From Regulatory Scrutiny to Litigation Risk: How to Protect the Business When Making Sustainability Claims

Sophie is RPC's Environment and Climate Change Practice Lead, advising clients on a broad range of environmental regulatory matters.  She works with a wide range of clients, including leading retailers and consumer brands, advising on issues such as greenwashing risk and liability, supply chain sustainability, compliance with emerging environmental regulations and corporate sustainability reporting. She has a recent Masters in Environmental Law and Policy from UCL.

Connor specialises in addressing complex legal and regulatory challenges faced by listed and private businesses. As the head of RPC's Public Companies practice, Connor leverages his deep legal expertise and practical experience to provide clear, actionable advice on corporate transactions and corporate governance matters. Connor’s focus also includes climate-related and sustainability disclosures, ensuring that clients meet evolving reporting requirements and navigate intricate regulatory landscapes with confidence and foresight.
 

Tracey leads on BRC’s Climate Action Roadmap work to galvanise and accelerate the retail industry’s commitment to deliver Net Zero by 2040. Prior to BRC, Tracey founded a circular retail business which ran a refill delivery service to tackle the problem of grocery packaging waste. Previously, Tracey has spent most of her career in project / programme management roles in Retail, Banking and Consulting, leading ecommerce, digital and governance transformation.

Zoe is a litigation partner, who has built a cutting-edge practice in collective proceedings, launching the first ‘environmental’ CPO claims at the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) against sewerage companies for anti-competitive abuse. She primarily acts on behalf of consumers, investors, businesses, and other stakeholders in high profile and complex competition and group litigation claims.

Hettie typically acts for household brands, retailers, online marketplaces, tech businesses, and creative and media agencies. She brings a valuable blend of private practice and in-house experience to her role, and has gained significant professional expertise working across Europe with various consumer and trade regulators, covering issues such as product conformity, advertising, marketing and pricing practices.