A $2.3B Defense Logistics Agency contract underscores how chemical procurement is increasingly shaped by regulatory exposure, forecasting risk, and supply chain resilience.
Energy volatility is shifting from energy contracts into supplier agreements, creating indirect cost exposure procurement teams struggle to govern.
Scope 3 emissions requirements are quietly shifting supplier leverage—affecting pricing, contracts, and negotiation risk before procurement decisions are made.
Pepper Construction turned a vacant 1912 factory into a net-zero HQ. The project proves deep energy retrofits can work—even in aging industrial buildings.
As compliance pressure intensifies in early 2026, risk is moving beyond internal systems and into supplier relationships.
A House committee has advanced legislation that would allow limited flexibility in Clean Air Act offset requirements for certain manufacturing and critical mineral facilities.
The UK’s vape ban cut disposables, but fire risks are rising. Rechargeable vapes, often binned with charge, are igniting in trucks and recycling sites.
South Korea’s AI Basic Act sets a global precedent for AI governance, but the law remains silent on energy and environmental impacts.
Embedding decontamination into modular pharmaceutical facilities from the outset.
Climate disasters are triggering insurance premium shock, signaling rising operational risk before policy, enforcement, or capital markets adjust.
South Koreans are ready to pay for cleaner freight. A new study finds strong public support—and funding potential—for hydrogen fuel cell trucks.
A WEF report shows women’s health remains underfunded even as climate stress and disclosure expectations increase exposure across systems.
Emergency orders are no longer rare responses. As infrastructure strain persists, temporary measures are becoming operational norms—with implications for planning and risk.
Britain's first rare earth magnet plant in decades opens in Birmingham. The site recycles tech waste into low-carbon magnets for EVs, wind turbines, and more.
Enforcement, export controls, forced labor rules, tariffs, and data demands reshaped global trade compliance in 2025. Here’s where pressure materialized.
Scope 3 reporting is no longer just transparency. Verification and cross-border requirements are transforming disclosures into compliance exposure.
A new pressure-based carbon capture system ditches chemicals for water. The approach could cut CO₂ removal costs by half and simplify industrial retrofits.
Proposed changes to the Natural Gas Act could reshape LNG export reviews and timelines.
The Aircraft Drinking Water Rule sets clear standards—but new data shows uneven compliance across U.S. airlines.
Misaligned environmental and sustainability reporting is becoming an early enforcement signal under U.S. environmental law.