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

GreenBiz

31, 2020, which it files annually with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, also noted a 2021 goal to “offset 100 percent of measured Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions annually.” . In recent years, Etsy has been working on addressing the carbon impact of its marketplace, which is made up of nearly 4.5

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Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions

GreenBiz

Wed, 07/08/2020 - 08:00. Amazon's plans to decarbonize its shipping supply chain isn't just focused on electrifying its delivery vans. To decarbonize the fuel for 70 planes, Amazon will need a lot more than 6 million gallons of bio jet fuel. . Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions. Katie Fehrenbacher.

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Can Shell help pilot a new era of sustainable aviation?

GreenBiz

Mon, 12/14/2020 - 02:11. One of the world’s largest oil and gas companies is betting that the future of flying is carbon-neutral. Although it certainly wasn’t planned, the interviews I conducted during 2020 largely coincided with the aviation sector’s worst downturn in history. And that’s just for voluntary offsets.

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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

Modern aviation had never seen a year like 2020. In the climate world, aviation is referred to as a hard-to-abate sector, alongside other heavy industries — shipping, aluminum, cement and concrete, among others — that aren’t easy to decarbonize through redesign or electrification. Mon, 03/22/2021 - 00:05.

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Carbon markets could help the planet, but only if Indigenous land rights are recognized

Corporate Knights

Carbon markets are trading systems through which countries, businesses, individuals or other entities buy or sell units of greenhouse gas emissions. These markets facilitate carbon offsetting — compensating for carbon dioxide emissions in one location by reducing or removing emissions elsewhere.

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Telstra Ends Use of Carbon Credits to Increase Focus on Decarbonization Projects

ESG Today

Australia-based telecommunications and information services company Telstra announced today that it will no longer be using carbon credits to offset its operational carbon emissions, shifting focus instead to investments in decarbonization projects to reduce its direct emissions footprint.

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BeZero Carbon Raises $32 Million to Expand Carbon Credit Rating Platform into New Markets

ESG Today

London-based carbon credit ratings startup BeZero Carbon said it had raised $32 million, with proceeds aimed at enabling the company to expand into new markets, and to grow its capabilities and its team. The funds will allow us to sustain our pace of innovation and expand our ratings coverage to compliance carbon markets.