Activist investor Carl Ichan is making a bold move at McDonald’s trying to force changes on their Board of Directors over the direction the company is going with regard to animal welfare. If successful, the ramifications could be significant for both supply chains and industry corporate governance. We’ll take a look.

And Maryland has become the epicenter of the conversation around Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). This week, much of the business community lent its support to a framework significantly overhauling the recycling marketplace. We’ll discuss how that legislation will likely become the national blueprint for other states and cities.

And the Starbucks beat goes on. This week, the company was dealt a few tough but very important decisions that will likely shape the nature of the campaign going forward. We’ll discuss those implications as well as other interesting developments this week.

We’ll discuss those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.