The Legislative Landscape: Navigating Policy to Drive Progress

With a new administration in office, the sustainability-focused legislation strategy is evolving, as the less environmentally focused executive and legislative branches could place more onus on the states to drive regulation forward. However, tackling issues like waste management at a local level will require capital, which could prove a hurdle for cities and states. At our Sustainability Summit, Circular Services Group and American Circular Textiles’ Rachel Kibbe and the American Apparel & Footwear Association’s Chelsea Murtha will discuss how local and national legislation should work together, where extended producer responsibility (EPR) bills stand and why focusing on the non-sustainable side effects of these laws—including job creation—could provide the incentive needed to remake systems.