Break the Silence: Urge Temu to unmute its climate impact
Your Voice is Powerful! A single signature from you can amplify the call for change. Let’s push Temu to turn up the volume on their environmental responsibility.
The Problem
Temu, a rapidly growing global e-commerce platform, which is reported to send an estimated 1.6 million parcels a day.
While consumers enjoy unbelievable prices and free shipping, can you imagine what type of impact this type of long-distance shopping has on our already fragile climate?
We don’t know! So that’s why we’re asking Temu and its parent company, PDD Holdings, to disclose its greenhouse gas emissions, including those from key processes on its value chains such as transportation of the products.
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