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.
Mars promotes company veteran to chief sustainability officer
Alastair Child will move from the sustainability lead at the snack division to inherit the overall Mars goal to halve emissions by 2030. Read More
AI boom reshaped the climate tech investment landscape in 2024
Four of the 10 biggest deals in 2024 were for companies linked to the development of more sustainable data centers. Read More
New California law brings sunshine and scrutiny to carbon credit markets
A new law effective Jan. 1 reveals that numerous large companies retired carbon credits generated by a methodology a key industry body flagged as flawed. Read More
Shell and Microsoft top list of 10 biggest carbon credit buyers in 2024
The two companies at the top of credit leaderboard paid vastly different amounts and backed very different projects to achieve their ranking. Read More
Delta Air Lines explores goose-like formation flying to save fuel
Surfing the wake created by another plane could create significant emissions savings for a hard-to-abate industry. Read More
Google, Microsoft, others invest $300 million in crushed rocks as CO2 removal solution
Enhanced rock weathering has gone from an interesting idea to large-scale trials in just a few years Read More
Coca-Cola’s confusing emissions claims draw fire
Inconsistent and confusing public disclosures muddle attempts to assess corporate ambitions on climate. Read More
How Aldi plans to grow its store footprint 30% and still halve emissions
Sticking to climate goals and pushing for growth is tricky, but Aldi has a plan — with natural refrigerants at its core. Read More
Carbon removal pioneer Frontier enlists 2 climate tech startups to curb emissions from industrial plants
The latest investments by the organization, co-founded by Google, means it has now contracted for more than a million tons of CO2. Read More
Carbon markets look to put a turbulent 2024 behind with signs pointing to an uptick
Action by governments and others give carbon market advocates hope that a corner has been turned. Read More
