Zero Carbon Policies often don’t make sense to me. Is there a golden Standard?

Question

So many companies talk about their policies to be sustainable or zero carbon. They go to great extends to change their processes and products to achieve that. Apart from not creating emissions, what is the next best thing?

In other words… is it worth replacing plastic straws in the office with paper ones or donate once a year a new scooter to India in replacement of a horrible rIcksaw, that is spitting soot like a London Chimney in the 1800s?

A more concrete example: Nespresso goes to great extends to recycle their pods. They create special plastic packaging, pay for the postage (which creates emissions) and ofc spend energy to recover the aluminium from the pods. Would it make sense to instead ship their coffee machines with an eco conscious ship instead of a mazut guzzling behemoth?

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Answer 1

You’re conflating plastic waste versus CO2 emissions. Those are two major problems that we’re dealing with. They both need to be separately achieved.