Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveils a sweeping new plan to tackle climate change, committing the retail giant to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement 10 years ahead of schedule.
When asked about the employee walkouts, Bezos said that while he doesn’t support all of Amazon employees’ demands, he understands why people are passionate about climate change. Among the specific demands Bezos said he doesn’t support is ending AWS’ cloud contracts with fossil fuel companies.
“The global strike tomorrow, I think it’s totally understandable,” he said. “We don’t want this to be the tragedy of the commons. We all have to work together on this.” He added that Amazon is committed to looking at its campaign contributions to determine whether they include “active climate deniers.” The company also intends to focus more lobbying efforts in Washington around political solutions to climate change, Bezos said.it would make half of all its shipments carbon neutral by 2030 by using more eco-friendly packaging, using more renewable energy like wind power, as well as using electric vans for package deliveries.
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