Kirstin counsels clients across industry sectors on sustainability disclosures and product regulatory compliance, including green marketing and environmental claims risk. She also advises on modern slavery disclosures, supply chain due diligence obligations, and responsible sourcing requirements, including SEC conflict minerals reporting. She has experience helping clients navigate international due diligence and reporting regimes, including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), and modern slavery statements. Her practice also includes advising clients on extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations for packaging producers and related EPR reporting mandates. Kirstin also advises on carbon markets and natural resource requirements, such as those related to forest products.

She regularly advises on climate disclosure frameworks, including California’s SB 253 (mandatory GHG emissions reporting) and SB 261 (climate-related financial risk disclosures). Kirstin helps companies conduct scoping analyses, build data collection systems, implement compliance programs, and prepare defensible climate disclosures and annual sustainability or impact reports.

Kirstin also counsels on greenwashing and environmental marketing risk, with a focus on aligning public statements with scientific and technical support to reduce enforcement and litigation risk. She has reviewed sustainability reports, SEC filings, and public communications to identify disclosure gaps and ensure consistency across reporting frameworks, such as TCFD, CDP, and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Sustainability Standards.

Outside of the office, Kirstin enjoys skiing, trail running, and reading.