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It’s Friday — you made it! 🎉 Time to catch up on what sustainability leaders were buzzing about this week. Our Friday Roundup is packed with standout quotes from the latest Trellis Briefing — the ones still living rent-free in our minds. 🧠✨ Swipe ➡️ for the gems. Hungry for more? Subscribe to the Trellis Briefing for fresh sustainability case studies, hot takes, and expert insights — landing in your inbox Monday through Thursday: https://buff.ly/UdwCcZS.

“Companies always overestimate short-term risk and underestimate long-term change. Mistakenly seeing risk through the lens of one-off events and not as a ‘system’ of overlapping interconnected events.” 📣 Mike Barry, former senior executive, Marks & Spencer

It’s not enough for companies to focus on their own water operations and efficiencies. To really strengthen water stewardship and sustainability, they must invest in cross-sector action in priority river basins and value chains. ✍️ Tove Malmqvist, GlobeScan

Another developer winning deals with high-profile corporations is Sol Systems, an independent power producer in Washington, D.C., that manages 7 gigawatts of clean energy projects in 38 states. It has publicly disclosed deals with Google, Microsoft, Patagonia and Rivian, to name a few. https://buff.ly/1wGej45

In a word? Tariffying. Anyone looking for a case study of business uncertainty might well start with Governor Newsom's suddenly sidelined memorandum of understanding. ⬇️

Apologies for the jump scare, but… …what are "avoided" emissions? How do you measure something that never existed? Do woodpeckers get headaches??? Joel Makower answers the biggest question of all — how can companies seeking to report Scope 4 emissions tread carefully through the greenwash minefield? Let's find out. ➡️ https://buff.ly/Tdu4Sy0

A federal court ruling has strengthened urban efforts to eliminate fossil fuels in buildings, dismissing a lawsuit against New York City’s ban on natural gas in new construction. 🏗️ More on this and other climate policy updates. ⬇️ https://buff.ly/KiPWarJ

Advocates for carbon removal have long warned of a problem: Because a handful of buyers are responsible for the large majority of purchases, the supply side of the market is not growing fast enough to provide the gigatons of removals the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says will be needed by mid-century. But now comes tentative evidence that major Japanese companies may help fill that gap. ⬇️ https://buff.ly/TL6Ns6C

"EFM’s landscape-scale conservation efforts will not only sequester carbon to help us achieve our net zero target. It will also provide lasting outcomes for the ecosystem, local economy, and Hoh, Quileute, and other communities who rely on this healthy and responsibly managed forestland.” 📣 Tracy Johns, carbon removal program lead, Meta

"If you can draw a 5, you can draw a lion." 🦁 Katie Ryan opened #GreenBiz25 with a powerful reminder: This isn’t just an event. It’s a place to reset, recharge and remember that we’re in this together. 💡 This keynote is full of golden nuggets—about courage, creativity and collective action in corporate sustainability. 🎨 From drawing lions to leading teams, Katie’s message is clear: What starts with a simple line can become something powerful—with practice. Watch the full opening keynote and let it change how you see the year ahead: https://lnkd.in/gkdPBxvZ #Sustainability #CorporateSustainability