Amazon Delivers Shipment Zero Vision

In a recent blog, Amazon announced Shipment Zero is Amazon’s vision to make all Amazon shipments net zero carbon, with 50 percent of all shipments net zero by 2030.

According to the blog, Amazon cited the improvements it has made in electric vehicles, aviation bio fuels, reusable packaging and renewable energy in order to achieve its net zero carbon goal. Additionally, Amazon noted that this follows an extensive project over the past two years to develop an advanced scientific model to carefully map the retail giant’s carbon footprint to identify ways to reduce carbon use within the business.

The Amazon Blog has more information:

Amazon has a history of commitment to sustainability, through innovative programs such as Frustration Free Packaging, Ship in Own Container, our network of solar and wind farms, solar on our fulfillment center rooftops, investments in the circular economy with the Closed Loop Fund, and numerous other initiatives happening every day by teams across Amazon. In operations alone, we have over 200 scientists, engineers, and product designers dedicated exclusively to inventing new ways to leverage our scale for the good of customers and the planet.

Amazon has a long-term goal to power our global infrastructure using 100% renewable energy, and we are making solid progress. With improvements in electric vehicles, aviation bio fuels, reusable packaging, and renewable energy, for the first time we can now see a path to net zero carbon delivery of shipments to customers, and we are setting an ambitious goal for ourselves to reach 50% of all Amazon shipments with net zero carbon by 2030. We are calling this project "Shipment Zero” – it won’t be easy to achieve this goal, but it’s worth being focused and stubborn on this vision and we’re committed to seeing it through.

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Read the full blog here.