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eFREIGHT 2030 Powers Ahead with First Electric HGV

Logistics Business Magazine

Carlos Rodrigues, Managing Director of Renault Trucks UK & Ireland said: “We’re delighted to see the first E-Tech T on the road with Welch’s Transport and look forward to many more joining eFREIGHT 2030 member fleets in the coming months. This is an excellent example of industry and government collaborating to reach net zero.”

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Large order of electric delivery vehicles serves as latest example of Amazon raising the stakes

Logistics Management

Amazon recently announced that as part of its commitment to net zero carbon by 2040 and 100% renewable energy by 2030 as part of what it called The Climate Pledge, whose objective is to meet the Paris Agreement ten years ahead of schedule by 2040, it has ordered 100,000 electric delivery vehicles, which it said represents the “largest order ever for (..)

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Shipping off track to meet 5% Zero-emission Fuel Target

Logistics Business Magazine

The global shipping industry is not on track to meet its target of having zero-emission fuels account for 5% of all fuels by 2030. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) set a goal of ensuring that zero- or near-zero emission fuels make up 5% to 10% of all shipping fuels by 2030. The remaining 14 are only ‘partially on track’.

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World Shipping Body Toughens Their Emissions Targets

Logistics Viewpoints

The interim goals include cutting greenhouse gas emissions “by at least 20 percent, striving for 30 percent, by 2030” and “by at least 70 percent, striving for 80 percent, by 2040.” Embracing green hydrogen, for example, not only requires a vast buildout of plants, but it also requires ports to develop a new storage and piping infrastructure.

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How Australian manufacturers can achieve the net-zero deadline

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Most manufacturing companies are working on what a low carbon future means for their business with the urgency to cut global CO2 emissions in half by 2030 and strive for a net-zero by 2050. For example, the manufacturing sector in Australia is one of the top three heaviest carbon emitters within the country.

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DHL pledges €7bn to reduce emissions

Logistics Business Magazine

This is an important step in DPDHL’s initiative to lead the logistics industry towards a greener and more sustainable future, with a commitment to invest €7bn by 2030 to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. In its own operations, ABB will lead by example by achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.

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Collaboration to Transform Cold Chain Transport

Logistics Business Magazine

Examples of these solutions include the E-Series, an innovative and future-proof electric refrigeration unit designed for sustainable operations in urban and inner-city areas. of halving per capita global food loss and waste by 2030. The session was aligned to the EU’s commitment of meeting SDG 12.3