Tagged “transparency”
Europe Banned Destroying Unsold Clothes in July. The Test We Proposed Can't Be Run.
The ESPR destruction ban took effect for large companies on 19 July 2026. We said to watch whether deadstock volumes arriving in Accra fall. Three months on, there is no measurement capable of answering that.
Right to Repair Is Law Now. That Was the Easy Part.
The EU directive deadline passed in July. Several US states have statutes. But New York's was weakened before signing, enforcement has barely started, and the one long-running dataset shows self-declared repair scores running high.
The Digital Product Passport Is Coming. Almost None of It Is Law Yet.
Two years after the EU's ecodesign regulation entered into force, no product-specific passport rule has been adopted. Batteries is the only category with a fixed date, and the hardest question is still unanswered.