Amazon Plans To Make 50% of Shipments Net Zero Carbon by 2030

Amazon says it hopes to make 50 percent of all shipments to customers with net zero carbon in the next 11 years as part of an initiative it's calling Shipment Zero. From a report: It also announced that it'll share a report detailing its companywide carbon footprint -- along with 'related goals and programs' -- later this year, and that it'll continue to use customer feedback to 'enable' and 'encourage' its supply chain partners to reduce their environmental impact. The initiative builds on the Seattle retailer's ongoing work to minimize its contributions to greenhouse gases, Dave Clark, senior vice president of worldwide operations at Amazon, explained in a blog post.

Amazon currently has over 200 scientists, engineers, and product designers dedicated to 'inventing new ways' to 'leverage [its] scale' for the 'good of customers and the planet,' he said, and has engaged in an 'extensive' project over the past two years to develop a model that provides internal teams with data to help them identify ways to reduce carbon use.

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