Not since the COVID-19 era have major U.S. corporations slashed so many employees, and sustainability teams did not emerge unscathed. Companies cut their payrolls by more than 1.1 million positions through November, with the technology and retail sectors particularly hard hit, according to research by recruiters Challenger, Gray and Christmas. Sustainability teams at Boeing, BlackRock, […]
The European Union’s landmark anti-deforestation law, originally passed in 2023 and designed to ensure that key goods sold in Europe are free from forest destruction, has once again been pushed back, against the wishes of dozens of major companies. Under a new deal struck between EU institutions in early December, the regulation will take effect […]
When soccer parents in Evanston, Illinois, need new cleats or shin guards, many frequent Play It Again Sports for a secondhand bargain. The store is part of Winmark Corporation, which operates five brick-and-mortar resale brands, including clothing (Plato’s Closet, Style Encore) and children’s gear (Once Upon a Child). The Minneapolis-based company reported $31.7 million in […]
Amazon is the latest company to test an analytical approach that can illuminate emissions data that’s often hidden within supply chains. By shining a light on flows of commodities and connections between companies, the approach can help tailor programs aimed at supporting suppliers in decarbonizing. Amazon’s Scope 3 emissions, which include emissions from its supply-chain, […]
When you sit at the intersection of sustainability and business, you learn what really moves a company forward. Suzanne Fallender — VP of Global Impact & Sustainability at the logistics real estate giant Prologis and a former corporate responsibility leader at Intel — has made a career out of converting aspiration into executable strategy. Her […]
Sales executives at Atlassian noticed a steady increase in the number of strategic customers requesting information about its emissions reduction and climate goals throughout 2025. Those questions prompted deeper conversations between the software company’s business and sustainability leaders as it strategizes about how to win those deals, especially as investments in artificial intelligence accelerate. Now, […]
Steelmaker Nucor and data center operator Aligned are among the small but growing number of corporations investing in energy storage systems at or near their facilities — a trend expected to accelerate in 2026. The motivation: The need to add reliable, lower-carbon electricity capacity quickly in an era of increasingly constrained supply. Nucor’s installation in […]
Our Chasing Net Zero series, a company-by-company look at the state of corporate decarbonization efforts in 2025, provides a set of parables about good intentions and meaningful action bumping up against intractable market forces and regulatory inaction. Written by Jim Giles, Heather Clancy and Saul Hansell, the case studies began running in July. Our reporting, […]
Companies in every sector are investing in artificial intelligence and digital services to create new business value, spurring hundreds of billions of dollars of spending on data center expansion projects by the biggest cloud-services players and co-location providers. Those investments will derail corporate emissions goals if they’re not managed properly. Getting ahead of that outcome […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. At the start of 2025, if you asked chief sustainability officers what their primary role was, the answer was to continue to push for change, get their executive leadership onboard and make the business case to integrate sustainability into corporate […]