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Etsy takes aim at shipping and packaging in setting 2030 net-zero goal

GreenBiz

Etsy takes aim at shipping and packaging in setting 2030 net-zero goal. percent absolute reduction in Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, including seller shipping and fulfillment. Back in 2019, Etsy launched its first initiative focused on reducing the carbon emissions of its marketplace by introducing carbon offset shipping.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. Faïg Abbasov, head of shipping at campaign group Transport & Environment, told BusinessGreen the proposal was "essentially an empty shell." "To Cecilia Keating. To achieve 1.5

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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

GreenBiz

BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea. Expanding carbon capture to long-distance marine shipping could help accelerate its use, while addressing a difficult to abate sector of the transport industry.". Expanding carbon capture to long-distance marine shipping could help accelerate its use.

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Protecting Whales, One Alert at a Time: DP World Aims To Reduce Ship Strikes and Preserve Marine Ecosystems With Ocean Wise

3BL Media

Collisions between whales and ships are a growing problem in our oceans. The numbers speak for themselves: Ship strikes are one of the leading causes of injury and death for large whales. ships over 65 metres in length must reduce their speed to 10 knots or less in regions where endangered North Atlantic right whales are known to swim.

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Could Bloom fuel cells be a solution for maritime emissions issues?

GreenBiz

In the race to drastically cut emissions in shipping, one of the industry's biggest names, Samsung Heavy Industries, is teaming with fuel cell company Bloom Energy to develop a more sustainable fuel designed to meet steep international targets. Both companies have a shared vision of powering ships with fuel cells.

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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

GreenBiz

Exxon’s 2018 revenues were half of what it made a decade earlier; in 2019, it was only $14.3 Tankers at anchor in the Houston Ship Channel started bumping into each other, but the oil kept flowing. . Last year, no fossil company made the top 10 list. What happened? Oil companies ran out of places to store the stuff.

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Nestlé Shifts Half of its Global Shipping to Green Fuels

ESG Today

Global food and beverage company Nestlé announced today a series of agreements enabling the company to shift the equivalent of half of its global shipping needs to alternative, lower-emission fuels, effective immediately. Under the deal signed with Maersk, Nestlé will use Maersk’s ECO Delivery solution for 100% of ocean containers shipped.

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