Emerging Issues in Sustainability: Part One (On-Demand Recording)

Description:

As consumers continue to demand that the food they purchase meets certain production and transparency criteria, there has been increased pressure for products to consider various factors and claims related to sustainability. These factors can range from compostability, recycling, and other sustainability claims to bans on certain materials such as BPA for PFAS.

This two part series is also available as a Product Bundle: https://www.fmi.org/forms/store/ProductFormPublic/EmergingIssuesinSustainabilityBundle In part one of this two-part series, attorneys from Keller and Heckman provide a general overview of the developments associated with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) as well as chemical-specific restrictions and prohibitions that are emerging at the federal, state and even local level. These issues impact not only food packaging materials and a variety of other products, but also supply chain relationships that your companies may need to consider moving forward.


Seminar Objectives:
Identify sustainability claims consumers are looking for.
Summarize developments associated with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)..