Ways to cut the carbon release speed of e-commerce

E-commerce industry is constantly expanding and the goal of online retailers is the same: Economic growth. The environmental impact of sales reaching the volume expressed by billion dollars worldwide increases in a noticeable manner. e-commerce companies like Amazon and Alibaba have recently developed more green strategies and sustainable solutions but the problem continues.

Is it traditional, which is more environmentally friendly?]
] The researchers at the University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam and MIT found that the total amount of emissions caused by face-to-face or traditional shopping has greatly changed depending on the transportation tools that consumers use to reach the store. Similarly, emissions from online shopping show variableness according to the preferred shipping method of consumers. According to research; consumers create much more carbon footprint than buying online when they shop using the tool. But you can mark the express shipping option to purchase any product, but also increase the carbon footprint. In summary, in the sector, millions of orders from the production of electronic devices are stored, processed and shipped worldwide, thousands of tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere and resulting in an exceptional amount of packaging waste. [

Amazon promised
Amazon invested in renewable energy in 2020 and implemented it in 65 percent of its operations. It is also said that reducing emissions from packaging, reducing the weight of outgoing packaging by about 36 percent and eliminates equivalent packaging to 2 billion shipping box. Amazon was the founder of The Climate Pledge, a deal based on the Paris Climate Agreement targets in 2019. As explained on the website of the company, it has been committed to adopt 100 percent of renewable energy and reach the net zero carbon by 2040.

Alibaba also moved
Alibaba.com, the largest market in the world, said to reach zero carbon by 2030 like Amazon and released Carbon Neutrality Report. According to Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang, the company aims not only to be carbon neutral, but to act in action and behavior changes between consumers, traders and business partners in China and the world.

The result will change consumer preferences
Online retailers argue that they act naturally according to consumer preferences. Climate experts claim that the passionate competition on higher sales reveals the advantages that consumers can not even imagine, and their preferences are shaped by competition. As companies continue to promote excessive consumption, sell cheap goods and focus on efficiency and comfort rather than environmental values, e-commerce industry will continue to give negative results on the environment. The solution is seen as a sharp change in consumer behavior with more sustainable production and sales strategies. E-commerce companies can start this behavior change by having new values that are more prone to sustainability rather than trying to earn profits despite everything.
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Source: Earth.org