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Read about the waves we’re making in the media about zero-emissions maritime shipping.

News|The Loadstar

Prime pollution: Amazon’s climate pledge deemed worthless as emissions soar

September 13, 2024 — Amazon’s climate pledge announced in September 2019 looks like a fig leaf in light of a report on the trajectory of the ecommerce giant’s CO2 emissions over the past five years.

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News|Nation of Change

Environmental groups protest outside Amazon on Prime Day demanding company strengthen climate commitments

July 19, 2024 — Protestors gathered outside Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle on Thursday with a message to the company’s executives to strengthen its climate commitments. The demonstration, which shut down Sixth Avenue, was led by environmental advocacy groups including Stand.earth and the Ship It Zero coalition, climate and community advocates

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News|The Cool Down

Organization demands major retailers take crucial steps to protect our oceans: ‘These corporations have an opportunity to send a market signal’

May 18, 2024 — Now, a coalition called Ship It Zero — made up of environmental and public health advocates, scientists, shipping experts, and shoppers — is calling on the retail corporations that the industry relies on to commit to a goal of zero-emission maritime shipping by 2030, Good Good Good reported.

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News|MSN/Shipping Technology

Criticism looms as Hapag-Lloyd reports emission reductions, receives F rating from Ship it Zero coalition

March 20, 2024 — German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has said it reduced the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its fleet by 0.8m tons in 2023, through use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and biofuels, in its latest annual sustainability report outlining the steps it is taking to reach net zero emissions by 2045.

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News|Ship Technology

Nike signs biofuels agreement with CMA CGM

March 5, 2024 — The US apparel company is hoping to reduce CO2 emissions as part of its Move to Zero initiative on net zero emissions. Sport and fashion giant NIKE has partnered with CMA CGM on the use of more sustainable shipping fuels by purchasing biofuels for use with 36% of its cargo carried with the company.

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News|Eco-Business

Are Asia’s shipowners doing enough to cut greenhouse gas emissions?

October 6, 2023 — Asia is home to more than half of the world’s top ten major shipowners, based on a report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 27 September.

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News|Nation of Change

Amazon ships goods on Maersk’s first-ever zero-emissions container vessel

September 20, 2023

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News|The Loadstar

Green critics hit out at carrier appetite for LNG fuel

September 20, 2023 — Following Maersk’s green partnership with CMA CGM, announced just one week after Maersk’s methanol “new industrial revolution”, environmental coalition Ship It Zero has expressed concern over the French liner giant’s preoccupation with LNG.

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News|Splash247

Amazon, IKEA and other major brands invite bids for zero-emission shipping

September 13, 2023 — An alliance of freight buyers that includes e-commerce giant Amazon and the world’s largest furniture retailer IKEA has invited shipping lines to place their bids to move 600,000 containers over a three-year period on ships that offer a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional fossil fuels on a lifecycle basis.

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Hapag-Lloyd is unhappy with low grade in new climate rating

August 24, 2023 — The German container carrier is unhappy to fi nish last in a new rating of climate initiatives, behind China’s Cosco and others. Anenvironmental organization explains why.

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