Amazon.com pledged on June 23 (local time) last September that by 2040, Amazon.com will Achieved The Climate Pledge, a pledge to go virtually zero carbon Climate Pledge Fund, a $2 billion ($213 billion) fund to The company announced that it has launched a
Companies that sign the climate pledge will
Regularly measure and report on their greenhouse gas emissions
Implement decarbonisation strategies in line with the Paris Agreement through real business change and innovation, including efficiency improvements, renewable energy, material reduction and other carbon reduction strategies
To reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions to zero by 2040, unachieved emissions will be made up with socially beneficial offsets
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The $2 billion fund will support companies that have signed the pledge. Verizon and Infosys have already signed on.
At Amazon, last April, employee volunteers signed a petition claiming that the company's global warming efforts were inadequate. It was developed; even after the signing of the pledge in September, employee volunteers insist that more work is needed.
