Think about the number of physical assets you may touch in your daily work: Perhaps you need to replace a printer cartridge, drive a company car, repair a laptop, or troubleshoot a generator. Regardless of whether you work in an office or on a factory floor, keeping these assets in good condition and up and […]
After nearly a decade of spurring Lululemon’s embrace of innovative materials and secondhand sales, Esther Speck is stepping away. Speck, who joined the Vancouver athleisure wear giant in 2015 as vice president of global sustainability, spent the past two years as its senior vice president of global sustainable business and impact. “When I joined Lululemon […]
Send news about sustainability leadership roles, promotions and departures to [email protected]. Inter IKEA Group, which makes the wide range of home goods sold in IKEA stores, has officially named the former head of its textile supply chain strategy as its new chief sustainability officer. Lena Julle, who has been with IKEA for more than 30 years, […]
Send news about sustainability leadership roles, promotions and departures to [email protected]. Inter IKEA Group, which makes the wide range of home goods sold in IKEA stores, has officially named the former head of its textile supply chain strategy as its new chief sustainability officer. Lena Julle, who has been with IKEA for more than 30 […]
When you think of the biggest polluters of greenhouse gas emissions, health care may not be top of mind. But the health care system is responsible for 8.5 percent of GHGs in the U.S. and about 5 percent globally. At the same time, health care systems are increasingly affected by the climate change impacts of […]
Outdoor retailer REI Co-op kept 90 percent of the discarded packaging and other waste generated at its 190-plus stores, distribution centers and warehouses out of landfills or incinerators in 2024 — delivering early on a 2025 goal and edging out other national chains including Walmart and Target that have made similar commitments. REI’s long-term vision […]
By 2040, Target wants to reach net zero climate emissions and design 50 branded product collections “for a circular future.” More immediately, the Minneapolis-based retailer intends to craft its Universal Thread clothing for circularity this year. Target’s move in that direction included embedding digital product passports (DPPs) into millions of units of Universal Thread apparel […]
Google’s latest purchase of carbon credits targets a subset of greenhouse gases that is attracting increasing attention: super-pollutants that make an outsized if short-lived contribution to global warming. The tech giant announced today that it had contracted for credits generated by projects that will eliminate 25,000 tons of methane and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 2030. Because […]
Ann Tracy has championed strategies that marry efficiency and environmental goals for most of her three-decade career with Colgate-Palmolive — across the toothpaste market leader’s manufacturing, customer service, logistics and supply chain. Today, her job is to position Colgate-Palmolive’s net-zero agenda as a catalyst for innovation and commercial growth. “The new era we’re entering into […]
The current landscape of environmental rollbacks and economic uncertainty hasn’t stopped Americans from expecting their leaders to take a stand on social issues — at least not yet. In a public opinion poll of more than 1,000 U.S. citizens, Trellis data partner GlobeScan found that despite political backlash against sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion […]