When in-house counsel and outside lawyers—with a few current and former federal enforcement officials thrown in—get together to talk about environmental compliance, there’s quite a bit they have to say. These constituencies were well represented in New York City on Monday at the 2014 Environmental Compliance and Commitment Legal Summit. The conference, presented by Corporate Counsel parent company ALM, highlighted many issues in environmental compliance, and here are four of the event’s biggest takeaways:
1. Regulations Are Growing Globally
It was abundantly clear at the conference that as the world becomes more interconnected, companies are juggling more global environmental compliance problems. Growing environmental standards in foreign countries compound the risk faced by companies that already have to deal with the compliance dangers inherent in more global operations and those posed by far-flung links in company supply chains.
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