The latest episode of the Talking MARQUES podcast is now available. It is the first of two episodes dedicated to brands and sustainability and is part of MARQUES’ continuing focus on these issues.

The speakers are Mark Devaney of Clyde & Co LLP, UAE (Chair of the IAM Team); Claire Lehr of Edwin Coe LLP, UK (Vice-Chair of the Programming Team); and Gregor Versondert of Procter & Gamble, Switzerland (former MARQUES Chair).

In this first part, the speakers discuss the different aspects of sustainability, what consumers are looking for and how brands can respond. Gregor provides some case studies showing how Procter & Gamble is working towards net zero and what that means for the in-house trade mark team, and Claire describes some of the sustainability initiatives taken by MARQUES.

The second part of the podcast, covering topics including the impact of COP26, what IP practitioners should be doing and what MARQUES has planned, will be available in January.

You can listen to this episode, and all previous episodes, of Talking MARQUES on the dedicated page on the website or on Spotify.

As part of the continuing focus on sustainability, MARQUES Teams have published papers on various aspects of the topic, and there is a webinar "Is Green the New Black (Part II)" on 13 January 2022 (details here).