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E-commerce, Retail Types

eBay hits back at claims it is the worst ecommerce website for carbon emissions

March 25, 2022

Via: Charged

eBay has hit back at research that claims it is the worst ecommerce website for carbon emissions, calling it “guesswork”. The data, which was compiled by Banc Digital claimed that eBay the worst emitter across the UK, generating 907.8 tonnes […]


Suppliers

CO2 emissions from ships and seaports reach the highest rate since 2008

December 3, 2021

Via: Charged

The global supply chain crisis is has meant that Co2 emissions from ships and seaports has reached its highest level since 2008. Emissions at four of the world’s largest ports are up 79 per cent since the start of the […]


E-commerce, Retail Types, Suppliers

E-commerce deliveries will overrun cities in 1 to 3 years

January 27, 2020

Via: Retail Dive

Urban last-mile deliveries will increase 78% by 2030, according to the report. The WEF argues that since carriers and municipalities have different, sometimes competitive priorities, the best path forward is to build portfolios of solutions that, combined, improve congestion and […]


Suppliers

Target includes supplier emissions in new climate goals

March 28, 2019

Via: Retail Dive

The SBTi requires companies to set emissions goals “in line with the level of decarbonization required to keep global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial temperatures,” as described by the initiative. Other major retailers with SBTi targets […]


Retail Types, Stores

Barron’s names Best Buy most sustainable company

February 12, 2019

Via: Retail Dive

Sustainability has been on Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly’s mind since he was young, when his parents took him to the Alps and he saw the glaciers were already receding, according to the Barron’s report. “Sustainability is embedded in everything […]