Jonathan Cocker’s article: “The Benefits of Regulatory Convergence on Sustainable Plastics Management within the Pacific Alliance” was featured in Advance Waste Solutions
Jonathan Cocker will join colleagues from the IBA’s Environmental Health and Safety Committee and present the sustainability initiatives of the IBA in an open meeting on Thursday September 3, 2020 at 3 PM BST (10 AM ET). Register now
International: New baseline for CORSIA and proposals for integration within the EU ETS and the UK ET was reposted by Lexology
Client Alert: New baseline for CORSIA and proposals for integration within the EU ETS and the UK ETS — ATTORNEY ADVERTISING View this email online Client Alert 18 August 2020 International: New baseline for CORSIA and proposals for integration within the EU ETS and the UK ET In brief On 30 June 2020, the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) voted overwhelmingly to adjust the carbon offsetting baseline period used for measuring…
It may have been overlooked in some circles, with much of the plastic waste attention being paid to global initiatives and hot spot regions, but the East African Community, an intergovernmental organization created in 1999 and comprised of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, with approximately 175 million residents, has already recognized what other regions have been slow to embrace: environmental protection, including the current plastics crisis, is too big for countries to…
El artículo de Jonathan Cocker: “El Compromiso Del SICA De Una Región Libre De Plásticos Necesita Una Estrategia Regional Sobre Plásticos De Un Solo Uso” fue publicado por Environmental Policy and Law.
Jonathan Cocker’s article: “SICA’s Plastic-Free Commitment Needs a Single-Use Plastics Regional Strategy” was published by Environmental Policy and Law.
Client alert: Canada: Federal Government shortlists eight types of projects for the development of carbon offset protocols — ATTORNEY ADVERTISING Client alert 14 August 2020 Canada: Federal Government shortlists eight types of projects for the development of carbon offset protocols In Brief On July 2, 2020, the Government of Canada released a much-anticipated discussion paper on the proposed Federal Greenhouse Gas Offset System. The paper clarifies how protocols for carbon offset credits will be developed…
Jonathan Cocker’s blog: Resource Recovery Plan for African Union’s Plastics was reposted on ACEN.
The momentum arguably started with words and not actions- namely corporate commitments around energy use reductions as part of a broader sustainability and carbon emissions reduction initiative. Then came the more challenging part – meeting those targets: first with energy efficiency improvements at the facility level and then with the purchase of renewable energy, such as solar, wind and biogas. And the volumes have quickly become staggering, with many brand name companies, from outside…