A July 26, 2022 KLGates “Litigation Minute” https://www.klgates.com/Litigation-Minute-Red-Lobster-Complaint-Highlights-Threat-of-ESG-Litigation-to-the-Food-and-Beverage-Industry-7-26-2022 comments on a June 11, 2021 suit against Red Lobster: “… The food and beverage industry faces increasing scrutiny of its Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) practices ... A recent class-action complaint filed against restaurant chain Red Lobster highlights how these consumers are seeking to challenge companies’ sustainability policies and environmental and animal welfare standards … a motion to dismiss remains pending … Restaurants and other companies dealing in food production should proactively ensure consumers that their food is sourced and produced in sustainable and ethical ways. These companies should scrutinize their menus and public statements to ensure they can substantiate statements about sustainability with data and evidence …” – Complaint documents: https://www.classaction.org/news/class-action-claims-red-lobsters-maine-lobster-shrimp-products-falsely-advertised-as-sustainably-sourced#embedded-document and https://www.classaction.org/media/marshall-v-red-lobster-management-llc-et-al.pdf #Sustainability @KLGates
Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
