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Amazon renuncia a sus compromisos climáticos y de envío

May 30, 2023 Business Insider has reported that Amazon has ditched part of its climate pledge and deleted its blog post that announced the Shipment Zero initiative. Instead of continuing to target to make all of its shipments net zero carbon, with 50% of all shipments net zero by 2030, Amazon has ditched this commitment and rolled broader goals into its “Climate Pledge”.

SEATTLE (May 26, 2023) — Business Insider has reported that Amazon has ditched part of its climate pledge and deleted its blog post that announced the Shipment Zero initiative. Instead of continuing to target to make all of its shipments net zero carbon, with 50% of all shipments net zero by 2030, Amazon has ditched this commitment and rolled broader goals into its “Climate Pledge” — with a goal to reach net zero carbon across all its operations by 2040, which according to Business Insider is a decade later than the 50% “Shipment Zero” goal. Shipping emissions are a significant source of scope 3 carbon emissions,which are defined as those resulting from activities not owned or controlled by a company. Bold steps toward shipping decarbonization are necessary for any retailer to become emission-free.

According to the University of Washington, Amazon shipped an estimated 7.7 billion packages globally, based on its nearly $470 billion in sales in 2021. If each of these packages were a 1-foot square box and they were stacked on top of one another, the pile would be six times higher than the distance from the Earth to the Moon. Backing down on its shipping and climate commitments is a significant and worrying prospect. 

DECLARACIONES DE SHIP IT ZERO

“We are disappointed to learn that Amazon has ditched their shipping commitments and watered down their Climate Pledge,” said Eric Leveridge, Ship It Zero Lead, Pacific Environment. “Amazon is uniquely situated to be a climate leader at a time when we need it the most, and committing to concrete interim goals are necessary to spur change.We call on Amazon to recommit to cleaning up its shipping act, and commit to zero-emissions ocean shipping by 2030.”

“We are concerned to hear that Amazon is backing off its previous commitments to cleaning up shipping throughout its operation, including ocean shipping. We need big retailers to increase their targets to achieve 100% zero-emission shipping by 2030.  Not back off of their previous commitments. They must act now and rapidly clean up shipping to ensure a healthier, cleaner tomorrow for our communities and our oceans and we fully intend to hold any retailer accountable that strays from this path,” said Kendra Ulrich, Shipping Campaigns Director for Stand.earth.

EL PROBLEMA DE LA CONTAMINACIÓN DEL SECTOR MARÍTIMO

El sector mundial del transporte marítimo representa 3% de las emisiones climáticas mundiales, más que el transporte aéreo mundial. Si el transporte marítimo fuera un país, sería el sexto mayor contaminador climático del mundo. Pero desde que el transporte marítimo negoció su exclusión del Acuerdo de París de la ONU, el esfuerzo para reducir las emisiones en la industria ha sido más lento que en otros sectores.

Aproximadamente 90% del comercio mundial se transporta por mar, y los escenarios actuales prevén que las emisiones aumentarán hasta un 50% con respecto a 2018. Aunque la Organización Marítima Internacional observó que el aumento del tamaño de los buques y las mejoras operativas destinadas a mejorar la eficiencia del combustible han dado lugar a una disminución de la intensidad de las emisiones, las emisiones anuales absolutas siguen aumentando.

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Ship It Zero es una campaña por el clima y la salud pública para que las mayores empresas del mundo pasen a un transporte marítimo con un 100% de emisiones cero. Insta a empresas como Walmart, Home Depot, Amazon, Target e IKEA a que pasen a utilizar buques de carga con un 100% de emisiones cero para 2030. Este objetivo garantizará que el sector del transporte marítimo contribuya a mantener el calentamiento global por debajo de 1,5 grados centígrados, el objetivo que, según los científicos, es necesario para evitar las peores consecuencias de la crisis climática.

Contactos para los medios de comunicación:

Gwen Dobbs, Communications Campaign Director, Pacific Environment, gdobbs@pacificenvironment.org, (202) 329-9295 (Pacific Time)

Shane Reese, Corporate Campaigns Media Director, Stand.earth, shane.reese@stand.earth, (919) 339-3785 (Eastern Time)