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March 24, 2026

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Amazon News

October 16, 2025

How Amazon is reducing packaging in Europe — and why it matters
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Feb 16, 2026

Amazon’s newest UK delivery station aims to be the first to achieve new zero carbon certification outside the US
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Amazon is using our scale and innovation-focused approach to support our aim of being responsible water stewards everywhere we operate

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Call to action: Seeking collaborators for a global critical minerals grand challenge
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Amazon is working with XPRIZE to design a competition to advance critical minerals circularity and responsible sourcing practices.

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Human rights

March 31, 2026
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How Amazon helps fund and advance women-led climate solutions
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The Resilient Futures Fund invests in women at the forefront of climate innovation with seven new grantees from across Latin America.

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Carbon-free energy

February 19, 2026
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How Amazon is powering the next era of carbon-free energy
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Mandy Ulrich, Amazon’s senior manager of energy and water for Amazon Web Services (AWS), explains carbon-free energy and how it’s helping the company meet energy demands in 2026 and beyond.

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Packaging

February 4, 2026
India

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Amazon collaborates with IIT Roorkee to develop recyclable packaging from agricultural waste
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Amazon works with IIT Roorkee to convert agricultural waste into biodegradable paper mailers, addressing stubble burning problems while creating sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging.

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Sustainability

October 30, 2025
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Explore how Amazon is optimizing for sustainability initiatives across regions
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Amazon’s sustainability website introduces dynamic new experience to highlight global progress.

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Biodiversity

September 24, 2025
Australia

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Amazon invests AU$2.5 million to protect critically endangered Australian wildlife from extinction
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The three-year project will help save iconic species including the eastern quoll, eastern barred bandicoot, and southern brush-tailed rock-wallaby, through innovative conservation methods.

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Carbon-free energy

April 2, 2026
Europe

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Amazon continues to be Europe’s largest corporate purchaser of carbon-free energy
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With over 260 European projects, Amazon is investing in more than 10 gigawatts of carbon-free energy in Europe, which is enough to power more than 8 million European and UK households annually.

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Buildings

February 16, 2026
United Kingdom

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Amazon’s newest UK delivery station aims to be the first to achieve new zero carbon certification outside the US
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The Stockton-on-Tees facility will use AI tracking, carbon-storing materials, and renewable energy to cut emissions by at least 20%.

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Biodiversity

February 5, 2026
Europe

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Amazon supports development of free European biodiversity metric to accelerate nature protection
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At Amazon, we believe that protecting and restoring biodiversity requires collaboration across industries.

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[H2] Big goals and key milestones

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100%
of electricity consumed by Amazon was matched with renewable energy sources in 2024, for the second consecutive year

Match 100% of the electricity consumed by our global operations with renewable energy by 2025—five years ahead of our original target of 2030

4%
reduction in carbon intensity compared to 2023

Reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040—10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement

81M
meals-equivalent donated globally—60M in the U.S. and 21M in Europe

Reduce food waste by 50% across Europe and U.S. operations by 2030

53%
of the way toward meeting AWS’s water positive goal, as of the end of 2024

AWS will be water positive by 2030, returning more water to communities than it uses in its direct operations

10K+
electric vehicles deployed in India, surpassing our goal one year ahead of schedule

Deploy 10,000 electric vehicles in India by 2025

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The Climate Pledge is our commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040—10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. It brings the world’s top companies together to accelerate joint action and responsible change.

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[H2] Climate solutions
We aim to reach net-zero carbon emissions across our operations by 2040 by investing in carbon-free energy, scaling solutions, and collaborating with partners to broaden our impact.

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[H2] Waste and packaging
We’re working to manage and prevent waste and increase recyclability.

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[H2] Natural resources
We strive to source and use natural resources in a responsible way across our business and supply chain, while investing in conservation and restoration initiatives.

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[H2] Human rights
We’re embedding respect for human rights throughout our business activities and relationships.

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[H2] Products and services
We invent, develop, and deliver products and services in a responsible way that help our customers on their sustainability journeys.

