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Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, PFN Scientific Committee member, explains why improving on last year’s plastic footprint says nothing about whether a system is environmentally sustainable, and what it would take to measure against absolute limits instead.
At the launch of the Microfiber Action Alliance this month, Patagonia’s Matt Dwyer said what many sustainability teams think privately. Brands are tired of flying around to “shiny three-letter acronym groups” to announce plans that nobody follows up on (Sourcing
Many companies want recognition for actions that reduce emissions outside their value chain. These actions do not show up in their carbon footprint as defined by the GHG Protocol: that inventory measures the emissions of an organisation and its value
De nombreuses entreprises souhaitent valoriser des actions qui réduisent les émissions en dehors de leur chaîne de valeur. Ces actions n’apparaissent pas dans leur bilan carbone au sens du GHG Protocol : ce bilan mesure les émissions d’une organisation et
Recycler le plastique, c’est faire d’un déchet une ressource capable de remplacer la matière vierge, sans pour autant déplacer les impacts environnementaux.
Plastic recycling is about turning waste into a resource that can replace virgin materials without shifting environmental impacts elsewhere.
At the launch of the Microfiber Action Alliance this month, Patagonia’s Matt Dwyer said what many sustainability teams think privately. Brands are tired of flying around to “shiny three-letter acronym groups” to announce plans that nobody follows up on (Sourcing
Ginevra Oertel, PFN Scientific Committee member, explains why industrial microplastic emissions are hard to measure, why she wants them built into the management functions companies already run, and why she would act earlier still, at the design stage.
La robustesse, prochaine force du « Made in Switzerland »
Why packaging data has become a shared priority
EXCLUSIVE: Nike, Patagonia, Under Armour JoinCoalition to Curb Microfiber Pollution at the Source
New methodology brings plastic pollution into investment portfolio analysis
The instrument is still meant to set global rules. What is undecided is whether a product is judged on what it is or on where it is sold, and that decides how evenly the same rule lands across markets.
Diana Ita-Nagy, PFN Scientific Committee member, explains why plastic footprints get weaker the further plastic travels from a documented waste system, and what standardized measurement would change.
L’instrument doit toujours fixer des règles mondiales. Reste à savoir si un produit sera jugé sur ce qu’il est ou sur le marché où il est vendu, un choix qui décide si la même règle s’applique partout de façon uniforme.
Deux événements se sont produits ce mois-ci, sur deux continents, selon le même schéma. Le 22 septembre, la Commission européenne a publié au Journal officiel de l’UE les ESRS simplifiées et la nouvelle norme volontaire de reporting, qui entrent en
In September 2026, the EU and California both issued reporting guidance for rules that are not yet final. Here is what the timing gap actually means for companies building their data systems.
Dans le dossier spécial Finance durable de L’Agefi Finance (septembre 2026), Simone Pedrazzini, CEO d’Earth Action, signe une tribune sur l’évolution de la finance durable en Suisse.
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2026, the global Plastic Overshoot Day is projected to occur on September 6th.
La nouvelle modélisation issue du rapport From Shedding to Solutions d’Earth Action montre pourquoi la seule amélioration du traitement des eaux usées ne change presque rien à la pollution par les microfibres, et ce qui change lorsqu’elle est associée à
New modelling from Earth Action’s From Shedding to Solutions report shows why upgrading wastewater treatment on its own barely moves the needle on microfiber pollution, and what changes when it’s paired with controlled sludge management.
La date d’application du règlement est passée le 12 août 2026. Presque rien de ce qui réduit, recycle ou réutilise les emballages n’est encore contraignant, et la règle permettant de mesurer si les objectifs de réutilisation sont atteints n’a pas
The regulation’s application date passed on 12 August 2026. Almost nothing that reduces, recycles or reuses packaging is binding yet, and the rule that will measure whether reuse targets are met doesn’t have to exist until 2027.
Amila Abeynayaka, PFN Scientific Committee member, explains what it takes to make plastic reduction efforts actually lower environmental impact, from composition to regional context to avoiding burden-shifting.
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