Amazon

Amazon, an Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order House based in the US, reported its global carbon emissions for 2025 as approximately 80.85 billion kg CO2e. This figure includes:

• Scope 1 emissions: Approximately 15.37 billion kg CO2e.
• Scope 2 emissions: Approximately 3.74 billion kg CO2e, primarily from purchased electricity.
• Scope 3 emissions: Approximately 61.74 billion kg CO2e, with significant contributions from capital goods (16.96 billion kg CO2e), purchased goods and services (18.63 billion kg CO2e), and upstream transportation and distribution (10.87 billion kg CO2e).

Looking back, Amazon's total emissions have shown fluctuations:

• In 2024, total emissions were about 69.55 billion kg CO2e.
• In 2023, total emissions were about 65.28 billion kg CO2e.
• In 2022, total emissions were about 65.37 billion kg CO2e.
• In 2021, total emissions were about 71.54 billion kg CO2e, although specific Scope 3 categories such as purchased goods and services and upstream transportation and distribution were not fully disclosed.
• In 2020, total emissions were approximately 60.64 billion kg CO2e, with similar limitations in Scope 3 disclosures.
• In 2019, total emissions were about 51.17 billion kg CO2e, also with limited Scope 3 breakdown.
• In 2018, total emissions were approximately 44.4 billion kg CO2e.

Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge in 2019, committing to reach net-zero carbon emissions across its entire business by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement's goal. As part of this commitment, Amazon aims to have 50% of its shipments be net-zero carbon by 2030. The company also intends to match 100% of the electricity consumed by its global operations with renewable energy by 2025. This includes investing in wind and solar capacity equivalent to the energy used by all active Echo, Fire TV, and Ring devices worldwide by 2025. Amazon is also investing in technologies to decarbonise its transportation network, including deploying 100,000 custom electric delivery vehicles by 2030.