Tag: Shipping emissions
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 ditches shipping, climate commitments
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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The Climate Crisis Gives Sailing Ships a Second Wind
May 4, 2023
— Cargo vessels are some of the dirtiest vehicles in existence. Can a centuries-old technology help to clean them up?
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Opening a horizon of hope: Ship It Zero turns one!
July 18, 2022
— Today, we mark Ship It Zero’s one-year anniversary. It’s a moment to reflect on what we’ve accomplished and where we’re going — because there’s still more work to do.
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Open Letter from Ship it Zero to Shipping Companies
May 23, 2022
— Cargo companies like CMA-CGM, A.P. Moller-Maersk, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, Evergreen Marine, and Ocean Network Express have reported record-breaking profits as a result of Covid-related consumer spending and supply chain disruptions over the last two years. It is your duty to invest these resources in reducing fossil fuel use and catalyzing the shift to zero emissions vessels.
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Walmart’s Dirty Shipping Problem
March 23, 2022
— In advance of the upcoming Society of Environmental Journalists Conference, we are providing a backgrounder with Houston shipping facts and some information on how Walmart has contributed to port pollution nationwide and in the Houston area.
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Ship It Zero Campaign to Walmart: Protecting Oceans Requires Zero Emissions Shipping
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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New Clean Cargo Ship Signals Continued Technology Availability
February 10, 2022
— Ship It Zero Coalition Calls on Walmart, Target, Amazon and IKEA to Move their Business to Carriers that Offer Zero Emission Solutions
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The shipping industry faces a climate crisis reckoning – will it decarbonize?
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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