Starbucks’ climate dilemma: the world loves lattes

The world’s largest coffee chain’s methane emissions from dairy farms haven’t budged since 2019. Reducing that footprint is essential for the next phase of its complex decarbonization strategy. Read More

Governance overtakes environment as top ESG reputational risk

New GlobeScan data reveals a significant shift in the ESG risk hierarchy among corporate affairs leaders. Read More

New framework goes beyond emissions to score corporate climate action

How would your company rate on the Climate Contribution Framework? Read More

4 ways for CSOs to build leverage

Sustainability teams typically have a fraction of the budgets for marketing or R&D. So how can they achieve their goals? Read More

McDonald’s warns it will miss 2030 emissions goal, in frank disclosure

The fast-food chain is on track to surpass emissions cuts for operations and electricity, plans $1 billion investment in supply chain resilience. Read More

Clean energy trade group CEBA refreshes its leadership

Akamai’s director of corporate sustainability was named chair of the trade association, taking over from Google’s head of advanced energy. Read More

The computer scientist demystifying AI and sustainability

Sasha Luccioni, former climate lead for open source AI company Hugging Face and co-founder of Sustainable AI Group, was among the first to quantify AI’s environmental impacts. Read More

How Gitlab manages AI’s emissions overhead

The software company asks suppliers of its artificial intelligence tools to disclose information about carbon emissions and other impacts. Read More

The companies not buying carbon credits are the ones we should worry about

Many still treat carbon credit engagement as a reputational liability rather than a climate responsibility. 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