Amid ongoing climate crises and escalated carbon footprints, some e-commerce retailers has moved forward to play their part.

According to Reuters, e-commerce company eBay opened a new tab and unveiled its first climate transition plan on Wednesday, January 13, 2026.

The company said it would ramp up efforts to decarbonize its operations and supply chain as part of a plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2045.

This new plan, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative SBTi, an independent standard setter, builds on an earlier goal of powering all its facilities with 100% renewable electricity by 2025, which was achieved in 2024.

Climate change and global warming have sparked worldwide demand to reduce their impact.

Chief Sustainability Officer Renee Morin informed Reuters that eBay aims to align itself with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average, a target adopted by most countries under the Paris Agreement.

Going forward, eBay aims to expand its renewable energy adoption, scale its low-carbon innovations in shipping and encourage users to choose resale and reuse options to cut emissions and waste.

Moreover, eBay has cut its operational emissions by 92% from 2019 levels and reduced its transportation emissions by 21% toward a 2030 goal of 27.5%.

Shipping accounts for 84% of eBay's Scope 3 emissions, those from across its value chain, making it the toughest challenge, Morin said.

"We are collaborating with carriers who offer local pickup or switching from planes to trucks with some of our vendor, we have to be very creative to achieve our goals," she added.

Additionally, among eBay's peers, Amazon had pledged to become carbon neutral by 2040 in 2019, while China's Alibaba Group committed to achieving carbon neutrality by the end of the decade in 2021.

Like most companies, scope 3 emissions make up the bulk of eBay’s carbon footprint, while scope 1 and 2 emissions made up just 0.2% of its total emissions in 2024.

The e-commerce company is targeting for a large portion of the anticipated decarbonization to come from collaboration with carriers across the supply chain, according to the transition plan.