The CLimate Pledge
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The Climate Pledge and C40 Cities Partner to Launch Laneshift, an International Initiative to Decarbonize Freight Trucks in Developing Countries
The Climate Pledge—co-founded by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Global Optimism—and C40 Cities today launched Laneshift, a partnership to tackle carbon emissions through zero-emission freight by reimagining medium- and heavy-duty shipping vehicles and the routes they travel. Road freight is a major source of air pollution and one of the most important sectors to decarbonize, but it’s also one of the…
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The Climate Pledge Announces 86 New Signatories, Including Procter & Gamble, HP, and Salesforce, Signaling Their Commitment to Achieving Net-Zero Carbon by 2040 or Sooner
More than 200 global organizations have now joined The Climate Pledge and are pursuing ambitious carbon-reduction activities, including operational changes in the race to fight climate change Together, Pledge signatories generate over $1.8 trillion in global annual revenues and are expected to collectively mitigate 1.98 billion metric tons of carbon emissions annually by 2040 from a 2020 baseline SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep. 20, 2021– Today,…
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Amazon and Global Optimism Welcome Henkel and Signify to The Climate Pledge
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 18, 2020– Today, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Global Optimism announced that Henkel has joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040—a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050. Signify, which already achieved carbon neutrality earlier this year, is also joining The Climate Pledge to collaborate with other signatories and share best practices. Signatories to The…
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The Climate Pledge and the We Mean Business Coalition Partner on Comprehensive Effort to Drive Companies to Adopt More Ambitious Carbon Reduction Goals
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 16, 2020– Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and We Mean Business, a global nonprofit coalition working with businesses to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy, today announced they have partnered to establish the world’s most comprehensive effort to drive companies to adopt more ambitious carbon emissions reduction goals. The We Mean Business coalition works with over 1,200 companies, with a total…
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Verizon joins Amazon and Global Optimism in signing The Climate Pledge
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun. 16, 2020– The seventh paragraph of release has been updated. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200616005392/en/ Planet Earth (Photo: Business Wire) The corrected release reads: VERIZON JOINS AMAZON AND GLOBAL OPTIMISM IN SIGNING THE CLIMATE PLEDGE Commits to meeting the Paris Agreement 10 years early Verizon has committed to become carbon neutral by 2035 Today, Verizon (NYSE: VZ)…
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Amazon Announces Three New Renewable Energy Projects in the US and Spain to Support Amazon’s Pledge to Reach 80% Renewable Energy by 2024 and 100% Renewable Energy by 2030
Projects will support Amazon’s commitment to The Climate Pledge to be net zero carbon by 2040 and supply renewable energy for the company’s fulfillment network and Amazon Web Services data centers which support Amazon and millions of AWS customers globally Amazon’s first large-scale renewable energy project in Spain, first in the state of Illinois, and ninth in the Commonwealth of Virginia – combined, are expected to…
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Amazon Announces Three New Renewable Energy Projects in the US and UK to Support Amazon’s Pledge to Reach 80% Renewable Energy by 2024 and 100% Renewable Energy by 2030
Projects will support Amazon’s commitment to The Climate Pledge to be net zero carbon by 2040 and supply renewable energy to the company’s Amazon Web Services data centers that support Amazon and millions of AWS customers globally Amazon’s first renewable energy project in Scotland, second in North Carolina, and eighth in the Commonwealth of Virginia – combined, are expected to produce 265 MW of additional renewable…
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