{"id":20553,"date":"2019-09-19T11:05:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/amazon-makes-climate-pledge-as-workers-plan-walkout\/"},"modified":"2019-09-19T11:05:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:05:49","slug":"amazon-makes-climate-pledge-as-workers-plan-walkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/amazon-makes-climate-pledge-as-workers-plan-walkout\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Makes ‘Climate Pledge’ As Workers Plan Walkout"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces the company’s climate initiative Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

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Amazon is “done being in the middle of the herd” when it comes to climate-focused company policies, CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The company is pledging to power its global infrastructure with 100% renewable energy by 2030 and to be carbon-neutral by 2040. <\/strong>To help get there, it plans to buy 100,000 electric delivery vans from Michigan-based company Rivian, in which Amazon previously invested. <\/p>\n

Amazon says its Climate Pledge<\/a> will meet the Paris climate agreement 10 years ahead of schedule. The company is also inviting other companies to sign onto the pledge.<\/p>\n

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“It’s a difficult challenge for us because we have deep large physical infrastructure. We’re not only moving information around … we deliver more than 10 billion items a year,” Bezos told reporters Thursday. “And so we can make the argument \u2014 and we plan to do so passionately \u2014 that if we can do this, anyone can do this.”<\/p>\n

Amazon’s announcement marks the most sweeping climate-related action from the company, one day before more than 1,500 corporate workers planned a walkout <\/a>to draw attention to their criticisms of the company’s climate policies. Amazon has lagged behind other companies \u2014 including tech giants like Facebook<\/a> and Google<\/a> \u2014 in reaching the goal of 100% renewable energy and sharing data about its emissions. <\/p>\n