The European Council’s chief negotiator has recommended edits for the Omnibus package, this winter’s revision to the European Union’s Green Deal, which mandates businesses to file corporate disclosure reports to member states. And Jörgen Warborn’s proposed iteration relaxes even more of the original mandates regarding the Corporate Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence […]
As companies pull back on climate commitments (at least publicly) and trim their workforces, it’s a challenging time for sustainability professionals at every career level — but particularly those just starting out. The employment rate for recent college graduates aged 22-27 was almost 6 percent as of March, compared with 4.2 percent for the general […]
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. How much circularity can one company squeeze out of a toothpaste tube? That’s the mouthwatering challenge taken on by Colgate Palmolive, the iconic 220-year-old company whose chief sustainability officer, Ann Tracy, has been […]
The circular economy, once an aspirational concept, is becoming standardized across business, from product labels to international frameworks. And the movement will reach a new level when the Global Circularity Protocol (GCP) debuts in November at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil. The new protocol — spearheaded by the World Business Council […]
A new class of durable carbon removal credit that comes with multiple co-benefits is making its way to market. Mining companies have been exploring the potential of using waste materials to draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide for several years. Recent months have seen a burst of activity, including the release of a standard to guide […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 3809 into law May 29, mandating that all battery energy storage systems (BESS) facilities be decommissioned at the end of their lifecycle. This law, which takes effect Sept. 1, applies to both standalone BESS facilities and those co-located with solar and wind power plants, and requires developers to […]
One day during the Covid winter of 2020, with his travel plans derailed, Karthik Ramanna sat down to read the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Ramanna is an expert in financial accounting systems and corporate leadership at the University of Oxford. On this occasion, he’d been asked to step outside his field and comment on a piece […]
Amazon has added to its portfolio of carbon-free energy purchases with a deal to buy 1.9 gigawatts through 2042 from Talen Energy’s nuclear plant in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. The goal: to energize new and existing data centers in the region. The power purchase agreement announced on June 11 builds on an existing relationship, and it supports […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. There’s a sentiment I keep hearing over and over these days: “It can be hard to make sense of what’s happening around us.” This notion isn’t new — we’re always looking for ways to interact with an unpredictable world. To […]
Trading in plastic credits has emerged as an option to offset businesses’ plastic footprints, but experts say that companies should focus on reducing production of the material before using credit purchases to deal with the plastic pollution crisis. One plastic credit represents one metric ton of waste collected, recycled or upcycled, and can be bought […]