Online retail goliath 'done being in the middle of the herd on this issue', chief executive says. Amazon says it will reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement and become a net zero business by 2040, as part of a new Climate Pledge that it is urging other businesses to join. The Climate...
Amazon has announced it will become net zero by 2040 under a new climate commitment that it is calling on other firms to join . The Climate Initiative , co - founded with Christiana Figueres , the founder of the Global Optimism Group and former United Nations Climate Change coordinator , encourages signatories to become net zero five years before the 2050 goal of the Paris Climate Agreement . As part of its pledge , apple also announced the largest - ever global order of electric vehicles by agreeing to purchase 100,000 vans from US start - up Rivian .