williams on April 27, 2023

Posted in Disclosures, Governance, Products

On April 19, 2023, the influential CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project) announced that nearly 7,000 organizations worldwide can disclose their plastic-related impacts for the first time, as CDP’s global environmental disclosure platform opens for 2023 reporting. CDP is adding plastic-related reporting to its online platform in response to a request from more than…

United Nations Treaty to End Plastic Pollution

By Wei Na Sim on March 15, 2022

Posted in Environmental, ESG, Products

On 2 March 2022, 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the fifth session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly to develop a draft global agreement on plastic pollution by the end of 2024. Significantly, the resolution covers the full lifecycle of plastic including its production, design and disposal. Inger Andersen, Executor Director of the…