The Climate Pledge

We're still buzzing about The Climate Pledge Hub during Climate Week NYC 2026. Tap below for the the full recap. ⬇️

Reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 is an ambitious goal. These commitments create a shared foundation for action across a community of more than 700 companies, helping businesses move faster together and turn ambition into measurable progress. Explore the progress of The Climate Pledge: https://bit.ly/4dIrLZu

It was a big Climate Week NYC for the Electrifying Drayage Alliance (EDA). 🚛⚡ We officially launched the EDA 2030 Roadmap for the Ports of New York and New Jersey—a practical pathway toward enabling at least 300 battery-electric drayage trucks in the region by 2030. Throughout the week, we brought together leaders from across the freight industry to talk about what it will take to turn that roadmap into action: —> At the EDA NY-NJ Coalition Working Session, members moved straight into implementation, identifying early deployment opportunities, discussing the conditions needed to make them successful, and beginning to organize into workstreams focused on demand, carrier readiness, charging infrastructure, ports and terminals, and market support. The immediate focus: identifying three to five high-utilization lanes that could support early deployments in 2027. —> During a Smart Freight Centre fireside chat, The Climate Pledge’s Sally Fouts (Zwartjes) joined Tom Fisher of C.H. Robinson, Jennie Abarca of King Fio Trucking, LLC, and Derek Turbide of Greenlane™ Infrastructure to continue the conversation around scaling electric drayage. —> And at The Climate Pledge Hub, Coast to Coast: The Electric Freight Playbook brought together Jennie Abarca of King Fio Trucking, Adam Browning of Forum Mobility, Christopher Diamond of The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, and Adam Orth of Siemens US to share lessons from electric freight deployment in Los Angeles and explore how they can help accelerate progress in New York and New Jersey. One thing came through across every conversation: no one company can scale electric drayage alone. It takes coordination across freight demand, carriers, charging, port operations, financing, and policy. Getting those pieces moving together is exactly what EDA is working to do. If your organization wants to help accelerate electric drayage in New York, New Jersey and beyond, now is the time to join the Electrifying Drayage Alliance. https://bit.ly/4hUjZNN

What does climate progress look like in practice? For six Climate Pledge signatories, it looks like renewable energy, electrified fleets, lower-carbon factories, redesigned supply chains, and measurable reductions in carbon emissions. See how Ørsted, Amazon, Lime, Brooks Running, To Do Green, and HP are turning net-zero ambition into action, and reporting progress along the way. Read their stories: https://bit.ly/3VCQS9T

NYC, you really know how to host a Climate Week. 🗽 Five days filled with meaningful conversations, new connections, exciting collaborations, and one growing community. 🙌 To everyone who stopped by The Hub, explored City Stops, or helped bring this week to life: THANK YOU. More to come next week!

Great climate solutions shouldn't stay stuck in the pilot phase. They belong in broad-scale commercial adoption. That’s why we're launching Velocity, a joint action initiative led by The Climate Pledge in collaboration with The Earthshot Prize, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Plug and Play Sustainability Ventures. Velocity is designed specifically for proven, late-stage climate innovations ready to scale. We are selecting four exceptional solution providers to help integrate their technologies directly into the global operations of Amazon, Climate Pledge Signatories, and our broader corporate ecosystem. What selected participants gain: 🌐 Direct access to our 700+ Climate Pledge signatory network, strategy consultants, and investors. 🚀 Up to $100,000 in AWS Promotion Credits and support from AWS sustainability architects. Do you think you (or someone in your network) has a late-stage solution ready to scale? We want to hear from you! 📅 Applications close November 6, 2026. Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/eiiJv93U

We’re excited to announce that we’ve launched The Climate Pledge Fashion Coalition, bringing together more than 60 companies across the fashion value chain to help accelerate climate innovation across the industry. Co-founded by The Climate Pledge alongside Amazon, Stella McCartney and Canopy, with convening support from the World Economic Forum, the coalition is focused on helping more sustainable materials, technologies and lower-carbon supply chains reach commercial scale. Climate Pledge signatories including Anna Sui, Another Tomorrow, Bananatex®, Brooks Running, CHRISTOPHER ESBER, Circ®, Ciucani Mocassino Machinery S.r.l., Collina Strada Enterprises Llc, DL1961, Faherty Brand, unspun™, Vestiaire Collective and more are already part of the effort. Meet the coalition and learn more → https://lnkd.in/gA4kj-Ct

City Stops are here.📍 And they're everywhere. 🏙️ Climate Pledge signatories and partners are hosting curated experiences across New York City during Climate Week. Each stop offers exclusive perks and unique opportunities to connect with the community, discover something new, and enjoy a little something extra as you make your way through the city. Review the stops and plan your route: https://lnkd.in/gbjFcJRA

The Climate Pledge Hub is officially open for Climate Week NYC! 🗽 All week, we’re welcoming Climate Pledge signatories and invited guests to connect, take meetings, grab a coffee or lunch, and join interactive workshops. 📍Open Monday–Thursday, 9 AM–5 PM + Friday, 9 AM–2 PM. Take a peek at inside Day 1 of the Hub.

The Colorado River serves 40 million people, 30 tribal nations, and 5.5 million acres of farmland across seven states and Mexico. After 25 years of megadrought, its largest reservoirs are below 30% capacity. Today, Amazon launched the Colorado River Basin Collaborative (CRBC) and is investing $20 million in water conservation for communities that depend on the river. Together with the Water Resilience Coalition, The Climate Pledge and partners including ALDI USA, Ecolab, EdgeConneX, GRUNDFOS, The Coca-Cola Foundation, and Xylem, the group has committed more than $32 million. The coalition has a collective objective of reaching $100 million in two years, aiming to be one of the biggest corporate water conservation efforts for a single U.S. watershed. The focus is on long-term solutions across the basin; → improving water security → strengthening watershed health → supporting agricultural resilience → delivering measurable benefits for communities and ecosystems As Kara H. Hurst, Amazon's Chief Sustainability Officer, put it: "Through The Climate Pledge, we've seen what happens when companies tackle a problem together: progress accelerates. We're bringing that same model to the Colorado River because water and climate are deeply connected. What sets this apart is also quick action. Starting now through 2028, the coalition will deploy funding into projects that are already vetted and ready to go." https://lnkd.in/gAjvq5id