How turning retail stores into e-commerce centres can avoid massive emissions

Sep 19, 2022

E-commerce retail stores new infrastructure carbon emissions

Growth in e-commerce requires new infrastructure, which contributes to massive carbon emissions. Image: SES-imagotag.

Thierry Gadou

Chief Executive Officer, SES-imagotag SA

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e-commerce direct-to-consumer logistics model trigger massive new carbon emissions

If e-commerce continues to be based primarily on direct-to-consumer logistics model, it will eventually trigger massive new carbon emissions as the sector grows. Image: SES-imagotag

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