This webinar will facilitate a discussion about how to conduct effective advocacy in the European environmental decision-making process. Using examples from chemicals legislation, such as REACH and RoHS, climate change policy, and related litigation, the panelists will identify the players and processes that create and enforce European environmental law and policy and how and when one can engage in the process, from initial consultations to litigation in the courts. Important differences with advocacy in the United States will be highlighted, and practical advice will be provided for those working with companies doing business with or in the EU market.

The informative 90-minute presentation is designed to help you:

• Understand how European environmental law and policy is created and how you can be an effective advocate in that process.
• Learn about the interaction between European environmental law and the national environmental law of the individual 27 European member states.
• Identify differences between the United States and EU in the creation and implementation of environmental law and policy

Bloomberg BNA and Sidley Austin LLP invite you to join a distinguished panel to discuss this important topic:

• Glory Francke, Sidley Austin (Brussels)
• Susan Bell, Legal Counsel, Corporate Environmental Program, GE (Brussels)
• Chris Bell, Moderator, Sidley Austin (Washington, D.C.)

Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world’s largest law firms. With approximately 1,700 lawyers, Sidley provides a broad range of services to meet the needs of large and small businesses across a multitude of industries, financial institutions, governments, and individuals. Its Energy and Environmental Groups consist of more than 40 attorneys who concentrate on energy, environmental, and natural resources law.


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• CLE credits will be available for this EHS Webinar.

Susan Bell, General Electric (GE), Christopher L. Bell and Glory Francke, Sidley Austin LLP

 
Susan Bell is counsel, EHS Regulations for Corporate Environmental Programs for General Electric (GE) in Brussels, Belgium. Bell is a 1994 graduate of the University of Florida where she obtained a B.S. in Psychology, and Western New England College of Law, where she earned her J.D. in 1998. Prior to moving to Belgium, she worked as a Special Assistant District Attorney with the Suffolk County, Massachusetts District Attorney's Office. With GE since 2005, Bell focuses on EU environment, health, and safety regulatory requirements. She advises on regulatory compliance of waste measures, the EHS aspects of GE’s business transactions and legislative implementation issues relating to contaminated land, water, and hazardous substances.


Christopher L. Bell is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP in Washington, D.C. He represents clients in civil and criminal litigation, investigations and compliance counseling regarding water, waste, air, chemicals (TSCA and FIFRA), and cleanup (CERCLA and RCRA) requirements. He advises clients on international issues, including climate change, product regulation and stewardship and supply chain management (e.g., the EU’s REACH and CLP Regulations and ROHS and WEEE Directives), transnational movement of chemicals and waste, trade and the environment, and sustainable development. He also works on leading-edge issues such as the regulation of nanotechnology. He evaluates and implements compliance assurance and environmental management systems (e.g., ISO 14001) and conducts audits covering environmental, pharmaceuticals, medical device, and general corporate compliance and ethics programs.


Glory Francke is an associate in Sidley Austin LLP’s Brussels office, where she focuses on EU energy and EU environmental law. She has diverse EU regulatory experience from her work as legal counsel to General Electric’s (GE) Corporate Environmental Program in Brussels where she advised on topics including chemical regulation (REACH); the EU’s Classification, Labeling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation; nanotechnology; sustainable consumption and production (e.g. eco-design and green public procurement); and energy related issues including greenhouse gas monitoring, biofuels and policy developments. While at GE, Francke also gained practical experience representing private sector interests before the EU institutions. She was an active member of several trade associations and vice-chair for both the Climate Change Task Force of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) and the Environment Committee for TechAmerica Europe, a trade association of high tech companies with American parentage.