Startups and large corporations may seem like natural allies in tackling the climate crisis. One has ideas; the other has scale. Yet when they try to work together — as pilot partners, customers, investors or acquirers — the relationships often sputter. At the Climate Tech Commercialization Forum at last month’s Trellis Impact 25, entrepreneurs, investors […]
With lowbrow humor, cuss words and movie stars, PlantPaper took risks for years in advertising its bamboo toilet paper. Now, the company is softening its message under pressure from an ad industry watchdog. On Nov. 3, the National Advertising Division (NAD) warned PlantPaper to discontinue ads that made dramatic claims about competitors’ health and environmental […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) just opened a new consultation round on its latest Corporate Net-Zero Standard draft, the long-awaited update to its first-of-a-kind 2021 standard, expected for final publication in 2026. Meanwhile, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) […]
As world leaders gather in the Amazon region for the latest United Nations Conference of the Parties, climate progress looks frail. The Belém, Brazil, event marks a decade since 195 nations agreed to the Paris Agreement, and emissions, global temperatures and numerous other indicators of planetary health are at perilous levels. To date, the climate […]
Their suitcases survive a car crash, a piano drop and a crowbar assault. Samsonite commercials from several years ago convey a longtime durability message that fits the company’s recent circularity push. The luggage maker is increasingly making recycled and repairable materials central to its products and emissions goals. “When we ask the luggage and bag […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. Forests could deliver one-fifth of the climate solution we need by 2030, yet they still attract only a small fraction of global climate finance. Funding for forests comes in at about $84 billion per year compared with the roughly $300 […]
Between new disclosure rules, mounting data expectations, political pushback and rapid tech change, sustainability has entered a new, more scrutinized phase. Climate work now demands a sharp discipline that ties impact to business value and financial strategy. That pragmatism was on display at Trellis Impact 25 in San Jose, California, where sustainability leaders convened to […]
Building on sentiments from how people engage emotionally with climate action, research shows people in the Global South express strong support for environmentally-friendly development and a willingness to make personal sacrifices to achieve it. Countries such as Kenya, Colombia, Peru, Vietnam, Nigeria, India, Indonesia, Thailand, South Africa and Brazil stand out for their strong support […]
Democrat Abigail Spanberger’s victory in the Virginia governor’s race puts her at the center of a debate raging across the U.S.: How can the country stay ahead in the artificial intelligence race while shielding people from big energy bills and more pollution? Spanberger, as part of her broader affordability agenda, promised to make data centers […]
Like other enterprise software companies, Atlassian is spending billions of dollars to beef up the use of artificial intelligence in its core products. And as is the case for its peers and competitors, that strategy is putting pressure on its net-zero agenda. Atlassian, which counts 80 percent of the Fortune 500 — including Ford and […]