How Amazon approaches sustainability

From electric vehicles delivering packages to renewable energy powering buildings, watch how employees are reducing Amazon's impact.

Climate change is not an imminent threat—it’s here. The planet exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time in 2024. Humans are consuming more resources than the earth can regenerate.

Amazon knows this, which is why it partnered with Global Optimism to found The Climate Pledge in 2019. The Pledge unites the world's top companies to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. From electric vehicles delivering packages to renewable energy powering buildings, watch (in the video above) how employees are reducing Amazon's impact.

Sustainability isn’t a side project; it’s baked into the company’s decision-making. In 2019, Amazon sourced about 42% of its energy from renewable sources. In 2024, seven years ahead of its goal, it matched all of the electricity consumed across global operations—including data centers, corporate buildings, grocery stores, and fulfillment centers with 100% renewable energy. And by 2030, Amazon plans to bring 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road thanks to a partnership with Rivian and other manufacturers.

“From the very beginning of how we took on sustainability, it wasn’t separate from the business,” Chief Sustainability Officer Kara Hurst says. “What we wanted to do was make this so integrated that it just became a part of how we were operating.”

Focusing on sustainable business practices also means investing in projects to restore our planet’s biodiversity. “Science tells us that while we are continuing to decarbonize our own operations, we also have to invest in nature in order to keep the planet cool,” Hurst says. “It’s not an either/or, it’s a both/and.”

Learn more about Amazon Sustainability and The Climate Pledge, Amazon’s call to global businesses to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.