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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. Natural carbon sinks, carbon mineralization and direct-air capture are early focus areas for Stripe’s 2019 Negative Emissions Commitment , which aims to spend at least double in these areas compared with what it pays for carbon offsets.

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KKR 2021 Sustainability Report: Climate

3BL Media

SCALING UP: 2021 HIGHLIGHTS. 4th webinar presented, focusing on what carbon offsets can – and can’t – do as part of our Climate Action webinar series. 4th webinar presented, focusing on what carbon offsets can – and can’t – do as part of our Climate Action webinar series. Read the full 2021 Sustainability Report.

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

GreenBiz

Tue, 03/16/2021 - 05:00. 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. 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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Long-Term Carbon Offsets Outlook 2023

3BL Media

Originally published on bloomberg.com A turbulent year hasn’t thrown off the long-term prospects for the carbon offset market, which could be valued at half a trillion dollars annually by 2050. Demand will rise into the billions of tons of carbon dioxide equivalent within the next decade as companies work toward net-zero goals.

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Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions

GreenBiz

Amazon's plans to decarbonize its shipping supply chain isn't just focused on electrifying its delivery vans. This air cargo is not only one of the fastest-growing shipping methods, it's also one of the most carbon-intensive. To decarbonize the fuel for 70 planes, Amazon will need a lot more than 6 million gallons of bio jet fuel. .

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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

Mon, 03/22/2021 - 00:05. This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. 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.

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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. Communities at risk.