Send news about sustainability leadership roles, promotions and departures to [email protected]. Rebecca Marmot, who has been part of Unilever’s sustainability strategy for almost 20 years and its chief sustainability officer since May 2019, is leaving the company for an undisclosed new role. Her replacement is Michael Smith, a long-time communications strategist, who joined Unilever on […]
Is the carbon market emerging from its years-long slump? A series of new findings suggests it is. Buyer confidence, which had been severely dented by exposés of flawed projects, appears to be returning as market quality inches upward. The most recent data comes from a survey of businesses in 30 countries carried out by SE […]
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has published a 97-page draft of its next Corporate Net-Zero Standard that recognizes companies for climate finance and carbon removal investments, provides clearer guidance on Scope 2 and 3 commitments and prescribes what should be included in climate transition plans. These and other revisions to version 2.0 of the […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. In conversations all year, I keep hearing the argument that we’re in the middle of a “healthy correction” from the alleged ideologically driven excesses of 2018 to 2021. In response, the prevailing advice is to double down on the business […]
The pipeline of U.S. data center construction projects has reached more than 500 sites and counting. With that boom comes a reckoning as communities in states from Wisconsin to Virginia scrutinize — and question — the heavy electricity, water and land requirements of what NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has dubbed “AI factories.” In early October, […]
VF Corporation has already mapped the global supply chains of 100 products, including Dickies overalls, Smartwool base layers and The North Face hiking boots. Now, the Denver company reports significant progress toward tracing five key materials down to the commodity level by 2028. The company disclosed in its Oct. 7 sustainability report that it has […]
What if exchanging a product carbon footprint were as easy as sending an email? A cross-industry project designed to make that possible got a boost last week — the latest in a busy year — when a leading source of food-sector emissions data said it would align with the initiative’s guidelines. The move added another […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. The embrace of nuclear power is often presented as a climate solution and in isolation, this characterization has merit. Nuclear energy is a clean, reliable power source that can help achieve climate goals while meeting growing energy demands. However, the […]
A leading standard for emissions from food and agriculture is being revised to bring it into line with delays in achieving zero-deforestation supply chains. Companies have until November 6 to weigh in on changes to the Science Based Target initiative’s Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) Guidance. Proposed revisions include pushing back the final deadline for […]
When the last-mile delivery team at Walmart began to craft plans to scale service, it faced problems only behemoths have to contend with: which vehicles were right for a network of 4,700 U.S. stores and 1.6 million employees, and if the company decided to go electric, could it actually set up charging infrastructure in all […]