Jim Giles
Jim Giles is Vice President, Editor-at-Large at Trellis Group. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Atlantic, Economist, Guardian, Nature and other publications. He was the co-founder of Matter, an award-winning investigative publication that was acquired by Medium in 2013. In 2017, he was a graduate of the Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia University. He’s also worked as a strategic consultant for several high-impact organizations, including the European Climate Foundation and the Wellcome Trust.
Google and McKinsey’s credit buy gets ambitious coalition off and running
The Symbiosis Coalition is vetting nature-based projects with the aim of corralling commitments for 20 million tons of removal credits. Read More
Carbon market turnaround continues as buyers eye more purchases
One report finds that more than half of companies expect increased engagement with carbon markets between now and 2030. Read More
SBTi drops latest net-zero draft: What’s new
The leading standard-setter for the net-zero transition is offering companies more flexibility on meeting targets — and moving to require action on ongoing emissions. Read More
Global carbon data project boosted by alignment with food sector platform
HowGood, a sustainability platform used by leading companies in food and agriculture is the latest to align with rules for sharing product emissions footprints. Read More
SBTi moves to delay deadline for deforestation-free supply chains
Stemming the deforestation caused by global demand for a small group of commodities has proved more challenging than expected. Read More
How Walmart built a playbook for deploying thousands of EVs and charging stations
With no one-size-fits-all solution, the retailer ran quick tests and leaned on feedback from employees. Read More
ExxonMobil and other heavy emitters back product-focused carbon accounting initiative
Carbon Measures — which also includes Bayer and BASF as members — eschews Scope 3 in favor of a focus on measuring and allocating direct emissions. Read More
Why 2025 has seen a flood of new ways to count carbon
Delays in updating incumbent standards have prompted the publication of multiple new ways to report emissions and set targets. Read More
What buyers need to know about the surge of interest in methane credits
Independent experts say the interest of Google and other prominent companies is well-founded, but buyers still need to watch out for low-quality projects. Read More
Patagonia pilot project shows how to catalyze climate finance across economy
H&M Group, Heidelberg Materials and Netflix are also testing guidelines for generating credits from value-chain investments. Read More
