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Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions

GreenBiz

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. 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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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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American Airlines' Approach to Sustainable Aviation Fuel

3BL Media

The SAF will be produced at the Aemetis Carbon Zero plant under development in Riverbank, California. The facility will use zero carbon intensity hydroelectric electricity to process nonedible waste oils into SAF. Enabling Our Customers to Offset Their Flights. million gallons of SAF.

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HH Global Ramps 2040 Net Zero Goal to 90% Emissions Reduction

ESG Today

HH Global became a signatory to The Climate Pledge in early 2021, an initiative co-founded by Amazon and climate change-focused organization Global Optimism, calling on signatories to commit to net zero carbon across their businesses by 2040.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

But in early 2019, Amazon announced an industry-first for a delivery company: It pledged that half of all of its shipments would be net-zero carbon by 2030. The entire company (including transportation) will be net-zero carbon by 2040. In order to get to zero, we need to transition the fleet," Freeze said. .