The tech giant has vowed to go carbon neutral by 2040, beating the Paris Agreement by 10 years. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has encouraged other companies to follow suit. The move comes a day ahead of global climate protests.
Online retail giant Amazon on Thursday pledged to go completely carbon neutral by 2040. To this end, Amazon announced plans to purchase 100,000 electric delivery vehicles from Rivian, a start-up in which it has also invested.
Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos — the richest man in modern history — encouraged other firms to follow suit and help meet the carbon neutrality goals of the Paris climate accord 10 years early. The US announced in 2017 that it would withdraw from the historic agreement, but many states and entitities have vowed to follow the commitments.
Amazon delivers 10 billion items a year and has a massive carbon footprint.
"We want to use our scope and our scale to lead the way," Bezos told a news conference in Washington, announcing its "Climate Pledge."
"We're done being in the middle of the herd on this issue.
"If a company with as much physical infrastructure as Amazon ... can meet the Paris agreement 10 years early, then any company can."
He said other CEOs of global companies had seemed receptive to the idea when he spoke to them.
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