Amazon, Mastercard and others eye new carbon credit to retire coal power
Wed 6:27pm By Jim Giles
A cross-industry group of around 20 companies is helping develop plans for a new type of carbon credit to fund the retirement of coal-powered power plants in emerging economies. The Kinetic Coalition, the organization overseeing the initiative, is aiming to…Meta geothermal deal highlights growing interest in renewable alternatives
Wed 5:35pm By Heather Clancy
Meta is contracting with a little-known next-generation geothermal startup, XGS Energy, to counteract emissions from a data center campus in New Mexico that’s being expanded to accommodate artificial intelligence. Under the deal announced June 12, Meta will…4 leadership tips to start a sustainability career in 2025
Wed 6:00am By Alison Taylor
If sustainability has gone the way of rom-com movies, my undergraduate students at New York University’s Stern School of Business haven’t gotten the memo. This spring, my sustainability strategy elective was significantly oversubscribed, and the class…What a pioneering project means for ocean carbon removal
Wed 12:12am By Jim Giles
British Airways, Stripe and Shopify have purchased what backers say are the first independently verified credits from ocean carbon removal, a mechanism with huge sequestration potential. “It’s a crucial proof point that this is possible,” said Stacy…SBTi got more than 850 comments on its new net-zero standard. Now what?
Tue 3:55pm By Heather Clancy
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is poring over feedback from more than 850 corporations, nonprofits, trade associations, academics and other stakeholders who submitted recommendations for the next version of the corporate net-zero framework. SBTi…How the latest proposed revisions to the CSRD further weakens it
Tue 12:48pm By Leah Garden
The European Council’s chief negotiator has recommended edits for the Omnibus package, this past winter’s revision to the European Union’s Green Deal, which mandates businesses to file corporate disclosure reports to member states. And Jörgen…10 career tips for early-stage sustainability pros from Trellis 30 Under 30 alumni
Tue 4:00am By Heather Clancy
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…Colgate CSO: ‘It has to be a better consumer experience’
Tue 2:51am By Joel Makower
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…What you need to know about new circularity business frameworks
Mon 3:57pm By Elsa Wenzel
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.…Industry eyes carbon credit gold in mining waste
Fri 7:03pm By Jim Giles
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…New Texas law threatens viability of battery energy systems
Jun 12, 2025, 11:59 am By Leah Garden
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 3809 into law on May 29, mandating that all battery energy storage systems (BESS) facilities be decommissioned at the end of their lifecycle. This law, which takes effect on September 1, applies to both standalone…Meet the Oxford professor who wants to tear down Scope 3 accounting
Jun 12, 2025, 11:52 am By Jim Giles
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…7 companies helping Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft go nuclear
Jun 12, 2025, 11:21 am By Heather Clancy
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…4 trajectories and 5 shifts to help sharpen your company’s sustainability path
Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 am By Sally Uren
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 —…Growing in use, plastic credits face rising criticism
Jun 12, 2025, 5:00 am By Andrew Kaminsky
Trading in plastic credits has emerged as an option to offset businesses’ plastic footprints, but experts say that companies should focus on reducing plastic production before pointing to credit purchases as their way of confronting the plastic pollution…Lululemon signs 10-year deal to secure 20% recycled fibers
Jun 11, 2025, 2:24 pm By Elsa Wenzel
Lululemon plans to source nearly one-fifth of its fibers from material recycled from used clothing and scraps by 2035. The athleisure giant announced a decade-long agreement on June 11 to purchase content from the Australian startup Samsara Eco, which…4 things companies can tell the Senate to save America’s clean energy and advanced manufacturing boom
Jun 11, 2025, 6:00 am By Zach Friedman
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. It’s crunch time for federal clean energy policy — and the consequences for the American economy are enormous. Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives…Amazon’s secret weapon for cooling data centers: recycled water
Jun 10, 2025, 9:10 pm By Heather Clancy
Amazon plans to use recycled water to cool more than 120 U.S. data centers by 2030, a move that the technology company said will save more than 530 million gallons of freshwater annually. In 2022, the company declared a goal to become water positive for its…Chanel aims to elevate luxury circularity with materials ‘hub’
Jun 10, 2025, 5:35 pm By Elsa Wenzel
Chanel is looking beyond virgin materials to craft its signature tweed jackets and calfskin handbags. The 115-year-old luxury house shared plans on June 9 to create a new division to recirculate, recreate and repurpose used textiles. Chanel is calling the…Schneider Electric promotes VP of strategy for suddenly vacated CSO role
Jun 10, 2025, 1:30 pm By Jim Giles
Schneider Electric has a new chief sustainability officer, just six months after her predecessor was appointed to the position. Incoming CSO Esther Finidori previously served as a vice president for strategy at Schneider Electric, which is based in France. She…
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- Amazon, Mastercard and others eye new carbon credit to retire coal power
Wed 6:27pm By Jim Giles - Meta geothermal deal highlights growing interest in renewable alternatives
Wed 5:35pm By Heather Clancy - 4 leadership tips to start a sustainability career in 2025
Wed 6:00am By Alison Taylor - How British Airways is pioneering ocean carbon removal
Wed 12:12am By Jim Giles - What you need to know about new circularity business frameworks
Tue 3:57pm By Elsa Wenzel - SBTi got more than 850 comments on its new net-zero standard. Now what?
Tue 3:55pm By Heather Clancy - How the latest proposed revisions to the CSRD further weakens it
Tue 12:48pm By Leah Garden - 10 career tips for early-stage sustainability pros from Trellis 30 Under 30 alumni
Tue 4:00am By Heather Clancy - Colgate CSO: ‘It has to be a better consumer experience’
Tue 2:51am By Joel Makower - Industry eyes carbon credit gold in mining waste
Fri 7:03pm By Jim Giles
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