The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. Thanks to an increased push for transparency in corporate climate actions, customers and regulators alike have caught on to a chronic pattern of promises being made and forgotten. Key climate standard-setters stepped up in 2025 by pushing a shift from […]
As a professional storyteller, I found this episode of our Two Steps Forward podcast particularly engaging. I once thought I understood the basics: Make it accurate, make it relevant, make it human. Then my co-host Solitaire Townsend and I discussed her new novel — a work of “cli-fi” (climate fiction). And she sharpened the lesson […]
The former locus for Kodak film production is Reju’s choice for its first U.S. textile recycling plant. The startup has selected Rochester, New York, as the first site for a $390 million facility that would advance a North American circular economy for polyester. Reju has set a 2029 deadline to open a 450,000-square-foot facility that […]
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has confirmed Susanne Stormer, a former Novo Nordisk sustainability leader and PwC partner, as chair of the 15-person Global Sustainability Standards Board. Stormer’s appointment is effective April 1. She succeeds Carol Adams, Emeritus Professor of Accounting at Durham University Business School in the U.K., who held the role for the […]
Making materials for fashion and packaging from crop and textile waste instead of trees from at-risk forests will require $78 billion globally by 2033, according to Canopy. To step in that direction, the Vancouver nonprofit announced a $2 billion blended-finance model to advance next-gen materials in India. That nation needs up to $15 billion to […]
Roughly 40 new all-electric trucks will soon be working the route between Houston and Dallas thanks to a pilot program that aggregates demand from companies seeking to decarbonize their shipping emissions. Amazon, eBay and Etsy are among the companies involved in the initiative, which will enable the San Francisco-based startup Nevoya to begin deploying new […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. I have a simple rule of thumb that if a problem lingers for a while even after many smart folks have tried to solve it, then there’s probably something wrong with the framing of the problem. We seem to be at […]
L’Oreal spends more than $1.5 billion on research and development annually, with the goal of using plants, minerals and recycled materials for 75 percent of its ingredients by 2030. It is also investing close to $120 million on outside help through L’Accelerator, a five-year program to recruit entrepreneurs seeking to commercialize technologies that address the […]
What is a New York City handbag giant doing in central Illinois, where it lacks boutiques, offices and factories? Tapestry, which runs the Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman brands, together with Pivot Energy, completed three community solar projects on Jan. 8. They total 13.5 megawatts, enough to power about 2,500 homes. Two more installations […]
Meta’s three new deals for up to 6.6 gigawatts in nuclear energy aren’t just record-breaking; they underscore growing corporate interest in clean power that’s available at night. Contracts orchestrated by companies with emissions reduction commitments added (or will add when the projects are complete) close to 128 gigawatts of renewable or clean energy to the […]