Almost 1,000 Amazon employees have staged a walkout over the company ’s lack of climate change action . A group called Amazon Employees for Climate Justice said the firm should be taking the lead because of its size . It wants Amazon to end donations to climate change - denying groups and lobbyists , stop giving contracts to fossil fuel companies , ban electric vehicles and pledge zero emissions by 2030 . Amazon said tackling climate change was an important commitment and that it was working on initiatives to cut the environmental impact of its products .
Almost 1,000 Amazon employees have announced a walkout over the company’s lack of climate change action. A group called Amazon Employees for Climate Justice said the firm should be taking the lead because of its size. It wants Amazon to end donations to climate change-denying politicians and lobbyists, stop giving contracts to fossil fuel companies, test electric vehicles and pledge zero emissions by 2030. Amazon said tackling climate change was an important commitment and that it was working on initiatives to cut the environmental impact of its operations.