How to Use net-zero in a Sentence

net-zero

adjective
  • That the road to net-zero runs not through pledges, but through patents.
    — Phil De Luna, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Much of the focus around net-zero has been on large polluters.
    — Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
  • Few, if any, of these net-zero pledges are backed by plausible plans.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The city also hopes to reach net-zero carbon emissions by that year.
    — Nadia Lopez, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • To do it on the timeline that global leaders have set for the world to achieve net-zero emissions?
    — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 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
  • Reaching net-zero emissions would greatly slow the speed of climate change.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 14 July 2023
  • Nestlé still aims to hit its net-zero emissions target by 2050.
    — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 3 July 2023
  • This is the pillar that net-zero strategies often ignore.
    — Rob Van Straten, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • For now, these kinds of net-zero energy buildings are the exception rather than the norm.
    — Sarah Sax, TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The nation aims for net-zero emissions by 2030.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
  • In our bid to achieve their net-zero targets, countries are setting up large-scale solar and wind power plants.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
  • If passed, the bill would stop the group from setting targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Today, it’s poised to be the country’s first net-zero luxury hotel.
    — Maridel Reyes, Women's Health, 6 June 2023
  • By 2040, the plan is to reach net-zero emissions and eliminate food waste.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Hydrogen remains central to many net-zero roadmaps.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Second, the factory must be as close to net-zero water as possible.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 25 June 2026
  • Yet the sector and its largest emitters are also among the most important to achieving a net-zero future.
    — Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Economies of the world are looking to achieve a net-zero world, where activities do not add more emissions to the atmosphere.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The company aims to reach net-zero on greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 23 Feb. 2026
  • With Europe's strong commitment to net-zero emissions, this sector is booming right now.
    — Vilius Kavaliauskas, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Achieving net-zero emissions will cost hundreds of trillions of dollars and yield benefits that are much smaller.
    — Bjorn Lomborg, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The home is fully electric and net-zero ready, according to press materials.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 4 July 2026
  • The company has the goal to achieve a net-zero fleet operation by 2045.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • The transition to a net-zero, resilient economyis also a human one.
    — Sanda Ojiambo, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
  • More than 100 countries have committed to achieve net-zero carbon status.
    — James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2025

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