The E In ESG: Sustainability Goals Do Not Exempt Companies From Antitrust Compliance

Regulatory interventions are the preferred route for ensuring sustainability compliance, says the OECD. Legal firm CMS notes that some ESG objectives may be in contravention of antitrust law. The EU is preparing guidelines on horizontal competition with a renewed focus on sustainability.

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More and more initiatives are being advanced to promote environmental compliance and sustainability. As In Vivo’s “E in ESG” series has described, health care companies and the life sciences industries are not exempt from the societal drive to slow the acceleration of climate change.

The duty of patient care means that providers and the medtech industry have a unique role in how they ensure compliance with green initiatives. While non-reusable products ostensibly do not sit well with environmental protection aims, the selective use of single use products is the best way of achieving sustainability benefits over the long term, they argue

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