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FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

GreenBiz

FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040. Wed, 03/03/2021 - 07:26. Global logistics giant FedEx on Wednesday announced a goal to be carbon neutral by 2040. That fuel also accounts for 6 percent of its annual operating budget. Carbon Capture. Katie Fehrenbacher. Supply Chain. Sponsored Article.

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Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral

DeSmogBlog

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. While there’s more knowledge in general around climate change and the harms of fossil fuels, I think that people have a lot of trust in creators.

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Revealed: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’

DeSmogBlog

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog.

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On the road to carbon neutrality

Business Green

We began our sustainability journey over 25 years ago, and since then have made good progress, particularly in cutting carbon emissions. By 2030, Dow will reduce its net annual carbon emissions by five million metric tons versus its 2020 baseline. And by 2050, Dow intends to be carbon neutral. Our commitments.

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Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing?

GreenBiz

Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:11. Is net zero the same as carbon neutral? You can become carbon neutral simply by buying offsets — for a year’s worth of driving or air travel, for example. Companies are being increasingly criticized for investing more into offsets than into actual emissions reductions. Joel Makower.

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'Leaving fossil fuels in the dust': How greener firms are outperforming the wider market

Business Green

Latest Carbon Clean 200 list companies outperformed average benchmark by 47 per cent over the past year. Overall, they calculated that investing $10,000 in the Carbon Clean 200 companies in July 2016 would have seen this investment grow to more than $21,000 by the end of last month.

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'The world is changing': Bentley announces £2.5bn electrification investment programme

Business Green

Bentley has said it will invest £2.5bn on electrifying its vehicles and transforming its Crewe headquarters into a "zero environmental impact" electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant. That means delivering on our aim to be end-to-end carbon neutral by 2030 and reaffirming our role as the leader in sustainable luxury mobility.".