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

GreenBiz

BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea. Expanding carbon capture to long-distance marine shipping could help accelerate its use, while addressing a difficult to abate sector of the transport industry.". The global shipping sector is responsible for around 2.5

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Amazon, Unilever, IKEA back zero-emission shipping initiative

GreenBiz

Nine global corporations adopt ambition statement that commits them to transitioning their freight vessels to zero-carbon fuels by 2040.

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Amazon aims to clean up aviation

GreenBiz

More specifically, Amazon's air shipping business, which along with its entire global logistics supply chain juggernaut is booming. . Infinium, spun out of another company called Greyrock Energy , says because the biofuel (dubbed an "electrofuel") is made with clean energy and CO2, it's a "net-zero carbon" fuel. 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. 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. Katie Fehrenbacher.

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Carnival Corporation Joins Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

3BL Media

World’s largest cruise company is first in cruise sector to join research and development center committed to facilitating and accelerating decarbonization of the global shipping industry. DESCRIPTION: Carnival Corporation Joins Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.

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Green corridors could lead the way to zero-carbon shipping. But how can they become a reality?

McKinsey Sustainabilty

A new report by the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping in collaboration with McKinsey lays out a blueprint to assess the feasibility of green corridors.