Wayfair taps International Paper circularity strategist to lead ESG
Jun 10, 2025, 1:05 pm By Heather Clancy
Devin Giles, a seven-year veteran of the sustainability team at International Paper, has stepped in as head of sustainability and ESG at home furnishings retailer Wayfair. Giles replaces Anna Vinogradova, who left her Wayfair position after four years for a…What Alice Hartley is up against as Nike’s new circularity director
Jun 9, 2025, 4:23 pm By Elsa Wenzel
Alice Hartley is joining Nike as its new director of waste and circularity, after a dozen years of similar leadership roles at Gap Inc. and Under Armour. The hire reflects a strategic focus by the sneaker colossus to embed circularity across the organization.…What we can learn about corporate climate action from the Apple watch case
Jun 9, 2025, 6:00 am By Lucy Almond
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. Earlier this year, seven people who bought Apple’s carbon-neutral watches sued the company over the price premium they paid for these products. The lawsuit,…‘Profound’ secrecy in corporate climate lobbying exposed in AI-powered study
Jun 9, 2025, 6:00 am By Jim Giles
A new AI-powered study of more than 8,500 listed companies has revealed a “profound” lack of disclosure and governance around climate-related lobbying. One result of the secrecy, argue the report’s authors, is that companies often lobby in a way that…Who got passing — and failing — grades on this fashion sustainability scorecard
Jun 6, 2025, 3:19 pm By Elsa Wenzel
No fashion brand deserves an A for effort to wind down its dependency on fossil fuels for energy and materials, according to activist group Stand.earth. H&M Group earned a class-leading grade of B+ in the watchdog’s third Fossil-Free Fashion Scorecard of 42…Corporate affairs pros in Europe, North America report increased ESG resistance
Jun 6, 2025, 6:00 am By Tove Malmqvist
If you’re a corporate affairs professional who’s been feeling the ESG backlash, you’re not alone. New research from Trellis data partner GlobeScan and the University of Oxford found that in Europe and North America, corporate affairs professionals say…Carbon market downturn leads to staff cuts at Pachama
Jun 5, 2025, 1:06 pm By Jim Giles
Around 20 employees have been let go by Pachama, a carbon markets company that has won business from Salesforce, Boston Consulting Group and others by providing tools that can identify and monitor high-quality nature-based credits. Pachama’s cuts are the…What’s next for the exec who convinced H&M and Gap to rethink textile sourcing
Jun 5, 2025, 4:00 am By Heather Clancy
Tricia Carey, the former chief commercial officer for circular fabric innovator Renewcell, could have played it safe when she found herself out of a job in July 2024. With a professional network spanning companies such as Gap, H&M and Under Armor, she might…Shein achieves science-based targets validation but earns an ‘F’ for fossil fuels
Jun 4, 2025, 5:31 pm By Elsa Wenzel
Few of the nearly 8,000 companies with validated science-based net zero targets make headlines for reaching that milestone. But for Shein, which has come to symbolize the excesses of cheap, trend-driven fashion, the news drew widespread criticism from…How food companies like Danone and Giant are tackling methane pollution
Jun 4, 2025, 6:00 am By Carolyn Ching
Across the food industry — from meatpackers to retailers—companies face varying levels of climate risk from methane pollution. Livestock emissions account for 32 percent of human-caused methane emissions, which means retailers that sell more dairy, beef…Report criticizes Nestlé, Pepsico and others for climate strategy gaps
Jun 3, 2025, 5:01 pm By Jim Giles
Key pillars of the climate strategies of five major food system companies have been criticized in a deep analysis by two leading European non-profits. The five companies — Danone, JBS, Mars, Nestlé and PepsiCo — were studied by the NewClimate Institute…An inside look at a fungi-forward, faux-leather material maker
Jun 3, 2025, 2:37 pm By Elsa Wenzel
Animal, vegetable or mineral. Most materials derive from one of those categories of nature. But a Chicago startup is cultivating a new class of materials from the fungus kingdom. Hydefy, in fact, is developing alternatives both leather and fossil fuel-based…WhyJigar Shah thinks America’s clean energy industry isn’t dead yet
Jun 3, 2025, 12:34 pm By Leah Garden
Jigar Shah is concerned about an impending rise in energy costs, but he’s still optimistic about the prospect of America’s clean energy future. That’s one of the main takeaways from a wide ranging interview with the former director of the Biden…Low-carbon cement startups allied with Amazon and Microsoft lose federal funding
Jun 3, 2025, 10:20 am By Heather Clancy
The Department of Energy’s plan to cut $3.7 billion in Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) awards strips funding from two startups that have scored high-profile deals with Microsoft and Amazon to decarbonize data center construction. The DOE cuts…Mastercard CSO: ‘Making more sustainable choices is a megatrend’
Jun 3, 2025, 4:00 am 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. Financial services is high on the list of the most fascinating and challenging…Climate Policy Outlook: 4 stories to follow this week
Jun 2, 2025, 9:22 am By Leah Garden
Week of June 2, 2025 Biden-era ESG-forward investment rule is dropped The Department of Labor informed a federal court that it would no longer defend “Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights,” a Biden-era rule…The state of university endowments investing in climate change and social justice
Jun 2, 2025, 6:00 am By Peter Lupoff
For decades, university endowments were judged by a single metric: financial returns. But as climate change and social inequality intensify, the $700-plus billion held in university endowments has become a battleground where fundamental questions about the…McCormick taps one of its own for upcoming CSO vacancy
May 30, 2025, 10:45 am By Jim Giles
Send news about sustainability leadership roles, promotions and departures to editor@trellis.net. Michael Okoroafor will end a decade-long career at the spice and herb maker McCormick when he retires as chief sustainability officer on July 1. Okoroafor will be…Microsoft is not backing off its 2030 climate goal
May 29, 2025, 12:10 pm By Heather Clancy
Microsoft remains “pragmatically optimistic” that it will meet its commitment from five years ago to become carbon negative by 2030, despite reporting a 23.4 percent cumulative increase in its total greenhouse gas emissions since that time. That’s…First 24 Bezos Earth Fund AI grantees tackle food waste, carbon removal and more
May 29, 2025, 11:17 am By Jim Giles
It often feels like there’s no area of business that artificial intelligence isn’t about to disrupt. But for those interested in focusing attention on where the technology might have particular impact, a slew of grants from the Bezos Earth Fund provides…
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