Driving climate solutions - Amazon Sustainability (original) (raw)
Climate scientists agree that the world needs to reduce carbon emissions, and we’re working to do our part. We aim to reach net-zero carbon emissions across our operations by 2040 by investing in carbon-free energy, scaling solutions, and collaborating with partners to broaden our impact.
Our approach
Driven by the urgency of climate change, we co-founded The Climate Pledge in 2019 and committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
To reach this target, we’re also expanding the use of zero-emission transportation such as electric delivery vans, cargo e-bikes, and on-foot deliveries, and we engage in industry initiatives to remove carbon emissions from transportation systems like ocean shipping, aviation, and trucking. We’re also using innovative construction techniques and building materials to make our fulfillment centers, data centers, offices, and physical retail locations more sustainable.
Reaching net-zero carbon emissions
We're committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. To get there, we’ve set interim goals, identified key areas of our business for decarbonization, and identified opportunities and accelerators.
What we’re doing
Focusing our efforts
We’re focusing on delivery and logistics, building construction and operations, servers and hardware, products and services, and packaging.
Executing our efforts
We’re choosing lower-carbon alternatives, transitioning to carbon-free energy, engaging suppliers, driving efficiency, and neutralizing carbon.
Accelerating our efforts
We’re investing in breakthrough technology, decarbonizing through policy change, accelerating cross-sector collaboration through The Climate Pledge, and engaging in key partnerships.
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Our commitments
We’re on a mission to reach net-zero carbon emissions across our operations by 2040. Explore some of the goals we’ve already achieved, and others we’re working towards.
Our beginning
Our path
Our vision
2019
We co-founded The Climate Pledge with Global Optimism and we were the first company to sign on
2020
We launched The Climate Pledge Fund—a $2 billion venture investment program supporting the advancement of sustainable technologies and services
2020
We announced The Right Now Climate Fund—a $100 million fund for nature-based solutions to restore and conserve forests, wetlands, and grasslands globally
2022
The Climate Pledge Fund committed at least $50 million to invest in female-founded and female-led climate technology companies
2022
AWS committed to being water positive by 2030, returning more water to the communities where AWS operates than is used in direct operations
2023
100% of the electricity consumed by our global operations was matched with renewable energy—seven years ahead of our original 2030 goal
2025
Invest in wind and solar farm capacity equal to the energy use of all active Echo, FireTV, and Ring devices worldwide by 2025
2030
We’re committed to having at least 100,000 electric delivery vans on the road by 2030, from Rivian and other manufacturers
2040
We’re committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions across our operations by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement
We co-founded The Climate Pledge on the conviction that global businesses are responsible, accountable and able to act on the climate crisis—and that by doing so, they will transform societies and our views of what’s possible. Since then, hundreds of companies from all over the globe have committed to the Pledge: to be net-zero carbon by 2040. It’s up to Earth’s top companies to do everything in their power to protect the global economy from the disruptive risks associated with climate change.
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The Climate Pledge Fund
The Climate Pledge Fund is a $2 billion venture investment program supporting the advancement of sustainable technologies and services that will enable us to meet our 2040 net-zero carbon emissions goal.
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Decarbonizing our business
Carbon-free energy
By scaling carbon-free energy, we aim to make Amazon a more resilient and more sustainable business, drive a global transition to cleaner energy, and achieve our commitment to The Climate Pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Transportation
We’re decarbonizing transportation across our business by increasing fleet efficiency, expanding the use of low-carbon fuels, and scaling electric and alternative-fuel vehicles.
Our buildings
We’re reducing and avoiding emissions across our portfolio by increasing the energy efficiency of our buildings, expanding our use of carbon-free energy, and using more sustainable building materials.
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