Corporate climate credibility increasingly hinges on Scope 3 emissions, and yet individual companies have the least direct control over these emisions. Meeting ambitious Scope 3 targets requires industry‑level collaboration that rewires incentives, standardizes expectations, and lowers the cost of decarbonization, especially now that turbulent climate, trade, and tariff policies can abruptly change the economics of low‑carbon supply choices. Policy and tariff volatility does not simply increase costs; more widely, it disrupts sourcing strategies and undermines long‑term decarbonization pathways by constraining access to low‑carbon inputs.
Read the full article, published in MIT CTL's "Innovation Strategies" column, in the March/April 2026 issue of Supply Chain Management Review, below.
