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The drinks packaging industry and a tsunami of ESG rules and regulations
In a new edition of our Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs we look at the changing and hugely complex context that the industry is having to face, following the recently approved waste measures, to be able to continue on its path towards a more circular and environmentally sustainable economy.
The drinks packaging industry is facing a tsunami of rules and regulations. In Spain, the important sustainability rules approved over the past two years with a direct effect on the industry will be taken up a notch by the forthcoming European packaging regulation.
In our Garrigues Sustainable dialogs, we wanted to find out first-hand how the industry is tackling this huge challenge and the measures being adopted in its search for more sustainable and more environmentally sound manufacturing. For that reason, we invited Beatriz Blasco Marzal, general manager of ANFABRA, the Spanish soft drinks industry association — which since 1977 has brought together and been the voice of practically all the members of this industry —, to talk to Javier Fernández Rivaya, partner in the Garrigues administrative and Constitutional law practice area, and Juan Muguerza Odriozola, counsel in the same department. This exchange gave the speakers the opportunity to discuss the main challenges for the industry and the progress they are making with their circularity and sustainability goals.