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The many elements of sustainability: product, packaging, supply chain, and diligence – can everything be achieved?
As 2023 comes to an end, DWF’s Dominic Watkins, Global Head of Consumer Sector, and Kirsty Poots, Solicitor, look at key outcomes of COP 28, as well as recent developments in the EU and UK. With the close of COP28 in December,…
New UK law in 2024 will bring big penalties for greenwashing – are your diligence systems ready?
In this edition, Dominic Watkins Global Head of Consumer Sector at DWF, looks at how the new consumer protection laws coming into force in 2024 will impact green claims Given the imperative to do the right thing, it is not surprising that…
The Time to Act is Now – the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
This month DWF’s Tracey Groves, Partner and Head of Sustainable Business & ESG, and Nadine Robinson, Director of ESG & Sustainability, unveil how to prepare for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is…
What’s SUP? A regulatory change that is actually coming into force as planned!
In this edition DWF Global Head of Consumer Sector, Dominic Watkins, and colleagues Georgia Taylor and Columba Cordingley reflect on Single-Use Plastics in England & Beyond As the mornings are turning colder, and the summer now seems to have departed,…
Carbon claims are being neutralised
When it comes to green marketing these days, what is not said is as important as what is, says Dominic Watkins. Is it safe to make environmental claims anymore? That is the question facing many food and drink companies as…
Net-zero notebook: Are you reporting comfortably?
This month we look at feet rather than food and discuss why brands must tread very carefully when making green claims. By David Burrows. This column tends to focus on carbon footprints rather than casual footwear but news that Crocs…
The EU’s grand plan to tackle greenwashing
The green claims directive has been published which means food and drink brands will need to substantiate what they say. By Dominic Watkins and Katherine Mason. Greenwashing is the hot topic in Europe and the UK right now. Some question if it…
End of sugar quotas bad for obesity
Health campaigners have suggested that scrapping the EU’s sugar quota regime could undermine the tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. Defra and the EU’s agriculture ministers are “gung-ho” for the new sugar regime, which will see quotas scrapped, said Tam Fry from…
Food law in a post-Brexit world
The vote means massive uncertainty for an industry dominated by EU rules, but it also brings big opportunities. By Dominic Watkins. For an industry that is almost 100% regulated by EU laws, the impact of Brexit could be substantial. Of course, my…
Behind the Headlines: Tesco’s farm fudge
The supermarket’s refresh of its fresh produce ranges using ‘fake’ farms has left a sour taste, but it won’t last for long, says David Burrows. Poor old Tesco: just when it seems to have come up with a decent idea,…
