Etiqueta: Emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero
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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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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Ship It Zero cautiously welcomes container shipping majors’ joint effort to end fossil fuel-powered ships, calls for more stringent plan to achieve 100% zero-emission shipping
December 5, 2023
— The Ship It Zero coalition cautiously welcomes an announcement from five of the world’s largest shipping lines — MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Wallenius Wilhelmsen — made in Dubai at COP28 that calls for an end date for fossil fuel-only powered newbuilds, while also urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to create the regulatory conditions to accelerate the green fuels transition.
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Ikea actually got a decent grade for its sustainable shipping goals
August 10, 2023
— Ikea scored a lot higher than other big-name retailers for its efforts to cut down shipping pollution. Report cards are out for retailers’ climate goals, specifically when it comes to tackling the pollution from their shipping. Compared to other retail giants, Ikea managed to get surprisingly high scores.
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Retailers and Carriers Fall Short on Ship It Zero’s Decarbonization Score Card
August 3, 2023
— Climate and public health campaign Ship it Zero says the results of its inaugural Shipping Decarbonisation Report Card put ‘retailers and carrier lines on notice to clean up their shipping problem.’
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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”.
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La crisis climática da un segundo aire a los veleros
4 de mayo de 2023
- Los buques de carga son algunos de los vehículos más sucios que existen. Puede una tecnología centenaria ayudar a limpiarlos?
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Abrir un horizonte de esperanza: ¡Ship It Zero cumple un año!
18 de julio de 2022
- Hoy celebramos el primer aniversario de Ship It Zero. Es un momento para reflexionar sobre lo que hemos logrado y hacia dónde vamos, porque aún queda trabajo por hacer.
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Carta abierta de Ship it Zero a las navieras
23 de mayo de 2022
- Compañías de carga como CMA-CGM, A.P. Moller-Maersk, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, Evergreen Marine y Ocean Network Express han registrado beneficios récord como resultado del gasto de los consumidores relacionado con Covid y las interrupciones de la cadena de suministro en los dos últimos años. Es su deber invertir estos recursos en reducir el uso de combustibles fósiles y catalizar el cambio a buques con cero emisiones.
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El problema de los envíos sucios de Walmart
23 de marzo de 2022
- Antes de la próxima Conferencia de la Sociedad de Periodistas Ambientales, ofrecemos un resumen con datos sobre el transporte marítimo en Houston y alguna información sobre cómo Walmart ha contribuido a la contaminación portuaria en todo el país y en el área de Houston.
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Campaña Ship It Zero a Walmart: La protección de los océanos requiere un envío con cero emisiones
February 22, 2022
— Walmart Senior Vice President for Sustainability Jane Ewing will be a keynote speaker at the 9th annual World Ocean Summit Virtual Week taking place from March 1–4, 2022. Climate advocates with the Ship It Zero campaign are calling on Walmart to stop ignoring its massive ocean and climate pollution problem, as the company touts its narrow focus on overfishing.
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El nuevo buque de carga limpia indica que la tecnología sigue disponible
10 de febrero de 2022
- La coalición Ship It Zero pide a Walmart, Target, Amazon e IKEA que trasladen sus negocios a transportistas que ofrezcan soluciones de cero emisiones
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El sector marítimo se enfrenta a un ajuste de cuentas por la crisis climática: ¿se descarbonizará?
November 12, 2021
— Until now, shipping companies, which operate in remote international waters far from the public eye, have managed to avoid meaningful climate regulation. But the industry is facing a reckoning.
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