The story of sustainability at the steelmaking giant ArcelorMittal reads like a years-long courtroom drama. Special Series Chasing Net Zero Nestlé: On track for a 50 percent cut in emissions. Here’s how (holes and all) IKEA: On pace to halve emissions by 2030, while rivals falter GSK: Can it keep the biggest climate promise in […]
Hundreds of millions of shoes loaded with fossil-plastics reach waste bins every year in the United States. That’s why Adidas, Target and Zalando are teaming up with Fashion for Good on a collaboration to explore bioplastic alternatives for soles, which comprise 40 percent of a shoe’s mass. The Next Stride collaboration, announced Sept. 18, will […]
More than 50 influential climate organizations have come together to promote a vision for a next-generation carbon market. The group, known as the Verified Carbon Market (VCM+) Coalition, aims to mobilize $100 billion in climate finance, which will be used to avoid or remove 5 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 2035. At […]
NVIDIA, the world’s most valuable company with a $4.3 trillion market capitalization, is hyper-focused on energy efficiency. It claims the world could save 40 trillion watt-hours of electricity annually by using technology accelerated with its graphics processors. That message is meant to resonate with NVIDIA’s biggest customers — including Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft […]
Honda has opened a circular economy center in the heart of Ohio to recycle and repurpose auto manufacturing components. Opened on Sept. 18, the Resource Circularity Center is located between the company’s Marysville and East Liberty auto plants and is thought to be the first dedicated effort by a carmaker to give a second life […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of their companies or Trellis. A couple years ago, when Van and his colleague presented before Microsoft’s Sustainability Connected Community, they weren’t delivering a typical corporate presentation. Instead, they were educating fellow employees about how their company’s membership in the U.S. Chamber […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. For many companies thinking about climate change, carbon accounting is hot right now. But most of the attention focused on accounting is really about improvements to existing carbon reporting frameworks. Both reporting and accounting have important roles to play in […]
Cows, sheep and goats are culpable for most of fashion’s methane emissions, according to a new report. Leather, wool and cashmere produce 75 percent of the industry’s super-pollutant although they only make up 3.8 percent of its overall materials, the nonprofit Collective Fashion Justice has found. There’s been scant focus on fashion’s methane footprint, as […]
Companies from across the food and agriculture sector unveiled new initiatives this week in a bid to boost the already substantial expansion of regenerative agriculture across North America. Regenerative methods offer huge potential benefits. By reducing tillage, changing grazing patterns, planting cover crops and deploying other techniques, producers can boost yields and save on fertilizer […]
The climate crisis isn’t just playing out in the atmosphere — it’s streaming, too. From near-future dystopias to family-friendly docuseries, the small screen offers a surprisingly rich medium for exploring the human stakes of environmental change. We’ve rounded up a list of shows that sustainability professionals will appreciate — or at the very least, appreciate […]