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Amazon's carbon footprint soared by 18 percent last year, fuelled by pandemic shopping and expansion

The world’s largest online retailer is facing colossal challenges to reduce its carbon footprint. A surge in pandemic shopping showed Amazon’s 2021 carbon emissions grew 18 percent. As the e-commerce behemoth aims to grow its businesses, so does its footprint. Despite the electrical vehicles it uses for some of its deliveries; a switch to...

Business

H&M to forego new suppliers who rely on coal

In the wake of COP26, the H&M Group has reiterated its commitment to take action on climate beyond the conference. Energy efficiency, renewable electricity and shifting towards a circular business model are the pillars of the group’s climate strategy with the active goal of achieving a climate positive value chain by 2040. The company has also...

Fashion

Global Fashion Group goes carbon neutral

Online fashion retailer Global Fashion Group (GFG) has announced it has gone carbon neutral across its operations and outbound deliveries. The company said it achieved this by offsetting the emissions it generates by purchasing carbon credits from certified renewable energy projects located in China, India and Brazil where its operations and...

Fashion

Moncler pledges carbon neutrality by 2021

Luxury label Moncler has said it will go carbon neutral by 2021 as part of its new sustainability pledge. The up-market outerwear brand’s new ‘Moncler Born to Protect Sustainability Plan’ focuses on five key areas: climate action, circular economy, fair sourcing, enhancing diversity, and giving back to local communities. On the climate front,...

Retail

Burberry launching ‘Animal Kingdom’ pop-ups

Burberry is launching a series of worldwide ‘Animal Kingdom’ pop-ups to celebrate exclusive editions of its signature bags and accessories. The pop-ups, which the brand stated will be carbon neutral in partnership with Wildlife Works and their REDD+ offset project in the Congo Basin, will feature large-scale sculptures of monkeys, gorillas and...

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Gucci boss challenges CEOs to go carbon neutral

After going carbon neutral in September, Gucci is daring other companies to do the same. CEO Marco Bizzarri published an open letter to CEOs yesterday, asking them to take urgent steps to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, instead of solely focusing on goals for over the next decades. “Given the scientific evidence from the recent IPBES and...

Design

Marks & Spencer goes carbon neutral

Marks & Spencer has confirmed that it is the first major retailer to become carbon neutral. In its 2012 How We Do Business Report, which reports on the progress of the first five years of the retailer’s Plan A eco and ethical programme, M&S said it had achieved 138 of the 180 commitments with a further 30 being 'on plan'. M&S said it now...