Ben Elgin

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Ben Elgin |Olivia Raimonde |Ilena Peng

In December 2023, some of the world’s largest food companies made a splashy pledge to slash one of the planet’s fiercest heat-trapping gases. As part of the newly formed Dairy Methane Action Alliance, Bel Group, Danone, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Lactalis USA and Nestlé—with Clover Sonoma and Starbucks joining soon after—pledged to reduce the powerful gas emanating from their sprawling dairy supply chains. The companies promised to publish emissions data and action plans by the end of 2024.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Ben Elgin |Olivia Raimonde |Ilena Peng

In December 2023, some of the world’s largest food companies made a splashy pledge to slash one of the planet’s fiercest heat-trapping gases. As part of the newly formed Dairy Methane Action Alliance, Bel Group, Danone, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Lactalis USA and Nestlé—with Clover Sonoma and Starbucks joining soon after—pledged to reduce the powerful gas emanating from their sprawling dairy supply chains. The companies promised to publish emissions data and action plans by the end of 2024.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Ben Elgin |Olivia Raimonde |Ilena Peng

A cow in a feeding pasture with a herd in Rockwall, Texas. (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- In December 2023, some of the world’s largest food companies made a splashy pledge to slash one of the planet’s fiercest heat-trapping gases. As part of the newly formed Dairy Methane Action Alliance, Bel Group, Danone, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Lactalis USA and Nestlé—with Clover Sonoma and Starbucks joining soon after—pledged to reduce the powerful gas emanating from their sprawling dairy supply chains.

2 months ago | insurancejournal.com | Ben Elgin

Law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has long held itself up as a trailblazer on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. It launched one of the legal industry’s early standalone ESG advisory practices in 2020 to guide clients on things like climate disclosures and labor practices. A year later, it created the ESG and Law Institute, a “thought leadership forum” that partnered with universities and convened conferences to further the industry’s grasp of these topics.

2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Ben Elgin

The offices of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York. (Bloomberg) -- Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & GarrisonPresident Donald Trump arrives for an executive order signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 8. Photographer: Al Drago/BloombergPeople hold signs as they protest outside of the offices of Paul Weiss on March 25, after the firm reached a deal with the Trump administration. Photographer: Michael M.