Sustainability

Emissions, clean fuels, circular models, and the push to cut environmental impact across the chain.

Sustainability

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Greenpeace traces Ikea bed and stool to logged Romanian forest

Ikea disputes several conclusions and says 96.5% of its wood and paper is FSC-certified or recycled.

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Maersk fuels a container ship with 5,000 tonnes of ethanol in Singapore

Ethanol could ease the shortage of green ship fuel, but EU rules count crop-based fuel as no cleaner than oil.

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Best Buy tests electric yard trucks at two California DCs

The pilot will measure performance, operational feasibility and total cost of ownership.

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Etsy buys zero-emission trucking certificates to fund Texas electric trucks

The four-year agreement is not tied to Etsy's own shipments.

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Levi's and M&S launch a program to cut their suppliers' emissions

Supply chain emissions make up over 99% of Levi’s climate footprint.

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Target says supplier energy switches drive its Scope 3 cuts

Scope 3 is 98.5% of Target's footprint, per its 2026 sustainability report.

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LA and Long Beach would pay $60 a visit for zero-emission drayage

The proposal would cap payouts at $36,000 per truck a year for three years.

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Google buys electric truck miles it will never haul

The tech company is helping fund 25 electric semis on the Dallas-Houston lane and will take the emissions savings as certificates, joining Amazon, Meta and eBay in a shipper alliance.

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Best Buy certifies all 29 supply chain facilities as zero waste

The retailer's own reports set a 2025 deadline that this week's release does not mention.

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Briefing

Walmart signs nuclear power deal for Illinois DC

Walmart's 15-year deal with Constellation covers 176 MW from the Dresden plant for a new automated perishable DC

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DHL books space on wind-powered cargo ship

DHL booked dedicated pallet space on a wind-powered trimaran for a 2027 transatlantic lane priced between air and sea freight

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Kuehne+Nagel to buy sustainable aviation fuel for Google Cloud shipments

The forwarder will buy up to 5.2 million litres of sustainable aviation fuel to cover emissions from a set of Google Cloud shipments