Re:Etsy Carbon-Offset Shipping
by metaphor on Thursday May 16, 2019 @11:38PM
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Etsy is the first major online shopping destination to offset 100% of carbon emissions from shipping.*
*According to research conducted by 3Degrees.
The fine print[1] is interesting. This isn't some save-the-planet-from-the-goodness-of-our-heart-no-strings-attached campaign...if anything, it's a subsidy brokered through a for-profit carbon credit consulting firm designed to directly benefit certain for-profit companies.
[1] https://3degreesinc.com/latest/etsy-leads-e-commerce-towards...