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Climate solutions

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See how we’re reinventing packaging options to minimize waste,  deliver products safely, and improve recyclability.

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Sustainability-focused generative AI risk mitigation strategies

The rapid rise of generative AI (GenAI) has sparked the sustainability community to explore its potential applications, such as climate impact modeling and renewable energy optimization. However, deploying these GenAIpowered solutions in enterprise environments raises risk concerns.

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The impact of sustainability programs on consumer purchase behavior: Evidence from Amazon

In 2020, Amazon launched the Climate Pledge Friendly (CPF) program to make it easy for customers to discover and shop for products with sustainability certifications. In this paper, we measure the causal impact of products qualifying for CPF on consumer purchase behavior.

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Early warning of complex climate risk with integrated artificial intelligence

As climate change accelerates, human societies face growing exposure to disasters and stress, highlighting the urgent need for effective early warning systems.

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[H2] Shopping more sustainably

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[H3] Recycle, repair, or trade in

We offer free set-up, troubleshooting, and replacement parts services. Plus, you can trade in or recycle Amazon devices and a variety of eligible devices from other manufacturers.

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Support and repairs

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[H3] Browse refurbished and pre-owned

Keep quality products in use for longer by shopping for pre-owned and refurbished electronics and home goods sold at a discount.

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[H3] Choose certified products

Our Climate Pledge Friendly program helps customers in the U.S. and EU discover and shop for more sustainable products. We collaborate with trusted third-party certifications and create our own to highlight products that meet sustainability standards and support our commitment to help preserve the natural world.

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[H1] Reports

Dive deep into our documents and downloads, which describe how we’re building a more sustainable company for our customers, our people—and, importantly, the planet.

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[H1] Customers

We put our customers at the heart of everything we do and relentlessly innovate to meet their needs, enrich their lives, and make every day better. We’re focused on inventing, developing, and delivering products and services that help our customers on their sustainability journeys.

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[H2] Progress

12%

of packages globally shipped without additional Amazon packaging as part of the Ships in Product Packaging program

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2.2M+

products recognized by certifications in our Climate Pledge Friendly program available to customers for purchase

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14M
returns avoided in 2024, a 25% increase compared to 2023

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Shop Climate Pledge Friendly

This program recognizes products with improvements in at least one aspect of sustainability, helping customers discover and shop for products with sustainability features across 14 international stores. In 2024, customers purchased more than 1.7 billion items recognized by certifications in the program.

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Choose Amazon Day Delivery

In addition to offering customers the convenience of picking their own delivery day, this option allows us more time to find an optimal delivery route which usually leads to fewer deliveries. It also helps reduce the number of boxes used for shipping.

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Shop Amazon Aware products

Amazon Aware is a line of everyday essentials across apparel, home, beauty, and more. All products are certified as carbon neutral and feature certifications in the Climate Pledge Friendly program.

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Opt for pre-owned and refurbished

Customers can keep products in use longer by shopping our pre-owned and refurbished options. This includes millions of quality used products like furniture, toys, instruments, kitchen appliances, and clothes.

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[H2] Explore more sustainable devices

We’re working to make Amazon devices more sustainable—from how we build them to how customers use them. Many of our devices feature recycled materials, durable design, and energy efficiency features, packaged in 100% recyclable packaging.

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[H2] We’re working to eliminate unnecessary packaging and increase recyclability to make recycling easy for our customers.

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[H2] Donate and trade in pre-loved items

Give new life to the things you no longer need. We’re making it easy to donate products to charity or trade in electronics for a gift card.

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[H2] Donate items through Give Back Box

This program allows customers to recycle packaging and used items by donating them directly to charities. Customers can simply fill a box with items they no longer need, print out a free shipping label, and drop it off at a local UPS or USPS office. We’ll then pick up the box and donate the items to charity.

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[H2] Trade in used devices

With this program, we’re extending the lifetime of devices that might otherwise languish in a drawer. Customers can trade in Kindle e-readers, Echo smart speakers, Ring security cameras, Fire Tablets, and other electronics. For every valid trade-in, customers will receive an Amazon gift card based on the value, and if eligible, a discount of up to 20% on the latest Amazon devices.

