Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Sustainability
• Workforce Development
• Community Development

Environmental Achievements

• Launched a 10 MW solar plant in South Africa generating up to 28,000 MWh of renewable energy per year and avoiding an estimated 25,000 tons of carbon emissions annually.
• Achieved "World Leadership" or "South African Excellence" Green Star ratings by the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) for all Amazon-rented buildings in 2022.
• Reduced water use in data centers through optimized cooling systems and use of non-potable water.

Social Achievements

• Launched the AWS Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP) investing over ZAR 365 million in 100% Black-owned small IT businesses, creating 75 permanent jobs (24 women, 17 youth).
• Supported over 2,631 companies with over ZAR 340 million in cloud-promotional credits between 2018-2022.
• Partnered with various organizations (AfricaTeenGeeks, Code4CT, GirlCode) to enhance talent diversity through tech events.
• Implemented community engagement activities focused on environmental stewardship, including beach clean-ups, vegetable garden planting, and tree planting.

Governance Achievements

• Attained a Level 1 B-BBEE certificate in March 2020.
• Enabled participating South African companies to achieve AWS Advanced Partner tier.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Shortage of people with cloud-ready skills in South Africa.
• Addressing racial and gender-based inequality in small business ownership.

Mitigation Strategies

• Investing in workforce development programs (AWS Academy, AWS re/Start, EEIP) to build local talent and provide new career opportunities.
• Focusing on diverse teams to foster innovation and address inequality.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate change
• Renewable energy
• Sustainable transportation
• Responsible supply chain practices
• Human rights
• Worker safety and well-being
• Waste reduction and circular economy
• Sustainable products
• Diversity and inclusion
• Employee engagement

Environmental Achievements

• Reached 42% renewable energy across the business in 2019
• Reduced outbound packaging weight by 33% since 2015 and eliminated over 900,000 tons of packaging material
• Launched a fully recyclable paper padded mailer
• Ordered 100,000 electric delivery vehicles
• Invested $100 million in the Right Now Climate Fund for reforestation and climate mitigation
• Invested $2 billion in the Climate Pledge Fund to support decarbonizing technologies

Social Achievements

• Increased pay for hourly employees
• Added 175,000 new jobs
• Donated 37.5 million meals and 200,000 pounds of household essentials to Feeding America
• Launched human trafficking awareness program for employees
• Provided more than one million hours of safety training to employees
• Invested $296 million in safety-related programs in the U.S.
• Launched Upskilling 2025 commitment: a $700 million commitment to pilot, launch, and scale training programs for 100,000 Amazonians by 2025

Governance Achievements

• Co-founded The Climate Pledge, committing to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040
• Joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
• Published an interactive supplier map
• Disclosed additional information about supplier assessment process and audit results
• Published Amazon’s Global Human Rights Principles

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Increasing carbon footprint despite improvements in carbon intensity
• Challenges in recycling certain materials (e.g., plastic film)
• Supply chain disruptions due to COVID-19
• Ensuring fair wages and benefits across the supply chain
• Addressing health and safety issues in the supply chain
• Maintaining social distancing in fulfillment centers during COVID-19

Mitigation Strategies

• Investing in renewable energy projects and electric vehicles
• Launching plastic film recycling programs
• Implementing over 150 process changes in operations to address COVID-19
• Updating Supply Chain Standards to encourage fair wages
• Partnering with organizations to improve worker protections
• Implementing safety technologies and training programs
• Using computer vision technologies to monitor social distancing

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 4,082 assessments in 2019

Responsible Procurement

• Supply Chain Standards
• Supplier Manual
• Supplier assessments
• Corrective action plans
• Capacity building programs

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Flooding
• Hurricanes
• Droughts
• Extreme heat
• Rising costs for data center cooling

Transition Risks

• Increasing regulations
• Evolving public preference
• Increased operating costs

Opportunities

• Renewable energy
• Sustainable transportation
• Sustainable buildings
• Water efficiency
• Reducing packaging waste
• Sustainable products
• The Climate Pledge Fund
• Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Greenhouse Gas Protocol, ISO 14064, SASB, TCFD, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Certifications: LEED, BREEAM

Third-party Assurance: Apex

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Amazon-branded sustainable products (e.g., Tide Eco-Box)
• Amazon devices with recycled materials

Awards & Recognition

• American Foundation for the Blind Helen Keller Achievement Award

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Renewable Energy
• Packaging
• Food Waste Reduction
• Upskilling
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Community Investment
• Affordable Housing
• Employee Safety
• Supply Chain Sustainability
• Corporate Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Reached 85% renewable energy across business operations.
• Delivered 100 million+ packages to customers' doorsteps using zero-emission vehicles.
• Reduced per-shipment packaging weight by 38% since 2015.
• Eliminated 1.5 million+ tons of packaging since 2015.
• Avoided 30,000+ tons of plastic in North America in 2021.

