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Sustainability

Practices

Product Sustainability

Companies developing sustainable products face increasing regulatory scrutiny, evolving disclosure expectations, and heightened litigation risk. Our team helps clients navigate this rapidly changing landscape by integrating environmental compliance, product stewardship, and business strategy.

We advise manufacturers, retailers, and technology innovators across the full product life cycle – from design and sourcing to marketing and end-of-life obligations – helping them achieve sustainability goals while minimizing risk.

Proactive risk consideration and allocation are essential. Public and private companies and nonprofit organizations struggling to assess the risks and opportunities of “going green” benefit from our group’s unique combination of experience in handling construction, environmental, climate change, intellectual property, product liability, and consumer protection matters.

Sustainable product and infrastructure initiatives require more than regulatory compliance. They demand coordinated legal strategies across environmental, construction, IP, and commercial disciplines. We provide integrated counsel that enables innovation, strengthens market positioning, and reduces exposure in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.

Examples of our experience include:

Sustainable Product Development & Compliance

  • Counseling on requirements related to product composition, packaging, labeling, and life cycle impacts.
  • Providing regulatory guidance on extended product responsibility, circular economy initiatives, and waste reduction strategies.
  • Conducting due diligence to address potential supply-chain concerns related to conflict minerals, forced labor, and natural resources.

Green Marketing & Greenwashing Risk Mitigation

  • Substantiating environmental marketing claims, product certifications, and sustainability commitments.
  • Conducting greenwashing risk assessments to determine regulatory, litigation, and reputational risks associated with green claims.

Transactional & Business Counseling

  • Conducting environmental due diligence for sustainable product investments, acquisitions, and partnerships.
  • Performing strategic risk assessments tied to emerging environmental and product regulations.
  • Advising on integrating sustainability commitments into supplier and commercial contracts.
  • Securing and enforcing intellectual property rights related to sustainable technologies and product design.
  • Providing guidance on incentives, tax credits, and funding tied to sustainable infrastructure.