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[H2] Are you looking for help with an order or with your account?

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[H2] AWS enables sustainability solutions

[H3] Customer Carbon Footprint Tool

Many of our AWS customers have asked us to help measure the carbon footprint of their AWS workloads—both to understand how moving to AWS reduces their carbon footprints and to report their overall footprints. This tool uses simple visualizations to show customers their historical carbon emissions, estimate emissions avoided by using AWS instead of an on-premises data center, and review forecast emissions based on their current use.

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[H2] Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative

This initiative seeks to accelerate sustainability research and innovation by minimizing the cost and time required to acquire and analyze large sustainability datasets. These datasets are publicly available to anyone. It also provides cloud grants to those interested in exploring the use of AWS’ technology and scalable infrastructure to solve big, long-term sustainability challenges.

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[H2] Strengthen your sustainability strategy

We’ve gathered resources for our business customers, suppliers, and industry peers to support the critical work of reducing operational emissions. By sharing best practices and tools, we aim to accelerate sustainability progress across industries.

[H3] Amazon Sustainability Exchange

A curated set of resources to encourage and empower businesses of all sizes and across any industry to take steps to decarbonize and embed sustainability initiatives in their operations.

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[H3] Sustainability Solutions Hub

We launched the Hub in 2023 for Amazon selling partners in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the U.S. The Hub helps them get started with Amazon’s sustainability programs, including Climate Pledge Friendly, Amazon Renewed, and Ships in Product Packaging.

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[H1] Climate solutions

Climate scientists agree that the world needs to reduce carbon emissions, and we’re working to do our part. We aim to reach net-zero carbon emissions across our operations by 2040 by investing in carbon-free energy, scaling solutions, and collaborating with partners to broaden our impact.

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[H2] Progress

100%
of electricity consumed by Amazon was matched with renewable energy sources in 2024, for the second consecutive year

100%

$2B
investment through The Climate Pledge Fund to support the development of sustainable technologies

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590+
companies have joined Amazon in signing The Climate Pledge, committing to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040

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[H2] Our approach

Driven by the urgency of climate change, we co-founded The Climate Pledge in 2019 and committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
To reach this target, we’re also expanding the use of zero-emission transportation such as electric delivery vans, cargo e-bikes, and on-foot deliveries, and we engage in industry initiatives to remove carbon emissions from transportation systems like ocean shipping, aviation, and trucking. We’re also using innovative construction techniques and building materials to make our fulfillment centers, data centers, offices, and physical retail locations more sustainable.

[H2] Reaching net-zero carbon emissions

We're committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. To get there, we’ve set interim goals, identified key areas of our business for decarbonization, and identified opportunities and accelerators.

[H3] What we’re doing

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Focusing our efforts

We’re focusing on delivery and logistics, building construction and operations, servers and hardware, products and services, and packaging.

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Executing our efforts

We’re choosing lower-carbon alternatives, transitioning to carbon-free energy, engaging suppliers, driving efficiency, and neutralizing carbon.

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Accelerating our efforts

We’re investing in breakthrough technology, decarbonizing through policy change, accelerating cross-sector collaboration through The Climate Pledge, and engaging in key partnerships.

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[H2] Our commitments
We’re on a mission to reach net-zero carbon emissions across our operations by 2040. Explore some of the goals we’ve already achieved, and others we’re working toward.

Our beginning

Our path

Our vision

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[H3] Our path

[H3] Our vision

2019

We co-founded The Climate Pledge with Global Optimism and we were the first company to sign on

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2020

We launched The Climate Pledge Fund—a $2 billion venture investment program supporting the advancement of sustainable technologies and services

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2020

We announced The Right Now Climate Fund—a $100 million fund for nature-based solutions to restore and conserve forests, wetlands, and grasslands globally

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2022

The Climate Pledge Fund committed at least $50 million to invest in female-founded and female-led climate technology companies

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2022

AWS committed to being water positive by 2030, returning more water to the communities where AWS operates than is used in direct operations

