Google’s ambitious plans to power its data centers directly with low-carbon electricity now includes hydropower, a power generation resource that’s still eligible for tax incentives under the Trump administration’s new budget law. The tech company will initially spend $3 billion under a unique arrangement announced July 15 with energy developer Brookfield Renewable. In return, Brookfield […]
The latest sustainability report from Mars, the private company that sold more than $50 billion worth of snacks and pet food in 2024, paints a picture of an organization on track to hit its science-based 2030 target — but with little room to spare. Here are three takeaways for other businesses from the report. Emissions […]
Microsoft’s history of dominating the market for carbon removal continued when the tech giant announced late last week it was buying 4.9 million tons of removal credits from Vaulted Deep, a startup that buries organic waste underground. Here’s what prospective buyers and other carbon credit players need to know about the deal. It’s not all […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. The Global South — home to most of the world’s population — is where most of the planet’s economic growth and greenhouse gas emission growth is taking place. In the runup to COP30 in Brazil later this year, we explore […]
Uncertainty around plans by major car manufacturers to phase out internal combustion engines is one of several shortcomings undermining the sector’s transition to net zero, said researchers who conducted a detailed analysis of five leading automotive companies. The team from the NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch, two European nonprofits, also highlighted several developments by […]
If there’s a silver lining to the backlash against sustainability, it’s this: You’re not alone in what you’re seeing and feeling. New findings from a survey conducted by Trellis data partner GlobeScan, in conjunction with the ERM Sustainability Institute and Volans, reveal a sharp rise in global sustainability professionals’ concern about the backlash against the sustainability agenda […]
A former Amazon senior vice president who oversaw the company’s Alexa teams is taking the helm at the Bezos Earth Fund, a $10 billion climate philanthropy established by his old boss. Tom Taylor announced the move this week, saying he was thrilled to “lead with the bold mandate to invent our way out of Earth’s […]
The first commercial-scale trial of an innovative technology for onboard capture of carbon dioxide emissions from shipping vessels has been slated for later this year. Seabound, a U.K. startup, will install a unit around the size of a shipping container on the deck of the UBC Cork, a 5,700-metric-ton vessel that carries cement from Heidelberg […]
Only 4 percent of fashion brands are serious about circularity. And only a few more are ramping up strategies such as designing out waste, using fewer virgin materials and building circular business models, according to the fifth Circular Fashion Index from Kearney, a Chicago-based management consultancy. It named circular design and materials reuse and recycling […]
Like many of its competitors in retail, Sweden’s Ingka Group — the IKEA brand’s primary retailer — faces a daunting Scope 3 challenge: Value-chain emissions made up 98 percent of the 30 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) the company emitted in 2016, the baseline year for its net-zero target. Special Series Chasing Net […]