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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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Charting global shipping’s path to zero carbon

McKinsey Sustainabilty

A knowledge partnership between the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping and McKinsey explores what it will take for the maritime industry to decarbonize.

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Crowley Commits to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050 in Inaugural Sustainability Report

3BL Media

“We are working with partners on some of the industry’s most ambitious projects as we aspire to become the most sustainable and innovative maritime and logistics company in the Americas.”. Central America and the Caribbean. People and Communities. Established a $2.5

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Electrifying driving in Canada will cost just 10% more than what we already spend

Corporate Knights

Canada faces an investment gap of more than C$600 billion to complete the shift to a zero-carbon road transportation system by 2050, but the effort will more than pay for itself, a new analysis shows. Decarbonizing that activity will shift the investments Canadians are already on track to make in the vehicles they buy.

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DP World Enhances Sustainability Leadership in the Americas With Key Appointment

3BL Media

This strategic appointment aligns with DP World’s global commitment to driving sustainable change and innovation throughout the logistics and supply chain industry. Last year, the company announced its global objective of achieving 100% carbon neutrality by 2040 and net-zero carbon status by 2050.

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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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