Communities

Find Your Community

Join a trusted space for peer learning, collaboration, and candid conversation. Trellis Network communities connect sustainability leaders across industries to navigate challenges, share insights and drive progress together.

Decarbonization

The decarbonization community dives into how companies engage with carbon markets to meet their decarbonization goals and accelerate global climate action.

Past meetings have included:

  • Decarbonizing Corporate Travel
  • How to Talk about Carbon Credits on the Path to Net Zero
  • Carbon Strategies
  • Designing Carbon Markets for Enduring Climate Outcomes

Engage with like-minded peers:

  • Director of Decarbonization
  • VP, Sustainability, Energy & Climate
  • Senior Director, Facilities Operations
  • Senior Sustainability Analyst

Circularity

The circularity community will help you increase the impact of your company’s circular economy initiatives.

Past meetings have included:

  • AI + Sustainability + Circularity
  • Members Present Circular Economy Strategies
  • How Sway is Scaling Seaweed Packaging
  • The Business Case for Circular Economy

Engage with like-minded peers:

  • Head of Circularity
  • Designer Circular Strategies
  • Sustainability Manager
  • Circular Economy Policy Lead

Finance & ESG

The finance community is designed for sustainability professionals whose work intersects with corporate finance functions.

Past meetings have included:

  • The Role of the ESG Controller
  • Corporate Climate Finance
  • Building Board ESG Fluency

Engage with like-minded peers:

  • Head of Decarbonization Technologies
  • Director, Responsible Business and Impact
  • Chief Financial Officer

Nature

The nature community offers connections and facilitated learning among nature-focused corporate and finance professionals.

Past meetings have included :

  • How to Build Effective Nature and Water Strategies
  • Nature Reporting under CSRD
  • Data Centers and the Environment: Land, Energy and Water
  • Communicating Nature Goals

Engage with like-minded peers:

  • Head of Water, Nature and Agriculture
  • Senior Manager, Nature Strategy
  • VP, Climate Action
  • Senior Scientist, Nature and Biodiversity

Strategy – Americas

The strategy – Americas community is designed for sustainability, ESG, and corporate social responsibility executives in the Americas to meet with peers to gain guidance and insight for better decision-making.

Past meetings have included:

  • Sustainability Tension Management
  • Commitments: Dialing Back, Housing or Driving Forward
  • Sustainability Legislative Trends, Directions & Developments
  • Integrating Legal into the Sustainability Team

Engage with like-minded peers:

  • Director, Corporate Sustainability
  • VP, Innovation for Sustainability and Climate
  • Manager, Climate Action and Sustainability
  • Chief Sustainability Officer

Strategy – Europe

The strategy – Europe community focuses on supporting sustainability leaders and their teams, based in Europe, to be successful in their roles.

Past meetings have included:

  • EU Omnibus Legislation: Corporate Sustainability Reporting
  • 2025 in Focus: Balancing Compliance & Stakeholder Motivation
  • LCA: What’s Best in Class Today?
  • Navigating the EU Green Claims Directive

Engage with like-minded peers:

  • VP Europe, Sustainability & Strategy
  • Director, ESG – Europe
  • Head of Sustainability
  • Head of ESG Europe

Supply Chain

The supply chain community is designed to address all aspects of supply chain sustainability, from sourcing and procurement to manufacturing and transportation.

Past meetings have included:

  • A Framework for Developing Supply Chain Strategies for Their Unique Industries
  • Sustainability Supply Chain Software
  • CSDDD: How Europe’s new due diligence law will impact corporate supply chains
  • Reimagining Supply Chains: Local Solutions for Global Decarbonization

Engage with like-minded peers:

  • VP Europe, Global Sustainability and Supply Chain
  • Director, Supply Chain Climate & Energy
  • Global Head, Logistics Sustainability
  • Head of Responsible Sourcing

Sustainability Communicators

The sustainability communicators community brings together all those working on the stories surrounding and driving an organization’s sustainability impact and strategy.

Past meetings have included:

  • Communicating for Impact
  • Regulatory Changes & Communications Strategies
  • Working with Dynamic Stakeholders
  • Communicating Sustainability Across the Liberal-Conservative Spectrum

Engage with like-minded peers:

  • Head of Government Relations – Marketing
  • Sr. Director of Global Marketing & Communications
  • Sr. Marketing Manager, Social Impact
  • VP, Sustainability Communications & Engagement

Social Impact

The social impact community is designed for CSR, Impact, and Corporate Citizenship professionals responsible for strategizing, developing, and implementing corporate social programs. Topics span across philanthropy, volunteerism, human rights, community engagement, and social impact.

Meeting topics include:

  • Leading with Impact: How Companies are Turning Purpose into Profit
  • How the World of Corporate Philanthropy is Changing

Engage with like-minded peers:

  • Sr. Director of Social Impact
  • VP Sustainability and Impact Investment
  • VP, Global Communications & Social Impact
  • VP, Sustainability & CSR

Behind Trellis Network

Community Leaders

Margaret Morales
Margaret Morales
Director, Carbon
Trellis Group
Grant Harrison
Grant Harrison
VP, Sustainable Finance & ESG
Trellis Group
Alex Novarro
Alex Novarro
Director, Nature
Trellis Group
John Davies
John Davies
President, Network
Trellis Group
Theresa Lieb
Theresa Lieb
Vice President, Nature and Europe
Trellis Group
Katie Ryan
Katie Ryan
VP, Sustainability
Trellis Group
Susan McPherson
Susan McPherson
Founder & CEO
McPherson Strategies

Trellis Network Members Include

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