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.
Target delays key emissions goals
Like many of its rivals in retail, the company is struggling with Scope 3 emissions and lagging on packaging goals. Read More
First-of-a-kind label focuses on compact products
The NSF certification rewards products that reduce packaging, water use and emissions. Read More
How the right language can convince skeptics to support corporate climate action
Climate-skeptical Republicans will back action on emissions provided there is a business angle to the argument. Read More
Why AI carbon footprinting tools are prone to misleading results
Frontier models produce accurate footprints but can’t replicate the steps involved in estimating the final result. Read More
Making sense of the latest GOP attack on corporate climate action
Republican attorneys general have a new target: The Big Four accounting firms. Read More
What Microsoft learned from purchasing millions of carbon removal credits
The company remains committed to going carbon negative by 2030, but a recent surge in emissions has made that target more challenging. Read More
New rules let PepsiCo integrate emissions certificates into its carbon accounts
The food and beverage giant is one of the first to make use of updates to target-setting and emissions accounting rules. Read More
How PepsiCo redesigned its sustainability reporting for the AI era
The food and beverage giant now favors regular web updates over lengthy PDF reports. Read More
How cruise control and book-and-claim can decarbonize US railroads
Though Norfolk Southern is tracking slightly behind its SBTi goal, it remains confident about hitting the target. Read More
Activist short-seller targets environmental failings
The fund’s debut campaign took aim at a manufacturer of steam boiler technology. Read More
