Monday
July 15
2024

Amazon’s Sustainability Report Shows the Company Moving the Wrong Way on Climate With Continued Emissions Growth

Today, Amazon released its latest sustainability report that finds the company’s Scope 1 emissions, which includes transportation, grew 7% year-over-year to 14.27 million metric tons CO2e. Since announcing its Climate Pledge in 2019, Amazon has expanded its Scope 1 emissions at a compound annual growth rate of 25.5%.

Photo courtesy of Jon Russell.

Source: STAND.earth (link opens in a new window)

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Energy, Environment, Transportation
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climate change, corporations, decarbonization, failure, greenwashing, research