We're telling the company behind Tefal - SEB - to phase out forever chemicals - or risk a lawsuit. We don't think SEB is doing enough to address the health and environmental risks of using forever chemicals. SEB has 3 months to commit to transition away from forever chemicals or face legal action.

These include the right to: 💚Exist 💚Thrive 💚Evolve naturally 💚Flow sustainably 💚Not be polluted 💚Preserve its biodiversity 💚Aim for regeneration and restoration 💚Build cultural and community connection 💚Represent and advocate for the rights of the river

🙌Win for UK nature🙌 The Bristol River Avon has had its rights formally recognised, in a public signing of the Avon bioregional charter of river rights.

While the EU is at least tabling a complete ban on these toxic chemicals, no such thing is happening in the UK. 👉Nothing less that a total ban on toxic PFAS is good enough.

PFAS have been linked to many negative health impacts in humans & animals, including cancers & impaired foetal development. What's been discovered in Thornton-Cleveleys is the tip of iceberg of PFAS pollution in the UK. People are slowly realising the damage done to them over years of exposure.

🩸People living near a chemical plant in the UK have high levels of toxic PFAS chemicals in their blood🩸 Residents of Thornton-Cleveleys in Lancashire live near the AGC Chemicals factory. Now, after testing, the villagers have been told they have high levels of PFAS in their blood.

These chemicals can be found in endless everyday objects from cookware to outdoor clothing. But they take decades, if not more, to break down in the environment and as a consequence are entering into water systems and soil.

We had five heatwaves in Europe in a span of a few months. Unprecedented wildfires and droughts have displaced thousands and disrupted entire industries. What more needs to happen for governments to treat ecosystem destruction and the climate crisis as the security risk that it is?

Recycling matters, but it can't be presented as the only answer to plastic pollution. ClientEarth v Nestlé Poland goes to court for the first time on 1 October.

We argue claims like "100% made of recycled PET plastic", "made from another bottle", and "recyclable" can create the misleading impression that single-use plastic bottles are part of a closed recycling loop.

This year, UOKiK has taken action over potentially misleading environmental claims by companies including Allegro, DHL, DPD, InPost & L’Oréal Poland. Now, the authority has submitted a formal opinion to the court in our case challenging recycling claims used to market Nałęczowianka bottled water.

🔍Companies making green claims should be paying attention. Poland’s consumer watchdog, UOKiK, has formally weighed in on our case against Nestlé Poland, just weeks before its first court hearing.

“Protected must mean protected. Our research shows local authorities in Italy are ignoring legal obligations to protect these ecologically significant sites. That’s simply not good enough. Our legal action is putting Italian authorities on notice.” Francesco Maletto, ClientEarth lawyer 5/5

We aim to: 👉 Highlight that authorities in charge of these MPAs are obliged to effectively protect them 👉 Ensure they complete seabed habitat mapping & adopt effective management measures to comply with EU nature laws 👉 Require them to do necessary risk assessments & adopt protective measures 4/5

Though Italy’s MPAs cover around 11% of the country’s waters, just 1% of them are effectively protected. This means many areas home to marine species (including bottlenose dolphins), seabed and sea meadows that should be protected from harmful practices like bottom trawling are not. 3/5

Bottom trawling involves dragging large, weighted nets across the seabed to catch commercially valuable species that live near the seafloor. It causes habitat destruction to vital and fragile ecosystems like reefs and Mediterranean seagrass and negatively impacts the ocean as a carbon store. 2/5