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Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions

GreenBiz

Amazon's plans to decarbonize its shipping supply chain isn't just focused on electrifying its delivery vans. Amazon's news doesn't just highlight the emergence of the bio jet fuel industry and the environmental spotlight on the airline industry, it also shows growing attention and worry around the carbon intensity of air cargo.

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Land Betterment Exchange Announces Charitable Partners

3BL Media

ko makes high-end living solutions with recycled shipping containers and rapidly deploys them to areas affected by natural disasters. This relatively young charity (founded in 2015), educates and advocates a cure for Type 1 diabetes. For housing, ?ko Beyond Type 1 supports those with diabetes, from the individual to family and friends.

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Kering Commits to 40% Absolute Emissions Reduction Across Value Chain

ESG Today

The new goal is an update to the company’s prior emissions targets, which included reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 90% and Scope 3 intensity by 70% by 2030, all on a 2015 baseline. Additionally, the absolute emissions reduction target does not include the use of carbon offsetting.

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

They also noted the due diligence aspects of a framework that must now be implemented by all federal departments and agencies in line with the targets in the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets? The announcement has no impact on provincial subsidies last calculated at a minimum of $2.5

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4 Steps Your Company Can Take to Move Toward Net Zero

B the Change

Greenhouse gases can be removed through natural processes, like growing trees, or potentially through new technologies, like “direct air capture” or underground carbon sequestration. The idea of net zero gained attention at the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate, with the goal for global emissions to reach net zero by 2050.

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IPCC issues final warning about ‘rapidly closing window of opportunity’

Corporate Knights

And in settlements and infrastructure, fuel-efficient vehicles, efficient lighting and appliances, transit, biking, efficient shipping and aviation, and avoiding demand for energy services show up as the least expensive options. The IPCC says reducing food loss and food waste has the least impact among a list of strategies.