What would it take to build a sustainable data center? A roomful of rivals tried to find out

A trillion-dollar infrastructure wave is locking in data centers for decades — and a roomful of unlikely allies just agreed on what it would take to build them right. Read More

Want to succeed in sustainability? Learn to manage risk

ESG is increasingly seen through the lens of risks and opportunities, becoming not only integral to business strategy, but also a competitive advantage for companies that take this holistic view. Read More

Amazon stays ‘stubborn’ on net-zero pledge

The assertion comes despite the cloud computing services and e-commerce giant logging a 16 percent emissions increase in 2025, driven largely by building and data center construction. Read More

Starbucks reassesses climate goals with coffee at the center 

The world’s largest coffeehouse chain has embedded sustainability into its business units as part of its financial turnaround plan. Read More

Google’s AI expansion weighs heavily on climate goals

The tech company reported an 18 percent leap in greenhouse gas emissions in 2025, largely fueled by computing hardware, steel, concrete and other supplies related to data center construction. Read More

The next frontier: A CSO’s playbook for fossil-free retirement

As climate risk becomes a financial risk, CSOs and benefits teams can use a three-part framework to align retirement plans with long-term portfolio resilience and corporate sustainability goals. Read More

When employees engage in impact work, loyalty and motivation rise

New GlobeScan and Ashoka research also reveals a related increase in workers' purpose and meaning. Read More

Closing the intention-action gap: designing habit-ready innovation

Closing the sustainability behavior gap requires designing products and systems that reduce friction and make better habits intuitive and repeatable. Read More

How the US is catching up on superpollutant mitigation

Kaiser Permanent, Autodesk and Google are among the companies investing in efforts to tackle methane, refrigerants and other gases with high warming potential. Read More

Gap poaches top sustainability exec from Levi Strauss

Jeffrey Hogue takes over from Gap veteran Daniel Fibiger, who left in May after three years as vice president of global sustainability. Read More