Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pledged to make his company carbon neutral by 2040 through a new Climate Pledge. Here's what that means:
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pledged on Thursday to make his company carbon neutral by 2040 through a new Climate Pledge. Amazon is the first signatory of the pact, which would meet the goals of the United Nations Paris Agreement 10 years ahead of schedule.
He said 80 percent of Amazon’s energy use will come from renewable sources by 2024 and 100 percent by 2030 .. “One of the things we know about Amazon as a role model for this is that it’s a difficult challenge for us because we have deep, large physical infrastructure. So, if we can do this, anyone can do this.”
"Amazon employees are deeply concerned about the climate crisis, and we see how it's impacting our lives," said Danilo Quilaton, a product designer at Twitch, a subsidiary of Amazon, to
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