Urge Retailers to Abandon Dirty Ships

Amazon, IKEA, Target, and Walmart stakeholders and senior leadership

The holidays are the biggest shopping push of the year, and with record-setting numbers of fossil-fueled cargo ships idling at ports for weeks, retailers must be held accountable for the intensified environmental and public health impacts caused by transporting their goods on dirty ships.

This is a critical time to push Amazon, IKEA, Target, and Walmart to achieve zero-emissions maritime shipping by 2030. The COVID-19 crisis has caused a boom in deliveries for consumer goods, and container shipping demand is stronger than ever. Companies like Amazon, IKEA, Target, and Walmart have an outsized responsibility to combat the harmful pollution coming from their ocean freight. Shipping emissions are linked to 260,000 preventable deaths a year, as well as 6.4 million childhood asthma cases and 1 billion metric tons of climate pollution, disproportionately harming portside and low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.

It’s not just environmental advocates talking—consumers and stakeholders agree. 74% of American shoppers are more likely to shop at retailers that ship their goods on clean fuel ships. And, two-thirds of retail advisors agree that companies must become carbon-neutral by 2030 to remain competitive. We applaud global retail giants including Amazon and IKEA for committing to moving their products off fossil-fueled maritime cargo ships by 2040, but that’s 19 years too late.

The technology exists now to immediately reduce 30% of a ship’s climate-warming emissions for every trip it takes. Within the next few years, technology will debut to sail cargo ships without burning an ounce of carbon. Amazon, IKEA, Target, and Walmart can make the choice TODAY to Ship it Zero and exclusively ship on zero-emissions vessels by 2030. A commitment to Ship It Zero is a commitment to:

  • Abandon Dirty Ships: Stop moving products on fossil-fueled ships.

  • Set Sail First: Sign up to ship products on the world’s first zero-emission ships!

  • Put Zero at the Helm: Commit to 100% zero-emission shipping by 2030.

Add your name to urge Amazon, Ikea, Target, and Walmart to take immediate action to reduce their climate and health-harming maritime pollution and invest in transitioning to zero-emissions ships by 2030.


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To: Amazon, IKEA, Target, and Walmart stakeholders and senior leadership
From: [Your Name]

The COVID-19 crisis has caused a boom in deliveries for consumer goods, and container shipping demand is stronger than ever. Companies like Amazon, IKEA, Target, and Walmart have an outsized responsibility to combat the pollution coming from their ships that harms communities and the climate. Shipping emissions are linked to 260,000 preventable deaths a year, as well as 6.4 million childhood asthma cases and 1 billion metric tons of climate pollution. Ship emissions also increase the predisposition for folks in port communities to develop respiratory conditions that make patients more vulnerable to COVID-19.

It’s not just environmental advocates talking—consumers and stakeholders agree. 74% of American shoppers are more likely to shop at retailers that ship their goods on clean fuel ships. And, two-thirds of retail advisors agree that companies must become carbon-neutral by 2030 to remain competitive.

Already, technology exists to reduce 30% of a ship’s climate-warming emissions for every trip it takes. Within the next few years, technology will debut to sail cargo ships without burning an ounce of carbon. New zero-emissions vessels will drastically reduce the shipping industry’s carbon and ocean pollution. Amazon, IKEA, Target, and Walmart can make the choice TODAY to Ship it Zero and exclusively ship on zero-emissions vessels by 2030. A commitment to Ship It Zero is a commitment to:

Abandon Dirty Ships: Stop moving products on fossil-fueled ships.
Set Sail First: Sign up to ship products on the world’s first zero-emission ships!
Put Zero at the Helm: Commit to 100% zero-emission shipping by 2030.

As we emerge from COVID-19, we still have a climate crisis to reckon with. Thankfully, the solutions are on the horizon, and Amazon, IKEA, Target, and Walmart can act today.

Please support early, bold investments in zero-emissions shipping. Let’s Ship It Zero.