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 said it will become net zero by 2040 under a new climate commitment that it is calling on other firms to support. The Climate Pledge, co-founded with Christiana Figueres, the founder of the Paris Climate Agreement and former United Nations Climate Change Chief, encourages signatories to become net zero 10 years before the 2050 goal of the Global Optimism Group. As part of its pledge, Amazon also announced the largest-ever global order of electric vehicles by agreeing to purchase 100,000 vans from US start-up Rivian.