How to Use net-zero in a Sentence

net-zero

adjective

• To do it on the timeline that global leaders have set for the world to achieve net-zero emissions?
  — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• By 2040, the plan is to reach net-zero emissions and eliminate food waste.
  — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
• Some of that turnover will stem from the drive for net-zero emissions, which will disrupt millions of jobs.
  — Rich Miller, Fortune, 26 July 2023
• Few, if any, of these net-zero pledges are backed by plausible plans.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2023
• Big banks across the country have set targets to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 in line with the Paris agreement.
  — Jeremy Beaman, Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2023
• The prime minister claims the U.K. can do all this and still reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2023
• In 2021, Ithaca adopted the first net-zero building code in New York.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2024
• Nestlé still aims to hit its net-zero emissions target by 2050.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 3 July 2023
• All the evidence shows that no net-zero plans are credible, and the time to divest is now.
  — Sheila Thorne, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
• What will things look like in the intervening years, which will lead us from today to net-zero?
  — Gordon Feller, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
• Unfortunately, the pace is currently too slow for the US to have a net-zero electric grid by the end of the decade.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2023
• City officials say such a program will help achieve San Diego’s goal of net-zero waste by 2035.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
• The company has the goal to achieve a net-zero fleet operation by 2045.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2025
• For now, these kinds of net-zero energy buildings are the exception rather than the norm.
  — Sarah Sax, TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
• That said, the net-zero pathway foreseen by the IEA involves a lot more than solar power.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2023
• The plan to fly an all-electric flight comes as SAS has committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2023
• The event has done the one thing such confabs are supposed never to do, which is expose the truth about climate change and the race to net-zero carbon emissions.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
• Reaching net-zero emissions would greatly slow the speed of climate change.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 14 July 2023
• And then there’s this: If your state stays the course, Virginia’s overall energy emissions could reach net-zero by 2050.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 13 July 2023
• Sustainability is a driving force for the firm, which plans to complete net-zero projects within the next five years.
  — Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 12 Aug. 2024
• The blue line shows what would happen with further action focused on getting us to net-zero emissions by 2050.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
• Today, it’s poised to be the country’s first net-zero luxury hotel.
  — Maridel Reyes, Women's Health, 6 June 2023
• In a statement to Quartz, Nestlé said that reducing emissions would make the most difference in reaching its net-zero goals.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 3 July 2023
• Stellantis’ progress with the plant comes as the company aims to stick with its plans to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2038 and boost its EV business as sales slow.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024
• The new climate tech has yet to prove itself at scale, but the EU is already folding it into its plan to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Feb. 2024
• The rules would help achieve the Biden administration’s goal of achieving net-zero emissions in the power sector by 2035.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
• While record solar and wind production have helped drive out coal and gas plants at an impressive rate this year, the EU still has a long way to go to reach its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.
  — William Mathis, Fortune, 3 June 2023
• That gets ignored because of the IPCC’s emphasis on reaching net-zero emissions.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Mar. 2023
• Nuclear serves as a key carbon-free source of energy at a time when the tech giant is struggling to cut its emissions and reach its goal of becoming net-zero by the end of the decade.
  — Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
• The camp’s tents can be dismantled and removed without a trace, making your stay there a net-zero experience.
  — Jordan Riefe, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025