It’s the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web:
Regulatory Agenda: Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Health Care Building Energy Use (National Academy of Medicine) The purpose of this discussion paper is to outline a series of potential policy proposals that can be implemented at the federal, state, and municipal levels of government, as well as by non- governmental organizations, to reduce building energy Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions from health care facilities and thus accelerate progress toward addressing the climate challenge (Greenhouse Gas Protocol, n.d.).
The Price of Corporate America’s Carbon Emissions: $87 Trillion (Chicago Booth Review) The external costs generated by emissions from US companies may total $87 trillion and outweigh the market value of those companies, according to Chicago Booth’s Lubos Pastor and University of Pennsylvania’s Robert F. Stambaugh and Lucian A. Taylor.
Net-Zero by 2050: The IMO’s Victory — and the Case for Less Fuel, Not More (CleanTechnica) In April 2025, the International Maritime Organization did something rare for a UN body: it passed a binding climate policy. Not advisory, not aspirational, but actual mandatory rules. The agreement commits international shipping to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions “by or around 2050,” and despite the ambiguity of that phrasing, the intent is clear. The industry that accounts for roughly 3% of global CO₂ emissions is now officially on the clock. That’s not nothing. But before we break out the low-sulfur champagne, it’s worth unpacking what, exactly, this agreement commits to—and more importantly, what it ignores.
10 Most Sustainable Grocers of 2025 (Progressive Grocer) Dedicated readers of Progressive Grocer may well ask how we go about choosing the grocery retailers that make up this list. The answer, simply put, is that we select the companies that impress us the most through the sheer breadth, depth and innovation of their sustainability measures.
Renewables in 2024: 5 Key Facts Behind a Record-Breaking Year (IRENA) According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)’s Renewable Capacity Statistics 2025, 2024 marks yet another benchmark in renewable energy capacity and growth. The historic expansion is strong evidence of both the economic competitiveness and the scalability of renewables, prompting a clean energy revolution that can bring the world to achieve its target to triple renewable power capacity by 2030 – if challenges are addressed.
