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

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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. Deonna Anderson. Tue, 03/16/2021 - 05:00. But often, they are the most emissions to take on.

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Lyft plans to electrify all of its cars by 2030

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Lyft plans to electrify all of its cars by 2030. In an unprecedented move, the ride-hailing company Lyft revealed Wednesday it plans to electrify every car on its platform — those owned by Lyft and rented to drivers as well as cars owned by drivers — by 2030. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 06/17/2020 - 10:00. Transportation & Mobility.

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Why Land Remediation Is the Future of Carbon Offsets

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A recent report from McKinsey & Company offered some hard evidence for what environmentalists have long known to be a mounting concern: The current carbon offset market will struggle in the next thirty years to meet the exponentially increasing demands placed on it by corporate America’s collective drive to meet their carbon pledges.

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What Are Carbon Offsets and Why Do Corporations Use Them?

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When one greatly outweighs the other, problems arise, and currently there is a big one brewing in the carbon offset market—demand has grown exponentially and supply simply cannot keep pace. What are carbon offsets and why is it so difficult to make them verifiable, impactful, and scalable? What are carbon offsets?

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Long-Term Carbon Offsets Outlook 2023

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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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Apple creates $200 million fund for nature-based climate solutions

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Apple’s Restore Fund is part of the company's efforts to get to carbon neutrality by 2030 across its operations. It plans to directly eliminate 75 percent of emissions from its supply chain and products by 2030, and will use the Restore Fund to address the remaining 25 percent with offsets.

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Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions

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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 has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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