How Jabil Uses AI and Robotics to Bolster Its Decarbonization Agenda
Jabil is allocating $500 million in 2025 to revamp its factories with AI and robotics, part of a broader push to slash its carbon footprint. Since 2019, AI‑driven process changes have already cut operational emissions by 47%, positioning the contract manufacturer to halve emissions by 2030. Innovations such as a 3‑4‑watt AI inspection system, energy‑saving robotic arms, and automated quality‑control robots are delivering measurable energy savings. Employee‑led reuse programs, including medical‑device refurbishment, have generated over $250 million in reclaimed value and opened new revenue streams.
How Thrive Market Is Helping 1,000+ Brands to Decarbonize
Thrive Market has launched a Climate Action Working Group to help more than 1,000 brands on its platform measure and reduce greenhouse‑gas emissions and plastic waste. The initiative offers discounted tools, webinars and case studies through partners such as Planet...
Cookstoves with SIM Cards Are Reviving a Contested Carbon Credit
Carbon markets have been shaken by a $250 million fraud and methodological flaws that let cookstove projects claim excessive credits. A new metered methodology, approved by Gold Standard and the Integrity Council, uses SIM‑equipped stoves to record real‑time usage, addressing over‑optimistic...
Inside Iron Mountain’s Data Center Battery Project
Data center operator Iron Mountain is installing a 23 megawatt‑hour lithium‑ion battery system from Tesla at its New Jersey facility, slated for commissioning before the end of 2026. The storage will work alongside a 7.2‑MW rooftop solar array to reduce grid...
Ellen MacArthur Foundation Names First Chief AI and Innovation Officer
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has appointed Nathan Allen as its inaugural chief AI and innovation officer, marking a strategic move to embed artificial intelligence across its circular‑economy initiatives. Allen brings two decades of experience, including eight years leading sustainability efforts...
The Math Behind Lego’s Big Virgin Plastic Reduction
Lego reported that 52% of the raw materials it purchased in 2025 came from renewable or recycled sources, up from 33% in 2024. The company uses a mass‑balance accounting method, meaning the plastics in each brick are a blend of...
The ‘Wickedness’ of Climate Action
The article frames climate change as a classic "wicked" problem—one that resists clear definition, definitive solutions, and repeatable experiments. Drawing on Rittel and Webber’s theory and Donella Meadows’ leverage‑point hierarchy, it argues that most policy tools (targets, carbon pricing, treaties)...
Why Prologis Is Leaning Into On-Site Solar — and Branching Out
Prologis, the global logistics REIT, has expanded its on‑site solar program to generate over 1 GW of electricity across its warehouse, logistics and data‑center rooftops, covering roughly 6% of its 1.3 billion square feet of roof space in 18 of its 20...
Health, Well-Being Lead the Global Shift to More Sustainable Diets
A new GlobeScan‑EAT survey of 32,000 consumers across 33 markets shows health is the dominant motivator for adopting more sustainable diets. Forty‑four percent strongly agree they would cut processed foods, while only 28 percent strongly link their choices to climate...
How to Fund Measurable Methane Reductions at Scale — and Fast
Methane accounts for roughly a third of current global warming but remains chronically under‑funded. The waste sector, especially biowaste, represents half of global waste yet less than five percent is biologically treated, creating a massive, low‑cost methane source. Market design...
Greenwashing Risk Is Widespread, Survey of 3,500 Companies Finds
A new study of 3,574 companies with climate commitments finds that 96% exhibit at least one greenwashing risk indicator. The seven‑point test highlights missing Scope 3 targets, vague offset usage, and lack of interim goals as the most common flaws. Only...
Nike Promotes Manufacturing Exec to Lead Sustainability
Nike has appointed long‑time manufacturing executive Cimarron Nix as its new chief sustainability officer, effective March 15. Nix will report to COO Venkatesh Alagirisamy and relocate from Singapore to Nike’s Beaverton headquarters. She succeeds Jaycee Pribulsky, who departed for a...
