Baker McKenzie

Rachel MacLeod is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's London office and is experienced in environment, ESG and sustainability issues.

Rachel’s practice has a particular focus on advising industrial and consumer product manufacturers on EU and UK regulation covering the entire product life cycle including new sustainability legislation and developing ESG supply chain due diligence and reporting requirements.

Her practice also covers environmental and health & safety legislation advising businesses on operational compliance and risk matters.

Areas of experience include:

• ESG supply chain due diligence requirements including under the EU Deforestation Regulation and new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
• Mandatory ESG reporting requirements including under the Modern Slavery Act, Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regime, the UK TCFD-aligned reporting regime and the ESOS energy auditing regime
• Plastics regulation including single use plastics and plastic packaging tax regulation
• Chemicals regulation including RoHS, REACH, CLP and POPs
• Waste legislation and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regimes (e.g. WEEE, batteries and packaging recycling laws)
• Risks associated with the use of green claims/greenwashing
• Manufacturing and conformity assessment requirements under CE and UKCA marking legislation
• Pre-marketing authorisation and certification procedures
• Non-compliant and defective products, regulatory investigations and prosecutions
• Environment and health & safety-related permitting and licensing requirements