What should a company do when its single-largest source of emissions jumps by more than 20 percent due to a change in accounting rules? That’s the unenviable challenge eBay is grappling with as it figures out how to report greenhouse gases generated by the trucks and airplanes that deliver goods sold on its platform — […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis or its editors. The conditions shaping corporate sustainability have not only intensified — they’ve broken in ways few expected. Last year we examined the public posture of 75 multinational companies to determine how political pressure was influencing their climate commitments […]
Major automakers are significantly understating the emissions generated by the vehicles they sell, according to research from Carbon Tracker, a financial think tank. The discrepancy between manufacturers’ figures and Carbon Tracker’s estimates, researchers said, is the result of “unrealistic” assumptions about lifetime use of vehicles and other modeling parameters. This creates a “Carbon Gap” between […]
This April, some of the biggest names in sustainability gathered at the neoclassical Gotham Hall in midtown Manhattan to toast the quarter-century anniversary of environmental disclosure platform CDP, one of the profession’s most notable organizations. More than 22,000 respondents shared emissions data with CDP last year, including businesses that together are responsible for nearly two-thirds […]
Asked to name a company with an ambitious climate program, even sustainability veterans would likely choose one from North America or Europe. But over the past year or so, a series of private- and public-sector initiatives have moved the center of gravity of corporate sustainability towards Asia. The most recent nudge is the launch late […]
An international coalition of businesses, governments, nonprofits, designers and packaging companies has introduced a universal identification symbol for reusable containers akin to the “chasing arrows” triangle used to flag materials that can be recycled. The symbol — an arrow that loops back on itself — was one of 236 submissions in a year-long global design […]
Entrepreneur Tom Szaky’s fascination with trash began at an early age; as a Hungarian immigrant in Canada, he was astounded to see televisions tossed in with other garbage. “Isn’t it interesting that everything we possess will one day be legal property of the garbage industry,” Szaky said in the latest episode of our Climate Pioneers […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis or its editors. I’ve got five senses, but somehow none of them feel sufficient for understanding when my peanut butter jar is clean enough to be recycled. And I’m not alone: As long as people have been recycling, they’ve been […]
Our latest State of the Sustainability Profession report told a tale of two companies: those staying the course and those in retreat. The good news? More are staying the course: 46 percent of companies have increased budgets and headcount in sustainability over the last two years, 25 percent have cut back and the rest are […]
When Procter & Gamble adopted an ambitious new pulp and paper pledge in early 2021, it hired a forester to convince suppliers to get on board. Officially, Chris Reeves is director of scientific communications for P&G’s family care business, which makes Charmin toilet paper, Bounty paper towels and Puffs facial tissues. That title downplays his […]