Zero Waste & Sustainable Products.
Companies that minimize waste and design products for sustainability.
This dimension evaluates whether companies are designing products responsibly or externalising waste costs onto communities and the environment. We track illegal dumping prosecutions, packaging waste enforcement actions, planned obsolescence complaints, and investigative reporting on recycling fraud. Companies that market products as recyclable while knowing they end up in landfills are penalised.
What we measure
Waste diversion rate from landfill (recycling, composting, reuse)
Product recyclability and end-of-life component percentage
Packaging sustainability (recyclable, compostable, reusable)
Post-consumer recycled content in products
Single-use plastic reduction from baseline year
Product durability and repairability scores
Hazardous waste management and disposal violations
Zero waste certification and facility-level waste audits
Why it matters
Waste regulation is intensifying globally. Extended producer responsibility laws, plastic bans, and right-to-repair legislation are creating new compliance costs and legal exposure. Companies marketing themselves as sustainable while generating enormous waste face both regulatory action and consumer backlash. Court filings and enforcement actions tell the real story.
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