Network Resources

One member asks, “if there are best practices on how to ensure compliance with the sanctions that are imposed on third countries. This is asked within the framework of Directive (UE) 2024/1226 which requires that EU Member States sanction companies that do not respect sanctions (mainly export restrictions to list of countries such as Russia, Iran etc).” Read More

One member asks, “Can you please add a question in your newsletter to see if there are any companies that have external facing AI principles and if they’d be willing to share?” Read More

One member asks, “Our Community Impact team has been thinking through opportunities to expand our support of disaster relief organizations outside of traditional “disaster response” 501c3s such as the American Red Cross, to also include organizations focused on community/climate resiliency. We wanted to see if other Trellis members had recommendations on 501c3s to support which orient their organizations more towards proactively helping communities prepare for natural disasters and climate-related events.” Read More

One member asks, “We are considering including a short set of questions in our employee survey regarding sustainability engagement (e.g., awareness, desire, and knowledge). Would anyone be willing to share the questions from their survey and any input on how useful or effective such measurements are?” Read More

One member asks, “We’re looking into sustainability training materials for 1) sustainability managers at each of our companies and 2) broader employee base. Before we develop custom trainings, I was wondering if the network has good experience with any off-the-shelf training providers (e.g., AXA climate school, UNGC, others?). I would especially be interested in any firms that can provide 80% existing content and 20% opportunity to customize with company-specific content.” Read More

One of our members writes, "As we work towards our waste reduction goal, we realize conducting a waste audit is key in understanding our waste streams and baselines. With multiple facilities throughout the U.S., and a few in Canada, we’d like to identify and leverage the benefits of working with one vendor. Or, if that’s not possible, we’d at least like to aggregate a list of well-established waste auditors. Can you ask GBEN members if any of them have already developed such a resource?” Read More

One member asks, “Do any companies incentivize or reward sustainable forms of commuting to the office - specifically walking or biking? If so, what types of programs do you have?” Read More

One member asks, “For those who have conducted a climate-related scenario analysis, did you do it in-house or hire an external firm? If the latter, who did you use, and how was the experience?” Read More

One member asks, “We are having some internal discussions about where responsibility for emerging regulations like Extended Producer Responsibility reside in the organization. Read More

One member asks, “After a material acquisition, we need to recalculate our base year emissions. This looks to be a significant project so we’re looking at external partners to assist with the effort. Has anyone within the network done this and are they able to recommend a partner?” Read More