Written by Vaish Akella (Research Lead), Harini Bhagavathula, William Streets, Anjali John EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Retailers such as Amazon and Lululemon have faced greenwashing allegations ties to misinformation within their sustainability claims due to supply chain related carbon emissions. Created to offset emissions, carbon credits are starting to be misused by firms to claim sustainability is reaching their firm goals, without reducing their own footprint. Oil Companies such as...

Written by Aryahi (Research Lead), Arsh Singh, Jack Kargel, Aji Venkatesh EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The COVID‑19 pandemic exposed the United States’ heavy dependence on foreign manufacturing, prompting renewed interest in reshoring and domestic supply chain resilience Government policy has played a central role in reshoring, with the Biden administration emphasizing subsidies and incentives such as the CHIPS and Science Act, while the Trump administration relied more heavily on tariffs to influence...

Written by Christian Naida (Research Leader), Parker Woodwyk, Manav Vengilatt, Dharahasini Nallamalli EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Chinese EVs have rapidly been gaining market share recently due their combination of low price and good feature set. China has been stimulating EV demand domestically through a combination of environmental policies subsidies and low or no interest rate loans for major EV manufactures like BYD and SAIC. Chinese EVs have been exported around the world to places like Europe...