Antitrust: a potential catalyst for sustainability initiatives
In a column published by Expansión, Pablo Jiménez examines how collaboration among competitors can advance sustainability initiatives and the challenges of reconciling such agreements with antitrust rules.
In the column “Competencia económica: un potencial detonante de iniciativas sustentables” (“Antitrust: a potential catalyst for sustainability initiatives”), published by Expansión, our partner Pablo Jiménez examines the importance of collaboration in addressing large-scale environmental and social challenges and, in particular, the potential for agreements among competitors to accelerate sustainable solutions.
Pablo explains that this type of collaboration can foster innovation, create economies of scale and facilitate structural changes across industries and value chains. At the same time, he notes that agreements among competitors are subject to antitrust rules and may create risks when they restrict competition or harm consumers.
The article discusses the need for a legal framework that provides greater certainty for assessing collaborative initiatives aimed at sustainable development without weakening competition safeguards. Pablo considers international approaches and the 2017 draft guidelines on collaboration agreements among competitors proposed by Mexico’s competition authority as relevant elements in this discussion.
Read the full column in Expansión.
