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Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-02-26T22:49:42-05:00Saturday, February 26th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
Despite that the Zero Waste movement peaked in about 1998, in the modern context of Net Zero from Net Zero Energy to Net Zero Carbon, we are today with surprising frequency asked about a business being able to claim it is Zero Waste. In a ...
The ESG Benefit of Paying Employees to Work at the Polls
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-02-20T17:30:55-05:00Sunday, February 20th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
The “S” in ESG is among the most impactful sustainability factors despite being among the least measured. There are a myriad of Social factors in sustainability, but what they have in common is they are about “social relationships.” A company’s relationship with its employees is ...
ESG is an Opportunity for Commercial Landlords
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-06-12T11:54:50-04:00Sunday, February 6th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, ESGlegalsolutions, Kaplow, scope 3, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
Update: On May 30, 2023, the California Climate Corporate Accountability Act passed the state Senate 24-9 with a vote in the Assembly pending. The bill is expected to be enacted and Governor Newsom has reportedly said he will sign it. At first blush, the California ...
ESG Poll Results Drive Strategies for Business
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-30T15:59:29-05:00Sunday, January 30th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
The use of ESG to evaluate companies is the cause celebre in early 2022 and while still in an early phase, primitively and ill defined, it is reaching nearly all corners of the economy at a fever pitch. The appeal of ESG is compelling. People ...
ESG may be Fashionable in New York
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T21:56:47-05:00Saturday, January 22nd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act, Maryland environmental lawyer, New York Fashion Act, Stuart Kaplow|
Clothing is worn by almost everyone, almost all of the time. Across the globe, the $1.3 Trillion clothing industry employs more than 300 million people. Over the last 15 years, clothing production worldwide more than doubled and during that period people bought 60% more garments ...
FTC Regulates What You can Say about Your Solar Panels
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-27T11:38:35-05:00Monday, January 17th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer, ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, REC, renewable energy certificate, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow|
A business that generates renewable energy, say, with solar panels, but sells the Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for that renewable energy may not then claim it “uses” renewable energy. The Federal Trade Commissions has prescribed that such would be deceptive. That guidance from the FTC ...