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 […]
Throughout their lifecycle, buildings are among the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and waste. Erecting and operating structures accounts for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, while construction and demolition waste amounted to 30-40 percent of the total global solid waste stream in 2022. And that is unlikely to change until governments and owners […]
eBay, the world’s biggest resale company, has joined the growing cohort of companies that have published a climate transition plan outlining specific steps needed to meet corporate emissions reduction targets. Delivering the goods sold by the 134 million sellers on its marketplace to their customers is eBay’s biggest greenhouse gas liability: it accounts for almost […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. Holiday returns look clean from the customer side: Click a button, scan a code, drop off a box. The refund lands like magic, usually within a week or so. But behind that drop-off counter is a second supply chain that’s […]
There’s truth to the adage, “Out of sight, out of mind.” At least, that’s what research from Trellis data partner GlobeScan shows when it comes to the sharp decline in the public visibility of sustainability messaging by brands. Across more than 30 global markets surveyed, the reach and credibility of sustainability communications diminished in the […]
U.S. companies that rely on a widely used but crude method for calculating Scope 3 inventories should prepare to see double-digit increases in supply-chain emissions estimates when switching to a more sophisticated version of the process, according to a recent study. Difficulties in obtaining primary data from suppliers often prompt companies to employ spend-based models, […]