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

7 steps toward a future-friendly EPR strategy

Sustainability in the era of extended producer responsibility is a data problem first, and a strategy problem second. If neither is addressed, it becomes a big budgetary problem. 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

What’s next for the ISO net-zero standard

The International Organization for Standardization must review feedback from more than 170 member organizations before requesting final approval. 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 software firm Genesys will reset its emissions reduction baseline

The company’s adoption of Watershed’s data collection system exposed the limitations of its historical data. Read More

What sustainability teams need to see coming

Data centers, energy shocks, extreme weather and anti-oligarch anger are converging as front-burner issues. Is your sustainability team watching? 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

Sustainability leadership moves

PagerDuty eliminates sustainability director; Bath & Body Works ESG lead retires; GHG Protocol’s global director steps down; and more. Read More

How asset manager Apollo turns sustainability into financial value

Jaycee Pribulsky, who helped Nike operationalize sustainability criteria throughout its supply chain, leads a team that helps portfolio companies decarbonize. Read More