He’s using his green to fight for green. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man as of 2019, announced viaInstagramthat he is “committing $10 billion to start” the Bezos Earth Fund — which will “explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change.” Recomme...
Amazon is committed to building a sustainable business for our customers and the planet. In 2019, Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge—a commitment to be net zero carbon across our business by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement.
We also launched the Climate Pledge Fund, a $2 billion fund to back visionary companies whose products and services will facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy. Download our Sustainability Report. How Amazon is preparing for the energy needs of the future Learn how we're supporting ...
“We’re done being in the middle of the herd on this issue—we’ve decided to use our size and scale to make a difference,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO. “If a company with as much physical infrastructure as Amazon—which delivers more than 10 billion items a year—can ...
today announced The Climate Pledge Fund to support the development of sustainable technologies and services that will enable Amazon and other companies to meet The Climate Pledge—a commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040. This dedicated venture investment program—with an initial $2 billion in fu...
The Big Tech company doubled down in asustainability blog on June 23, 2020: “We are all in on The Climate Pledge: net-zero carbon by 2040.” Bezos also pledged in Februarythat he was going to bleed through $10 billion to fight climate change in an effort called theBezos Earth Fund,...
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023. Net sales increased 9% to $127.4 billion
We co-founded The Climate Pledge with Global Optimism and we were the first company to sign on 2020 We launched The Climate Pledge Fund—a $2 billion venture investment program supporting the advancement of sustainable technologies and services 2020 We announced The Right Now Climate Fund—a ...
the Appalachian Mountains in the United States, the Agroforestry and Restoration Accelerator program in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, and is a founding member of the LEAF Coalition, a global public-private initiative working to mobilise ...
of our strategy. For example, we helped create the LEAF Coalition (Lowering Emissions through Accelerating Forest Finance), a public-private initiative that aims to raise $1 billion to protect the world’s tropical rainforests, with rigorous carbon stand...