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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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Driving Sustainability: FedEx's Commitment to Carbon Neutral Operations and a Greener Global Supply Chain by 2040

3BL Media

Originally published in FedEx's 2024 Global Economic Impact Report Delivering a more sustainable future FedEx works hard every day to make global supply chains smarter for everyone by leveraging advanced technologies to help optimize logistics.

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Tata Steel UK and JCB sign MOU for supply of low-emissions ‘green’ steel

Envirotec Magazine

The EAF will turn UK-sourced scrap into new high-quality steel, removing the need to ship millions of tonnes of iron ore and coal from across the world. This announcement that two of the UKs largest manufacturers are working together to create a low-carbon supply chain is an important step in the UKs transition to a circular economy.

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Beyond emissions: The life of a carbon molecule

GreenBiz

emissions in 2018. Take energy consumers, for example, such as the industrial machinery and goods industry, which manufactures equipment for a variety of industries, including engines, earthmoving equipment, trucks, tractors, ships, industrial pumps, locomotives and turbines. They also create daunting challenges for business.

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A look at the secret world where our waste ends up

Corporate Knights

The solid waste industry accounts for 5% of global greenhouse emissions, which, as Franklin-Wallis notes is more than the shipping and aviation industries combined. Between 1988 and 2018, China received about 47% of all global plastic waste for recycling.

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Fitting sails and slowing down could cut shipping emissions by up to 40%, says IMechE report

Envirotec Magazine

Computer-generated image of a ship retro-fitted with sails (image credit: Smart Green Shipping). Air pollution from shipping has increased rapidly over the last decade driven by growth in world trade, and as most emissions are from international shipping, they are not included in individual countries’ reduction targets.