The climate stakes of speedy delivery

The big picture: Consumers have gotten hooked on speed — and the efficiencies that e-commerce injected into retail are getting erased because now there are more deliveries of smaller numbers of packages. On top of UPS, USPS and FedEx, many other players in parcel delivery — including Amazon itself — are adding to the total impact. In a statement to Axios, Amazon said it is committed to bring down its contributions to climate change:

Target said it aims to reduce its carbon footprint by 30% by 2030.

Source: www.axios.com