Category: Press Release
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Activists stage mock Amazon Career Fair at University of Washington to spotlight company’s climate and labor failures
April 17, 2025
— As Amazon continues its aggressive recruitment efforts at the University of Washington (UW), a coalition of climate and labor activists – including Stand.earth, the University of Washington Institutional Climate Action, and Troublemakers, with support from Pacific Environment’s Ship It Zero campaign – hosted a satirical “Amazon Career Fair” outside the Husky Union Building (HUB) on Tuesday, April 8.
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CMA CGM Group orders electric barge for Nike goods
March 4, 2025
— According to The Maritime Executive, CMA CGM plans to operate and develop a 100% electric barge for Nike goods in Vietnam. The group said that the barge is part of its long-term commitment and decarbonization plans. However, CMA also told Loadstar this week that it ordered 12 new liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels last year.
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Ship It Zero: Amazon, IKEA and shipping companies must accelerate the use of e-fuels
February 25, 2025
— The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), an alliance of freight buyers that includes major retailers — like members Amazon, IKEA — announced that it is accepting bids for its e-fuel-focused tender.
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IKEA Leads on Green Shipping, But More Action Needed for Zero-Emission Ships
February 5, 2025
— Pacific Environment’s Ship It Zero coalition commends IKEA for continuing to prioritize maritime shipping decarbonization, as reflected in the company’s FY24 Climate and Sustainability reports released this week.
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Maersk and Hapag Lloyd Tout Sustainability, But Their Agreement Still Runs on Dirty, Fossil Fuels
February 3, 2025
— Offshore Energy reported that industry giants Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk have signed an agreement for a new long-term operational collaboration called ”Gemini Cooperation,” which will start in February 2025.
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Shipping Emissions in Focus: Ship It Zero Reveals Amazon, LG, Samsung and Home Depot’s Stalled Progress
November 19, 2024
— Just in time for the holidays, the Ship It Zero campaign is bringing visibility to the impacts of dirty ocean shipping caused by mega retailers all year round but especially as they ship their goods during the holiday season. The campaign has announced the release of its 2024 Retailer Shipping Decarbonization Progress Reports, which calls upon IKEA, LG, Samsung, and Home Depot to improve their performance by 2025 when the next round of Ship It Zero Report Cards are expected.
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Is Amazon Failing on its Maritime Decarbonization Commitments?
October 8, 2024
— As Amazon races to kickoff the holiday season with its two-day Prime Day member events on October 8th and 9th, Pacific Environment’s Ship It Zero campaign is again sounding the alarm about the harms caused by Amazon’s ever-increasing fossil-fueled deliveries with the launch of the Ship It Zero 2024 Amazon Decarbonization Progress Report.
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Amazon’s U.S. transportation pollution surges 25% since company announced ‘Climate Pledge’ five years ago
September 12, 2024
— Since Amazon announced its “Climate Pledge” initiative to reduce emissions in September of 2019, the company continued to expand its U.S. shipping and deliveries pollution – and today, a joint investigation by Stand.earth Research Group (SRG), the Clean Mobility Collective (CMC), and the Ship it Zero (SiZ) campaign reveals Amazon’s greenhouse gas emissions have dramatically increased since that announcement.
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Environmental groups shut down street in front of Amazon HQ during Prime Day protest
July 16, 2024
— Demanding the company strengthen its climate commitments, environmental and community advocates encounter aggressive police response that resulted in the arrest of at least one participant
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