Of the 917 bills that reached California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk over the past month, 794 were signed into law. His decisions related to energy and environmental impacts reflect contrasts. For instance, he continued the state’s cap-and-trade program while green-lighting new oil drilling and rejecting virtual power plant advancement. As for supply chains, the passage […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. The closure of the Net Zero Banking Alliance in early October wasn’t a surprise to anyone paying attention. What started four years ago as a bold alliance of nearly 150 banks — together managing over $75 trillion in assets and […]
Vestiaire Collective sells secondhand luxuries far below retail, such as Chanel tweed jackets for $1,500 and Fendi handbags for $650. It just became the first apparel marketplace to offer carbon credits as well. The Paris-based peer-to-peer reseller is translating the carbon emissions saved by customers’ secondhand purchases into credits to fund its goal of a […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. The closure of the Net Zero Banking Alliance in early October wasn’t a surprise to anyone paying attention. What started four years ago as a bold alliance of nearly 150 banks — together managing over $75 trillion in assets and […]
JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank, has backed away from its pledge to cut the carbon footprint of its corporate offices, bank branches and data centers 40 percent by 2030. JPMorgan said the transition away from “time- and percent-bound targets,” disclosed Oct. 15 in its 2024 Sustainability Report, will allow it to prioritize measures to […]
North American firms lag their counterparts around the world in the use of higher-quality Scope 3 data, a survey of more than 1,200 professionals from close to 100 countries shows. The survey, conducted by the MIT Sustainable Supply Chain Lab, included responses from professionals working in supply chain, procurement, logistics, operations and sustainability. Half of […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. Companies, especially big ones, rarely tell the whole story. Instead, they focus on what makes them look good. Their half-truths not only conceal their harmful impact on the climate, but also create the false impression that they’re helping solve the […]
One of L’Oreal’s most complex environmental goals is a push to replace petrochemicals — widely used in cosmetics for their moisturizing and blending properties — by relying on plants, minerals and recycled materials for 95 percent of its ingredients by 2030. As of the French conglomerate’s latest progress report, for 2024, the category leader in […]
While sustainable solutions are facing drastic funding cuts and even outright opposition, mass timber as a sustainable construction material is steadily gaining traction across the United States. Construction using mass timber began in 2015 in the U.S., and since then the number of projects has grown about 20 percent annually. Today, over 2,500 mass timber […]
Send news about sustainability leadership roles, promotions and departures to [email protected]. Amy Skoczlas Cole, who previously ran corporate partnerships for Conservation International and pioneered corporate sustainability strategy at eBay, was named director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business on Oct. 9. Skoczlas Cole replaces the founding director, Tensie Whelan, who will remain with […]