Our sustainability approach
At Amazon, we are committed to and invested in sustainability because it’s a win all around – it’s good for business, the planet, our customers, and our communities.
We put our scale and inventive culture to work on sustainability and protecting the environment.
The Beauty and the Box
What happens when world-class packaging experts around the globe think together outside the box? A box, of course.
Introducing Amazon's first custom electric delivery vehicle
Full of industry-leading safety and design features, this vehicle raises the bar for next generation delivery.
Mercedes-Benz Joins The Climate Pledge and Delivers More Than 1,800 Electric Vehicles to Amazon’s Delivery Fleet in Europe
The electric vehicles from this order will begin making deliveries to customers in 2020, helping to save thousands of metric tons of carbon. The Climate Pledge, co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism, is a commitment to reach net zero carbon by 2040—ten years ahead of the Paris Agreement
Amazon’s first operational wind farm in Europe delivers clean energy to Sweden
Project in Bäckhammar is part of company’s Climate Pledge commitment to run its operations on 100% renewable energy by 2025 and be net zero carbon by 2040.
Amazon wind and solar farms
In 2015, Amazon announced the construction of Amazon Solar Farm US East, Amazon Wind Farm (Fowler Ridge) and Amazon Wind Farm US East.
Amazon Invests in Green Startups to Support the Development of Sustainability Technologies
The Climate Pledge Fund is dedicated to invest $2 billion in visionary companies across the world and across multiple industries. Recipients are creating de-carbonizing technologies that will help Amazon and other companies reach net zero carbon by 2040.
Amazon unveils its largest fulfillment center solar panel installation in Europe
Solar panel projects help Amazon drive towards its goal to be powered by 100% renewable energy by 2025 as part of The Climate Pledge.
“At our scale we think we can make an incredible positive difference so we build the system around sustainability”
Meet Kara Hurst, Head of Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon and learn more on how we’re facing one of the world’s biggest challenges.