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Green news- Patagonia blurs the line between secondhand and new clothingThe outdoor apparel company sold almost 160,000 used items in fiscal 2026, generating about $13 million in sales. The post Patagonia blurs the line between secondhand and new clothing appeared first on Trellis.
- How the maker of Advil and Tums adds the price of carbon to supplier contractsSuppliers have thanked Haleon for being the first customer that has “put their money where their mouth is.” The post How the maker of Advil and Tums adds the price of carbon to supplier contracts appeared first on Trellis.
- How your company can help eliminate harmful subsidiesPrivate-sector support is needed to accelerate the sluggish pace of government reforms. The post How your company can help eliminate harmful subsidies appeared first on Trellis.
- ‘Stay optimistic’: Career advice from the outgoing CSO of IKEA’s largest retailerKaren Pflug will exit Ingka Group at the end of December after five years in her role and 12 years with the company. The post ‘Stay optimistic’: Career advice from the outgoing CSO of IKEA’s largest retailer appeared first on Trellis.
- Updated: Sustainability leadership movesNew CSOs for IKEA's largest retailer and Europe's largest telecommunications firm, and more. The post Updated: Sustainability leadership moves appeared first on Trellis.
- Patagonia blurs the line between secondhand and new clothing
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Battery Storage with Solar PV: The Next Logical Step
With solar installations continuing to grow in the residential, commercial and utility segments, one of the biggest criticisms of solar technology — that it is an intermittent source of power and does not generate electricity once the sun has set — is now coming up against the benefits and values of combining battery storage with solar PV systems. Combining banks of batteries with solar systems has primarily been an application occurring in the off grid market for those buyers living in more remote areas who have not had access to centralized electricity grid service.
The market for combining battery storage with solar has historically remained small due to, among other things, a lack of integration of varying parts of solar with storage systems. Another reason for the market’s small size is the belief that electricity pricing from electric utilities will remain reasonable and power from the grid will remain reliable. Continue reading
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Enel Moves Hybrid Renewables Forward Again with World’s First Biomass and Geothermal Project
Italy’s Enel Green Power is entrenching itself as a global leader in hybrid renewables engineering and construction with another announcement of a global first. In November, the company revealed that it would build a €15 million, 5-MW biomass plant to boost the Cornia 2 geothermal plant’s 13-MW capacity in Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, Tuscany, as “the first plant in the world to use biomass to heat geothermal steam and boost the energy efficiency and output of the geothermal cycle.” Continue reading
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