Social Achievements

• Invested $1.2 billion to upskill 300,000 employees by 2025.
• Increased the number of U.S. Black employees at Level 8 and Level 10 year over year from 2020 numbers.
• Increased the number of women at Level 8 and Level 10 in tech and science roles by 30% year over year.
• Reached 1.8 million underrepresented students globally through Amazon Future Engineer.
• Invested $150 million in the Black Business Accelerator.
• Invested $40 million over three years in an AWS program to advance health equity.
• Invested $2 billion in the Housing Equity Fund to preserve and create affordable homes.

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Not disclosed

Mitigation Strategies

• Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 5,952 in 2021

Responsible Procurement

• SCORE program training for 28,900+ supply chain workers.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Renewable Energy
• Waste Reduction
• Packaging
• Water Stewardship
• Human Rights
• Responsible Supply Chain
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Community Impact
• Employee Well-being
• Supplier Diversity

Environmental Achievements

• 0.4% Reduction in absolute carbon emissions, despite 9% year-on-year net sales growth
• 7% Decrease in carbon intensity
• 90% of electricity consumed across operations attributable to renewable energy sources
• 401 global renewable energy projects announced, growing capacity to 20 gigawatts of clean energy
• More than 2 million tons of delivery packaging avoided since 2015
• 11% of packages shipped in their original packaging globally (up from 8% in 2021)
• 2.4 billion liters of water expected to be replenished per year through water-restoration projects

Social Achievements

• 14,000 women supported through RISE since 2019
• 82 million meals donated in the U.S. and Europe
• ~10 billion invested in employee benefits in the U.S.
• 1 billion invested in increased wages for U.S. front-line workers
• 24% improvement in global Recordable Incident Rate since 2019
• 53% improvement in global Lost Time Incident Rate since 2019
• 60,000 new participants in Career Choice program
• 3.2 million students reached globally through Amazon Future Engineer
• 33,600 microloans granted by the Whole Planet Foundation and donors
• 3.3 billion spent with 375 certified diverse suppliers
• 1.6 billion invested to preserve or create affordable homes
• 13 million people supported with free cloud computing skills training
• 50+ countries participated in Amazon’s first Global Month of Volunteering
• 39% increase in Black executives since 2021
• 32% increase in Latino/a/x executives since 2021
• 66% increase in women executives in STEM-focused roles since 2021

Governance Achievements

• Updated Supply Chain Standards to align with best practices regarding worker rights and safe, fair working conditions
• 100/100 score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index for the fifth year in a row

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Reducing absolute carbon emissions while maintaining business growth
• Ensuring responsible sourcing and sustainable practices across a vast global supply chain
• Addressing water scarcity in regions where Amazon operates
• Maintaining high safety standards across diverse operations
• Achieving diversity and inclusion goals across the workforce

Mitigation Strategies

• Investing in renewable energy and electric vehicle fleets
• Implementing sustainable packaging and waste reduction initiatives
• Collaborating with suppliers to improve sustainability performance
• Implementing robust safety programs and technologies
• Investing in diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and initiatives

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Updated Supply Chain Standards

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Economic Development
• Sustainability
• Employee Well-being
• Community Investment
• Diversity and Inclusion

Environmental Achievements

• Canada’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy
• Four renewable energy projects generating over 2.3 million MWh of clean energy
• First onsite Amazon solar rooftop in Canada at DYB2 delivery station in Nisku, Alberta (35% energy offset)

Social Achievements

• More than 45,000 jobs created across Canada
• Nearly 3,000 employees participated in Amazon Career Choice in 2023
• $70 million invested in additional frontline employee pay with guaranteed raises
• Introduction of Dogs at Work perk in Vancouver and Toronto Tech Hubs
• More than 500,000 items donated to charities in 2022
• Support for Indigenous communities through Your Voice is Power program (15,000+ students and teachers)
• Amazon MGM Studios contributed $1.4 billion in estimated value added to Canada GDP (2021-2022)

Governance Achievements

• Commitment to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 (The Climate Pledge)
• Ranked in the top 20 for taxes borne and top 15 for taxes collected (PwC analysis)

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Not disclosed

Mitigation Strategies

• Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Sourcing raw materials and packaging supplies locally (DrbyPetCo example)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• One of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers (2023)