Tell Target executives: End port pollution this retail restocking season!
- by: Ship it Zero
- recipient: Target Executives
Ship It Zero is now one year old! As we're entering our second year of commitment to a clean climate future, we're hitting the ground running: help us keep the pressure on Target as we enter the busiest -- and dirtiest -- time of the year for ocean cargo shipping. Join us in emailing Target leadership in just one click to demand an end to toxic port pollution by transitioning to clean, renewable electricity at ports.
It's Back to School season, which means retailers like Target are rushing to ship TONS of products across the ocean -- reaping major profits. Target's outsized shipping footprint (they're the number THREE most-polluting ocean shipping retail importer to the U.S.!) creates major pollution for port neighborhoods. Families and communities exposed to toxic ship emissions face decreased life expectancies and greater risks of asthma, cancer, and pulmonary disease. The consequences are measurable.
Help us hold Target responsible: email Target executives to end fossil-fueled pollution at ports and take responsibility for their harms to customers, portside neighbors, and the planet.
We're one year into the Ship It Zero campaign, and already, Big Retail peers like Amazon and IKEA have made clean shipping commitments. But Target refuses to budge: after 12 months of hard-hitting, committed pressure to urge Target to transition to zero-emission ocean shipping by 2030, the Big Retailer still hasn't taken action. This year, we need that to change.
Email Target executives today demanding they end port pollution by electrifying Target's ships and prioritizing the health of port communities and the planet.
It's Back to School season, which means retailers like Target are rushing to ship TONS of products across the ocean -- reaping major profits. Target's outsized shipping footprint (they're the number THREE most-polluting ocean shipping retail importer to the U.S.!) creates major pollution for port neighborhoods. Families and communities exposed to toxic ship emissions face decreased life expectancies and greater risks of asthma, cancer, and pulmonary disease. The consequences are measurable.
Help us hold Target responsible: email Target executives to end fossil-fueled pollution at ports and take responsibility for their harms to customers, portside neighbors, and the planet.
We're one year into the Ship It Zero campaign, and already, Big Retail peers like Amazon and IKEA have made clean shipping commitments. But Target refuses to budge: after 12 months of hard-hitting, committed pressure to urge Target to transition to zero-emission ocean shipping by 2030, the Big Retailer still hasn't taken action. This year, we need that to change.
Email Target executives today demanding they end port pollution by electrifying Target's ships and prioritizing the health of port communities and the planet.
As a customer of Target, I'm writing to urge you to prioritize health by ending Target's high levels of port pollution, which harm port communities and worsen the climate crisis.
Target has some of the HIGHEST ocean shipping emissions of all U.S. retailers — making Target one of the dirtiest Big Retailers in the country. Target's reliance on the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet for its ocean shipping causes serious health harms like increased risks of asthma, pulmonary disease, and lung cancer in port communities. By eliminating the toxic emissions stemming from Target's massive ocean shipping footprint at ports by plugging ships at and near ports into renewable electricity and transitioning to 100% zero-emission shipping by 2030, impacted port neighborhoods and communities around the world will have the safety, health, and benefits they deserve.
Earlier this year, major international ocean company Maersk, top supplier for Target, announced plans to electrify ships near port at 100 ports globally starting in 2028 through off-shore charging stations — reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 5 million tons annually and producing major improvements to local air quality at ports. Target must follow this crucial climate leadership across all of its ocean shipping operations to remain competitive in the twenty-first century.
Target has a corporate responsibility to not harm their customers and the locations in which Target conducts business. By listening to customers to end port pollution now, Target will show the environmental leadership needed from America's most influential retailers.
Specifically, as a customer, I want Target to:
-End Port Pollution NOW: Put the health of our coastal and port neighbors first by requiring your cargo carriers to use clean energy and electrification in major ports and eliminate port pollution now.
-Abandon Dirty Ships: Immediately abandon dirty, fossil-fueled ocean shipping and adopt emissions-reducing technologies like wind-assisted propulsion and slow-steaming.
-Put Zero at the Helm: Commit to 100% zero-emissions ocean shipping as soon as humanly possible, and no later than 2030.
Thank you for your immediate action, and I look forward to Target's leadership this year.
Sincerely,
[your name]
Sign PetitionSign PetitionTarget has some of the HIGHEST ocean shipping emissions of all U.S. retailers — making Target one of the dirtiest Big Retailers in the country. Target's reliance on the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet for its ocean shipping causes serious health harms like increased risks of asthma, pulmonary disease, and lung cancer in port communities. By eliminating the toxic emissions stemming from Target's massive ocean shipping footprint at ports by plugging ships at and near ports into renewable electricity and transitioning to 100% zero-emission shipping by 2030, impacted port neighborhoods and communities around the world will have the safety, health, and benefits they deserve.
Earlier this year, major international ocean company Maersk, top supplier for Target, announced plans to electrify ships near port at 100 ports globally starting in 2028 through off-shore charging stations — reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 5 million tons annually and producing major improvements to local air quality at ports. Target must follow this crucial climate leadership across all of its ocean shipping operations to remain competitive in the twenty-first century.
Target has a corporate responsibility to not harm their customers and the locations in which Target conducts business. By listening to customers to end port pollution now, Target will show the environmental leadership needed from America's most influential retailers.
Specifically, as a customer, I want Target to:
-End Port Pollution NOW: Put the health of our coastal and port neighbors first by requiring your cargo carriers to use clean energy and electrification in major ports and eliminate port pollution now.
-Abandon Dirty Ships: Immediately abandon dirty, fossil-fueled ocean shipping and adopt emissions-reducing technologies like wind-assisted propulsion and slow-steaming.
-Put Zero at the Helm: Commit to 100% zero-emissions ocean shipping as soon as humanly possible, and no later than 2030.
Thank you for your immediate action, and I look forward to Target's leadership this year.
Sincerely,
[your name]
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