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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. For Etsy, the e-commerce marketplace known for handmade items like jewelry, art and apparel, Scope 3 emissions make up 99 percent of the company's carbon footprint. I know many companies have different definitions of net-zero. Deonna Anderson.

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To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success

GreenBiz

To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success. Mon, 09/28/2020 - 01:30. But any chief sustainability officer will fall short of their responsibility if they simply cite net-zero as a strategic goal. After all, it is the world that needs to achieve net-zero emissions. Peter Boyd.

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Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020

GreenBiz

Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020. Net-zero commitments may have ricocheted across banking sector over the last 18 months, but big banks' attestations of climate concern did not stop many from expanding financing for the world's top fossil fuel firms during the pandemic year.

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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

GreenBiz

2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun. Thu, 08/13/2020 - 00:15. Consider this: In April, Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, announced its intent to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. Hunter Lovins. We’re female entrepreneurs and environmentalists. Is that possible?

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Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions

GreenBiz

Wed, 07/08/2020 - 08:00. The move shows the efforts that Amazon is willing to go to eke out carbon emissions across its vast network of planes, vehicles and distribution centers that deliver on-demand goods across the globe. Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions. Katie Fehrenbacher. Pull Quote.

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Fossil fuel expansion will be the litmus test for banks’ net-zero promises

Corporate Knights

Many of the world’s biggest banks face the enormous challenge of realigning their entire loans and investment operations in the coming years to put themselves on a credible path to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. “We Ultimately, best practices come down to are we seeing year-over-year changes in their capital flows?”.

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Southern Company Accelerates Clean Energy Transition With Expansion of Zero-Carbon Resources and Bold Net-Zero Goals

3BL Media

Our growing portfolio of zero-carbon resources plays an integral role in helping us meet these objectives. Our greenhouse gas reduction goals are to achieve 50% reduction from 2007 levels by 2030 and to reach net zero by 2050, consistent with the commitments of the Paris Agreement.

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