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

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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

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Wed, 07/08/2020 - 08:00. On Wednesday morning, the logistics and retail giant announced that it plans to buy 6 million gallons of bio jet fuel via a division of Shell and produced by World Energy, a big biodiesel producer. 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?

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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. Joel Makower. Leisure travel was down even more.

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Nestlé Moves Away from Carbon Offsets to Focus on Emissions Reductions Across Brands

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In the statement, the Nestlé spokesperson said: “We are moving away from investing in carbon offsets for our brands to invest in programs and practices that help reduce GHG emissions in our own supply-chain and operations, where it makes the most difference to reach our net zero ambition.”

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Latin American e-commerce giant invests in Brazilian ecosystem restoration

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million items shipped during 2020. Of course, there’s also the expectation, with Pachama’s involvement, that these projects will originate new carbon offsets, which are in increasingly short supply as big businesses shower the world with net-zero pledges. This company is a big deal in South America with 132.5

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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

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Modern aviation had never seen a year like 2020. body, set a course for airlines to offset emissions of international flights above a 2019-20 baseline. The pandemic led ICAO to scale back the program, CORSIA (for Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), to make it easier for airlines to comply.

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Episode 247: Biden wish lists, supporting 'intersectional environmentalists'

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Fri, 12/04/2020 - 02:00. In the quest for carbon offsets, (almost) anything goes. What Joe Biden could do to cultivate carbon removal innovation (16:35) . New technologies are solving logistics logjams and making it simpler to sort more materials. Heather Clancy. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (7:35).