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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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How Australian manufacturers can achieve the net-zero deadline

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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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Southwest Airlines’ Flight Path to Carbon Neutrality

Logistics Viewpoints

For Southwest, avoiding the hockey stick means having plausible stretch goals that can be met by 2030. Southwest’s goals for 2030 are to reduce its carbon emissions per available seat mile (including scope 1 and scope 2 emissions) by at least 20 percent. This allows an important goal to be met at the last minute. Today,” Ms.

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Understanding Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 and are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda. For example, Mars has been purposeful on where to focus their efforts. Climate action is incredibly important for Mars and its supply chain partners.

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The Circular Supply Chain: A Push for Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 and are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda. For example, Mars is looking at climate action, no poverty, and partnerships as part of its sustainability plans.

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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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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

The transition of an entire fleet to self-driving trucks can decrease operating by approximately 45 percent (according to McKinsey Route 2030, September 2030). For example, last year Germany established the legal framework to enable the introduction of self-driving trucks, And their use is already a reality in some states of the USA.

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