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2024

100% of electricity consumed by Amazon was matched with renewable energy sources, for the second consecutive year

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2025

Invest in wind and solar farm capacity equal to the energy use of all active Echo, FireTV, and Ring devices worldwide by 2025

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2030

We’re committed to having at least 100,000 electric delivery vans on the road by 2030, from Rivian and other manufacturers

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2040

We’re committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions across our operations by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement

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We co-founded The Climate Pledge on the conviction that global businesses are responsible, accountable and able to act on the climate crisis—and that by doing so, they will transform societies and our views of what’s possible. Since then, hundreds of companies from all over the globe have committed to the Pledge: to be net-zero carbon by 2040. It’s up to Earth’s top companies to do everything in their power to protect the global economy from the disruptive risks associated with climate change.

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[H2] The Climate Pledge Fund

The Climate Pledge Fund is a $2 billion venture investment program supporting the advancement of sustainable technologies and services that will enable us to meet our 2040 net-zero carbon emissions goal.

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[H2] Decarbonizing our business

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[H2] Carbon-free energy

By scaling carbon-free energy, we aim to make Amazon a more resilient and more sustainable business, drive a global transition to cleaner energy, and achieve our commitment to The Climate Pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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[H2] Transportation

We’re decarbonizing transportation across our business by increasing fleet efficiency, expanding the use of low-carbon fuels, and scaling electric and alternative-fuel vehicles.

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[H2] Our buildings

We’re reducing and avoiding emissions across our portfolio by increasing the energy efficiency of our buildings, expanding our use of carbon-free energy, and using more sustainable building materials.

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[H2] Carbon neutralization

We follow scientific research to fund initiatives that are critical to hitting the targets of the Paris Agreement and staving off the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has made clear that carbon emissions from several industries won’t be fully reduced by 2050. Even with aggressive decarbonization efforts, many companies will need to neutralize some emissions that can’t be eliminated to achieve net-zero carbon.
Carbon neutralization represents an opportunity for the world to help reduce emissions and stabilize the changing climate, while helping to preserve the natural world. Our nature-based carbon removal actions are focused on halting tropical rainforest loss, restoring degraded land, and scaling technologies that capture carbon emissions.

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[H2] Restoring degraded landscapes

Restoring landscapes has the potential to remove billions of tons of carbon emissions while improving local livelihoods. We're advancing restoration efforts by the world’s smallholder farmers.

These projects aim to trap carbon and provide sustainable income from crops like cocoa and citrus. To ensure the carbon benefits from these projects are robustly accounted for, we're advancing new measurement approaches through the ABACUS standard, which quantifies the climate impacts of restoration projects. Project developers and investors developing new restoration projects that meet the ABACUS requirements are encouraged to respond to Amazon's Request for Information.

[H2] Protecting tropical rainforests

Tropical deforestation contributes approximately one-fifth of global emissions, according to the IPCC.

[H3] The LEAF Coalition

In 2021, we helped create the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance (LEAF) Coalition, a public-private project which has mobilized over $1 billion in corporate and government finance to protect tropical rainforests around the world.

The LEAF Coalition is designed to accelerate climate action by providing financing to help countries protect their tropical rainforests.

In November 2021, the Coalition signed Letters of Intent with five tropical forest countries: Ecuador, Costa Rica, Ghana, Vietnam, and Nepal. In 2022, during COP27, four Brazilian states signed Letters of Intent to participate in the Coalition, bringing participating tropical forest jurisdictions to nine.

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February 26, 2026
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The latest way Amazon’s Sustainability Exchange is scaling climate action
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Qualified companies now have access to high-quality neutralization and inset credits sourced from refrigerant destruction and lower-carbon fuels.

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November 19, 2025
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Scaling climate action across industries with patience, trust, and curiosity
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How Kiesha Clayton, The Climate Pledge’s senior manager of recruitment and engagement, empowers teams from inside one of the world’s boldest climate initiatives.

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November 3, 2025
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Amazon helps to add nearly 1GW of clean energy to European grids
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20 Amazon-supported wind and solar energy projects from 12 developers now provide clean energy across continental Europe.

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