By Editorial Staff | Reporting on Carbon Market Strategy Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this analysis belong to the contributing experts and do not necessarily reflect the official position of Trellis. For years, a silent rule has governed the voluntary carbon market (VCM): newer is better. Corporate sustainability…
In a significant leap forward for corporate sustainability, Royal Mail, Britain’s primary postal service, is piloting a cutting-edge artificial intelligence tool designed to estimate the carbon footprint of potential vendor contracts. As the global logistics sector faces mounting pressure to decarbonize, this initiative marks a shift from reactive environmental reporting…
For sustainability professionals, the task of calculating Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) has long been the industry’s version of "accounting purgatory." It is a labor-intensive, data-hungry process that requires meticulously tracking the raw materials, energy consumption, and logistics of every individual SKU in a company’s portfolio. However, a new wave of…
As the global regulatory landscape for corporate sustainability shifts from voluntary disclosure to rigorous accountability, a significant trend has emerged: companies are no longer treating their carbon inventories as static snapshots. Instead, they are increasingly viewing them as living, evolving data sets. As Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions data collection systems…
In a landmark shift for the enterprise technology sector, software giant Salesforce has begun incorporating granular energy consumption and carbon emission metrics into the "model cards" of its widely deployed artificial intelligence systems. This move, which took effect in June, marks a significant departure from industry norms, setting a new…
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis or its editors. For decades, the carbon credit market has been haunted by a singular, persistent specter: the risk of reversal. The logic of carbon sequestration is deceptively simple—remove CO2 from the atmosphere and lock…
