AWS re/Start brings opportunity to local communities and promotes diversity in tech careers. The 12-week program is offered at no cost to learners and no previous technology experience is required.
Amazon launches Intellectual Property (IP) Accelerator program in Europe to help small businesses protect their brands and tackle counterfeit. IP Accelerator connects businesses with a network of trusted IP law firms who will charge pre-negotiated fees. Participating small businesses can access Amazon’s brand protection tools months before their trademark registration is issued.
AWS re/Start brings opportunity to local communities and promotes diversity in tech careers. The 12-week program is offered at no cost to learners and no previous technology experience is required.
Amazon is a powerful engine of growth for the national economy - revitalizing communities across Europe through job creation, economic investment, and innovative services.
Amazon created over 3,200 new permanent jobs across Spain in 2018 and has now more than 4,800 permanent employees across the country
Amazon tripled its Spanish workforce in 2018, from 1,600 permanent employees at the end of 2017 to over 4,800 now.
Amazon to Create Over 1,000 New Permanent Jobs with the Opening of a New Fulfillment Center near Łódź
Amazon will create over 1,000 permanent jobs in its sixth fulfillment center in Poland within a year of openingAmazon’s new fulfillment center will help meet increasing customer demands, expand product selection, and fulfill more third-party seller productsRecruitment also taking place for professional roles in HR, IT, finance, engineering and operationsAll Amazon employees receive attractive salary, benefits package and career progression opportunities
Economic impact
See how Amazon's investments have
impacted the European Union.
impacted the European Union.
At Amazon, we’re able to innovate and delight customers thanks to our incredible workforce—the more than 250,000 full-time associates behind our global network of fulfillment centers. Amazon Fulfilment is where our employees, technology and innovation come together every day to delight customers.
Come see where we work
Have you ever wondered what happens after you click ‘buy’ on Amazon? Come and have a look for yourself by attending one of our public FC tours across Europe.
Amazon deploys solar systems across UK fulfilment centres
Amazon to install up to 20MW of solar plus storage systems on fulfilment centre rooftops across the UK over the coming 18 months.
Half of the items sold on Amazon worldwide are from small and medium-sized businesses that offer their products through Amazon Marketplace
Herbal superpower for more than 130 years
For over 1000 years people have been using herbs whenever they would like to pamper themselves. Kräutermax is a company from Ried in Upper Austria, looking back on almost 130 years of experience with the power of herbs - an approach that is still very much on trend.
Women taking a traditional family business into the digital age
Lucia and Anna. Two women, mother and daughter, run a business specializing in the production of traditional Venetian masks, and they have managed to lead it into the future thanks to Amazon.it.
We're a company of builders. Of pioneers. It's our job to make bold bets, and we get our energy from inventing on behalf of customers. Here are just some of the innovations pioneered by Amazon, and we're always looking for the next one.
Teresa in Chiuduno, the neighbourhood shop looks to the future
At the intersection between tradition and innovation: this is how Andrea and Chiara have renewed their stationery and haberdashery shop, located at the heart of the local community in their village. With Counter, the new Amazon Hub service, their shop has become a convenient pick up point for Amazon customers.
Seven women behind Alexa
Meet seven women tackling some of the most complex challenges in technology.
Discover how we work with policymakers in the EU.
Supporting customer safety across Europe
Customer safety has always been a top priority for us, so we are pleased to be one of the founding signatories to a new European Memorandum of Understanding on Online Product Safety.
In Pictures: Amazon Academy Brussels 2018
Check out the photos and videos from our latest Amazon Academy in Brussels, where we discussed the 21st century with EU policymakers and small business owners.
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles aren't just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. These Principles work hard, just like we do. It's just one of the things that makes Amazon peculiar.
We seek top talent from all industries and a range of backgrounds to join our offices around the world. People who succeed at Amazon have something in common—they are customer-centric, they are leaders and they are innovators.
Managing a career growth at Amazon while balancing professional and personal life
Meet Amelie, Head of Amazon Business in France, one of our working parents at Amazon. Since joining Amazon 7 years ago, she has grown from Sales Manager into a key leader for one of our thriving and fast-growing businesses while balancing her work and private lives.
Reconciling professional ambition with family life
With an eighteen-month-old toddler and a team of around 200 people to manage, llaria Di Bartolomeo manages the task of reconciling professional ambition with family life.
Amazon has long been committed to communities where our employees live and work. Today, we're diving deeper than ever to provide innovative, creative and unique ways to support communities across the world.
We are focused on our neighbors in immediate need - families fighting homelessness, hunger, and natural disasters, We are also focused on the next generation - providing resources and igniting passion for STEM education.
We are focused on our neighbors in immediate need - families fighting homelessness, hunger, and natural disasters, We are also focused on the next generation - providing resources and igniting passion for STEM education.
Discover our 2019 program sharing STEM education to high school students
We are igniting a passion for STEM education with the next generation. This year, we have developed a new series of activities at Lenster Lycee in Luxembourg.
Hugs for a good cause
A hug, or a cuddle, says the president of the Aladina Foundation, Paco Arango, is the best show of affection that we can give away.
Sustainability
We put our scale and inventive culture to work on sustainability and protecting the environment.
Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
Providing access to large datasets in the cloud can help researchers and innovators address a wide range of sustainability challenges. The Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative significantly reduces the cost, time, and technical barriers associated with analyzing large datasets to generate sustainability insights – regardless of an organization’s size or computing power.
Delivering Shipment Zero, a vision for net zero carbon shipments
Shipment Zero is Amazon’s vision to make all Amazon shipments net zero carbon, with 50% of all shipments net zero by 2030.
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Our mission
We aim to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Our mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.
How we operate
We have four core principles that guide us in delivering on our mission. These include customer obsession rather than competitor focus, nurturing a passion for invention, maintaining a commitment to operational excellence, and a focus on long-term thinking.