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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. million sellers with more than 85 million items available for sale, as of December 2020. In 2020, Etsy offset 404,439 metric tons of carbon in total and shipping alone was 303,218 metrics tons CO2 equivalent in 2020, according to the company.

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Trend: Shipping sails toward decarbonization

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The following is adapted from State of Green Business 2020, published by GreenBiz in partnership with Trucost, part of financial information and analytics giant S&P Global.

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IKEA says sustainable mobility is a business imperative

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As companies around the world seek to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, mobility and logistics – including the movement of products and people in the supply chain — is emerging as a key new focus for meeting sustainability goals. But most transportation decarbonization strategies are siloed in company verticals and focused narrowly.

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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. Amazon's plans to decarbonize its shipping supply chain isn't just focused on electrifying its delivery vans. 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.

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Amazon hands Mercedes-Benz its biggest electric vehicle order to date

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Fri, 08/28/2020 - 00:00. The deal shows how companies are increasingly paying attention to ways to decarbonize transportation including buying more zero-emission commercial vehicles. Amazon hands Mercedes-Benz its biggest electric vehicle order to date. Katie Fehrenbacher.

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FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

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Global logistics giant FedEx on Wednesday announced a goal to be carbon neutral by 2040. Charging infrastructure will be a major hurdle, and opportunity, for a global logistics operator such as FedEx. Decarbonizing FedEx's airline fleet will be even more difficult than moving its trucks to batteries. Katie Fehrenbacher.

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Episode 246: Celebrating the sustainability profession, the 'clean fight'

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Fri, 11/20/2020 - 02:00. We chat with two executives representing The Clean Fight NYC, a building decarbonization initiative led by New Energy Nexus and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Say 'hy-drogen' to a decarbonized future. Heather Clancy. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (3:45).