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Largest corporate buyer of renewable energy
According to Bloomberg NEF, Amazon is the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in 2024 for the fifth year in a row.
More information on how we have achieved this milestone can be found in our Renewable Energy Methodology and in our Sustainability Report.
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Over 50% of Amazon deliveries now come with less packaging
Since 2015 Amazon's packaging reduction programmes have helped avoid the use of more than 4 million metric tons of packaging material. We use machine learning, materials innovation, and supplier partnerships to optimize our packaging. This leads to reduced waste and reduced weight, which ultimately helps reduce our carbon emissions. We’re also increasing the recyclability of our packaging for easy curbside recycling for our customers.
Our Ships In Product Packaging (SIPP) program is just one example of how we reduce waste through packaging design and innovation. Through SIPP, eligible items are delivered in the original manufacturer’s packaging without additional Amazon packaging. This allows us to avoid unnecessary packaging and reduce the weight of deliveries.
These innovations have lead to 12% of Amazon packages globally being shipped without additional packaging as part of the Ships in Product Packaging program, 50% of shipments were delivered in lighter, flexible packaging and 38% of shipments were delivered in corrugated boxes.
For more information on packaging innovation please see our Sustainability Report.
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Amazon has started construction on its first delivery station to seek new zero carbon certification in the UK and Europe. -
Smaller electric vehicles and on-foot deliveries are helping to reduce emissions, noise and traffic in more than 50 European cities. -
At Amazon, we believe that protecting and restoring biodiversity requires collaboration across industries.
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The most underrated leadership skill? Generosity: sharing what you know, your time, and your support for others. -
We're expanding our delivery options in the Netherlands with the launch of Amazon Lockers, smart and secure pick-up points where customers can collect their packages for free at flexible times that suit them. -
Amazon joins the Metropaq project, a pioneering initiative in Spain that will allow customers to pick up their orders at any of the 19 stations on Line 3. -
4.4 million European businesses used AI for the first time in the past year, but complex regulations, a widening skills gap, and funding shortfalls threaten to impede advanced AI transformation. -
Innovators don't just build companies - they use cutting-edge technology to solve the most critical challenges facing the world. -
This St Patrick's Week, Amazon Chief Global Affairs and Legal Officer David Zapolsky reflects on twenty years of partnership with Irish business, and why the US–Ireland economic relationship is a genuine win-win.
