Community
We focus on building long-term and innovative programs that will have a lasting, positive impact in communities around the world.
Community
Daily updates on how we're responding to the crisis and supporting our employees, customers, and communities.
Amazon in the Community
At Amazon, we are committed to ensuring all children and young adults, especially those from underrepresented and underserved communities who reside in areas where we have a physical presence, have the resources and skills they need to build their best and brightest futures.
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This comprehensive childhood-to-career program aims to inspire, educate, and train children and young adults from underserved and low-income communities so they can pursue careers in computer science. -
Amazon’s donations support housing and homelessness programs with partners like Mary’s Place. -
Computer science learning opportunities are available for U.S. students, teachers, and parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Disaster Relief
We leverage our expertise in logistics by mobilizing employees and customers to donate to the Red Cross and UNICEF through our homepage in countries around the world.
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The Disaster Relief by Amazon team helps us coordinate relief efforts around the world. -
From 2017 to 2019, millions of people around the world were impacted by natural disasters – from hurricanes in the United States and the Caribbean, to floods in India, and earthquakes in Mexico. Amazon was there to help. -
What the company is doing for support organizations on the frontline of the Australian bushfire crisis, and how you can help.
Jobs and Economic Investment
Amazon is a powerful engine of growth for the national economy—revitalizing communities across America through job creation, economic investment, and innovative services.
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A snapshot of our job creation activities, tax profile, and significant investments in communities across the country. -
Amazon has helped spark a bustling food truck scene outside its warehouse in Tennessee, which keeps employees well-fed and local businesses booming. -
What a fulfillment center means to its community.
Tech for Good
We pride ourselves on building a culture of innovation, and using our technology resources to help customers, employees, and society.
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Developers competed to build Alexa Skills that have a positive effect on the environment, local communities, and the world. -
Using the machine learning ability of AWS DeepLens, teams create projects that deal with ecological challenges.
A bi-weekly podcast of bite-sized stories about how tech makes the world a better place. Leaders from around the globe share how they use technology to fix some of the world’s most pressing issues.
Latest news
See how we put our scale and inventive culture to work on building a sustainable future.
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The author of 'Always Day One' describes Amazon's philosophy behind automation in an article for HBR -
Recipients are creating decarbonizing technologies that will help Amazon and other companies reach net zero carbon by 2040. -
Amazon Future Engineer is adding more than 3,000 new schools to support over 5,000 total schools, and more than 550,000 students across the U.S. each year, in addition to launching a new coding competition for all students.
