Apple is shoring up its domestic supply of rare earth elements through a $500 million, multiyear contract with MP Materials, an 8-year-old Las Vegas mining and processing company that counts the U.S. Department of Defense as its biggest shareholder and General Motors as a marquee automotive customer. Rare earths are a central component of magnets […]
Just 432 large U.S. companies filed sustainability reports during the first half of 2025, a sharp drop from the 831 that did so during the same period last year. The finding comes from an analysis of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies (by revenue) carried out by The Conference Board, a business-oriented think tank, and its […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. We might forget it, but it’s true: By absorbing carbon from the atmosphere, the world’s forests and oceans shield us from the consequences of our emissions. Indigenous peoples have long known this and have managed their land for generations by […]
HP Inc. is encouraging its third-party sales partners to sell refurbished versions of its personal computers and printers by compensating them at the same rate they would receive for new products. The initiative was created to support HP Renew Solutions, a business unit formed in November 2023 to expand sales of HP Certified Refurbished technology. […]
Scope 3 emissions can pose what seems like an intractable problem. To make cuts, companies must work with supply-chain partners. But what if an emissions hotspot lies deep within a supply chain? Going beyond direct contacts to find suppliers’ suppliers is often impractical. Satellite data can help provide the necessary visibility, a case study of […]
With all due respect to Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the death of corporate sustainability has been wildly exaggerated. In recent months, a steady stream of essays and hot takes have trumpeted a downward spiral of the sustainability era in business. Bloomberg declared, “Big Business Is Abandoning Its Climate Goals” while the Harvard Business Review offered that […]
The Two Steps Forward podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and other platforms — and, of course, via Trellis. Episodes publish every other Tuesday. Raz Godelnik, an associate professor of strategic design and management at Parsons School of Design Strategies, explores sustainable business models. In his writings on Medium, he weighs in […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. In a world where business decisions are ultimately based on revenue, sales and profits, circular business models are often siloed in sustainability strategies. To mitigate this reality, many fashion businesses are shifting their success metrics to provide clear, quantifiable evidence […]
Less than 10 percent of single-use plastic is recycled, most of it bottles and jugs. That rate is far lower — close to zero, in fact — for smaller bits and pieces of packaging such as bottle caps, straws and coffee pods. In the cosmetics industry, for example, few of the 120 billion units of […]
If you think the current sustainability agenda isn’t working, you’re in good company. A recent survey of more than 800 sustainability experts across 72 countries conducted by Trellis data partner GlobeScan, in conjunction with the ERM Sustainability Institute and Volans, reveals a pivotal inflection point in the evolution of the global sustainability agenda. In 2030 — the […]