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Amazon aims to clean up aviation

GreenBiz

But in reality, with revenues and ticket sales way down, there's only so much commercial airlines actually will do to meet decarbonization goals. More specifically, Amazon's air shipping business, which along with its entire global logistics supply chain juggernaut is booming. . Enter air cargo.

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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. 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. Katie Fehrenbacher.

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

GreenBiz

The deal shows how companies are increasingly paying attention to ways to decarbonize transportation including buying more zero-emission commercial vehicles. Amazon plans eventually to have all of its shipments to customers become net-zero carbon, with 50 percent of all shipments net-zero by 2030.

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Collaborating for Sustainable Procurement: Insights From DP World

3BL Media

Decarbonization and Smart Logistics at DP World DP World has a clear vision for decarbonization, with ambitious goals to reduce emissions and lead the logistics industry toward a more sustainable future.

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

GreenBiz

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. The ambition is part of the company's net-zero carbon emissions by 2030 goal, which it set in February. . “I Shipping & Logistics. E-commerce.

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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

GreenBiz

A coalition of oil and gas majors are eyeing up the potential to capture carbon dioxide emissions from ships out at sea, teaming up with global tanker owner and operator Stena Bulk to evaluate the feasibility of technology they claim could play a key role in decarbonizing the hard-to-abate sector. Carbon Removal. BusinessGreen.

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Electrification could squeeze CO2 out of industrial supply chains

GreenBiz

In a net-zero carbon world, the low-carbon solution wins. Right now, the corporate gold standard is net zero well before 2050, and companies at the net-zero forefront are saying that they want to halve their Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 2030. Electrification could squeeze CO2 out of industrial supply chains.