A collection of wind turbines in one of Amazon's wind farms
A collection of wind turbines in one of Amazon's wind farms

Sustainability in the United Kingdom

Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer-centric company. In the UK, we’re putting our inventive culture to work on sustainability because it’s great for our customers, our communities, our business, and the planet.
Sustainability News from the UK
Portus Digital box being taped up by woman in a black jumper
Portus Digital box being taped up by woman in a black jumper
Meet the Amazon seller helping businesses become more sustainable
We speak to Portus Digital, the online tech retailer working to make UK businesses more sustainable.
Tasmanian Devil on a white background
How is cloud technology helping to save the Tasmanian devil?
A view of the Appalacian mountains in Pennsylvania overlooking mountains, river, vegetation, in front of a sunset.
Our progress on The Climate Pledge
The Future We Choose: why it’s not too late to survive the climate crisis
The future we choose
A woman sits behind a steering wheel in the unfinished frame of a vehicle. Two men talk behind her.
Driving design to combat climate change
Sustainability at Amazon UK
The Climate Pledge | Paris 10 Years Early

Sustainability Highlights in the UK
  • 8
    On-Site Solar Systems
    Powering operations facilities in the UK with solar energy.
  • 50
    Megawatts
    Generated by an Amazon wind farm in Kintyre Peninsula, Scotland—enough to power 46,000 UK homes every year.
  • 1808
    Charities
    Received Amazon product donations in 2019 through our partnership with In Kind Direct.
Wind farms like this one at Indiana's Fowler Ridge are of the ways AWS is working to achieve its goal of 100% renewable energy.
Wind farms like this one at Indiana's Fowler Ridge are of the ways AWS is working to achieve its goal of 100% renewable energy.
Renewable Energy
Amazon launched the largest corporate wind power purchase agreement in the UK, located in Kintyre Peninsula, Scotland. Once complete, the wind farm will provide 50 megawatts (MW) of new renewable capacity with expected generation of 168,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of clean energy annually—enough to power 46,000 UK homes every year.
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In Kind Direct charity photograph of three people sitting next to each other smiling
In Kind Direct charity photograph of three people sitting next to each other smiling
Product Donations
In 2019, Amazon donated over £1 million to In Kind Direct—a charity that distributes new products donated by businesses to charitable organizations in the UK. These goods included household products, clothing, stationery, home improvement products, electronics, and toys, and were distributed to 1,808 charitable organizations in regions across the UK.
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  • “For us to serve hundreds of millions of customers worldwide, we have to empathize with them and understand their needs. The diversity of our workforce unlocks that door. Culturally, this is a place where we are obsessed with innovating on behalf of customers. If you love to invent, this is a place where you can do that and have fun at the same time.”
    Graeme Smith
    Managing Director of Amazon’s Development Center Scotland (ADCS)
Explore Our Work Around the Globe
Learn about our sustainability initiatives at these Amazon locations around the world.