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.
Danone and Starbucks shine in rankings of methane-reduction progress
But there's a general lack of significant action in coffee and dairy companies, according to the Changing Markets Foundation. Read More
Sysco dinged on seafood sustainability
Some low rankings were due to limited disclosure of data on ecosystem impacts and supply-chain deforestation. Read More
6 things to know about SBTi’s new strategic plan
The Science Based Targets initiative is shifting its priorities after a year-long corporate listening tour. Read More
How your company can work with Stanford’s $1 billion sustainability school
Companies can become university affiliates or reach out direct to spinout companies. Read More
New framework goes beyond emissions to score corporate climate action
How would your company rate on the Climate Contribution Framework? Read More
How a focus on stock indexes can boost your company’s sustainability efforts
Sustainability teams can collaborate with colleagues in finance to target membership of ESG indexes. Read More
Autodesk, EY and Salesforce top this carbon credits leaderboard. Here’s what you can learn from them
A survey by independent rater Calyx Global identified the three companies as leading large buyers. Read More
Why greenwashing studies create a catch-22 for companies
A framework for measuring the hard-to-define practice is proving useful to scientists. Others are no so sure. Read More
PwC says more companies are on track to hit emissions goals
But though the data points to progress, conclusions are compromised by a lack of agreement over what constitutes acceptable ambition. Read More
Have your say on the WWF’s ambitious effort to overhaul global food systems
The Codex Planetarius would create minimum environmental standards for food exports. Read More
