(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 14 - With the entry of almost 100 new companies, more than 300 (312 to date) companies in the world have now signed the Climate Pledge, the commitment to reach the Paris climate agreements with 10 years advance and zero CO2 emissions by 2040. This was announced by Amazon and GlobalOptimism specifying that the growth in the number of signatories is 600% compared to the previous year and that the signatories of the Pledgenerate in total an annual turnover of over 3,500 billion dollars and have more of 8 million employees in 51 different sectors in 29 countries.
Among the nearly 100 new signatories is Maersk, the largest merchant shipping company in the world;
Sap, the world's leading company in cloud management software;
the North American lumber firm Weyerhaeuser;
Sunrun, the largest manufacturer of residential solar panels in the US and the brand leader in connected car and Harman audio services.
Also present the Italian Up2You.
In particular, Amazon recalls in a note, the signatories of the Climate Pledge undertake to "periodically measure and report their greenhouse gas emissions; implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement through real changes and innovations in their business, which include an improvement in efficiency, the use of renewable energy, the reduction of materials and other strategies for the elimination of Co2 emissions; neutralize any residual emissions by adopting additional compensatory measures, quantifiable, real, permanent and with a positive social impact, so as to achieve zero CO2 emissions annually by 2040 ".
"The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly present in our daily lives and in everything around us, so we firmly believe that the private sector must continue to innovate and collaborate across different geographical areas and industrial sectors to decarbonise the global economy on a large scale. , "said Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon.
"It is an encouraging sign that more than 300 companies have signed The Climate Pledge, a commitment to tackle climate change head on, adopting concrete business changes that will have a lasting impact on our planet. We can only achieve this together."
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