Reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040—10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement.
52M meals-equivalent donated globally—36M in the U.S. and 16M in Europe.
AWS will be water positive by 2030, returning more water to communities than we use in our direct operations.
~$1.2B invested in incremental pay for U.S. frontline operations employees.
By using lighter, right-sized packaging, we have avoided 5.4 million metric tons of packaging materials in North America and Europe since 2015.
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electric vans deployed globally, up from 31.4K in 2024
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The Climate Pledge is a commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. It brings the world’s top companies together to accelerate joint action and responsible change, with over 700 signatories already on board.
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39K+
full-time equivalent jobs created in 2022 as a result of global solar and wind farm investments enabled by Amazon
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Amazon has invested in more than 700 renewable energy projects worldwide, with the capacity to generate 40+ gigawatts of electricity
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2.4B
packages delivered by EVs globally in 2025
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224K
metric tons of single-use plastic packaging avoided globally since 2020
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5.4M
metric tons of packaging materials avoided in North America and Europe since 2015
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216M
items we donated or supported our sellers in donating worldwide in 2025
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100%
of packaging material in Europe and India is household recyclable
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Q: How do you recycle this?
A: Our engineers and material scientists created this mailer to be recyclable. It can be thrown right into your recycling bin—just like a cardboard box and other paper products.
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A: Our engineers and material scientists created this mailer to be recyclable. It can be thrown right into your recycling bin—just like a cardboard box and other paper products.
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Amazon Fresh online launched a program in the UK, Germany, Spain, and Italy to sell items with reduced shelf life at a discount. A similar program exists for Amazon Fresh stores in the U.S.
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In 2025, AWS was 75% of the way towards water positive, up from 53% in 2024.
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Whole Foods Market and Amazon Private Brands achieved 33 of 35 commodities goals and ambitions, including sourcing 100% of Whole Foods Market and Amazon Private Brands beef, cocoa, coffee, and tea from regions of low deforestation risk.
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24B+
liters of water expected to be returned each year to local communities through Amazon’s water replenishment efforts
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AWS is working with the Great Eastern Ranges to enhance the health and functioning of the major watershed serving Sydney, Australia. This joint project is restoring the local environment in key locations to improve water yield and quality, boost biodiversity, and enhance the resilience of local communities against the effects of climate change.
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Q: Does Amazon do anything to help animals?
A: Our Right Now Climate Fund helps support animals and conservation projects around the world. One of these projects recently helped bring beavers back to West London for the first time in 400 years.
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A: Our Right Now Climate Fund helps support animals and conservation projects around the world. One of these projects recently helped bring beavers back to West London for the first time in 400 years.
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20M
hectares of forest areas in Brazil automatically monitored with AI to help prevent deforestation
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supplier audits including Amazon-branded products, third-party labor, service, and not-for-resale goods providers across our logistics, warehousing, and construction supply chain in 2025
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In 2025, we developed 52 new e-learning resources, updated 90 existing modules and supplier-facing documents, and piloted a three-day immersive training program for employees in human rights-related roles to strengthen knowledge across teams.
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1.6K
suppliers participated in online trainings to promote awareness of our Supply Chain Standards
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We’re collaborating with the International Organization for Migration to promote respect for the human and labor rights of migrant workers
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December 4, 2023 5 min
The Climate Gender Equity Fund will award grants to 3 organizations supporting women-led climate solutions in Africa
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Our Supply Chain Standards are publicly available in 21 languages and dialects. They apply to all our suppliers and are grounded in principles of inclusivity, continuous improvement, and supply chain accountability. We review and update these at least every three years.
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Our Climate Pledge Friendly program helps customers discover and shop for products with sustainability features. As of 2025, 4.2M+ products are recognized by certifications in our program.
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Customers switched from a conventional product to a product recognized by the Climate Pledge Friendly program since 2020
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July 10, 2024 4 min
The Sustainability Exchange, launched today, provides never-before shared guidance and information that helped Amazon decarbonize its operations—and we’ll continue to unlock more for all.
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AWS infrastructure is up to 4.1 times more efficient than on-premises and can reduce workloads’ carbon footprint by up to 99%
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Q: What’s Amazon doing to help selling partners develop more products with sustainability features?
A: In 2023, we launched the Sustainability Solutions Hub—a resource to help our selling partners get started with programs like Climate Pledge Friendly, Amazon Renewed, and Ships in Product Packaging. It also includes resources to support selling partners in designing and certifying more sustainable packaging and products with sustainability features.
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A: In 2023, we launched the Sustainability Solutions Hub—a resource to help our selling partners get started with programs like Climate Pledge Friendly, Amazon Renewed, and Ships in Product Packaging. It also includes resources to support selling partners in designing and certifying more sustainable packaging and products with sustainability features.
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In 2025, 77% of new devices featured 100% recyclable packaging in the U.S., with 31 devices in total.
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In combination with Amazon Day and other shipping programs, customers helped us avoid an estimated 499 million delivery trips, 471 million boxes, and 248,000 metric tons of CO₂e in 2025.
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Amazon exceeds free cloud training goal early: 31 million learners and counting
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The need for an AI-savvy workforce has never been greater. That’s why we announced “AI Ready,” a new program designed to provide free AI skills training to 2 million people globally by 2025.
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$1.2B
incrementally invested in pay for frontline operations employees, bringing average hourly pay to over $23 in the U.S.
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We’re working to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion through technology. For the first time, people with hearing loss can stream sound from their Amazon Fire TV directly to their cochlear hearing implants.
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Q: What’s Amazon doing to help communities?
A: We leverage our people, technology, and logistics networks to build programs and products that help enable future generations to thrive in our communities. Our work especially emphasizes historically underrepresented communities, because we envision a world that embraces diverse perspectives and where all individuals have equitable opportunities.
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A: We leverage our people, technology, and logistics networks to build programs and products that help enable future generations to thrive in our communities. Our work especially emphasizes historically underrepresented communities, because we envision a world that embraces diverse perspectives and where all individuals have equitable opportunities.
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