KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 -- Amazon has become the first signatory of The Climate Pledge, a commitment to meet the Paris Agreement, 10 years earlier than scheduled.
The Climate Pledge calls on signatories to be net zero carbon across their businesses by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Accord’s goal of 2050.
Companies which signed for the pledge have agreed to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions on a regular basis; implement decarbonisation strategies; and, neutralise remaining emissions.
Amazon founder and chief executive officer, Jeff Bezos said: “If a company with as much physical infrastructure as Amazon, which delivers more than 10 billion items annually, can meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early, then any company can.
“Large companies signing The Climate Pledge will send an important signal to the market that it’s time to invest in the products and services the signatories will need to meet their commitments.”
Also one of the pledge’s signatories, Global Optimism founding partner and UN’s former climate change chief, Christiana Figueres said: “Bold steps by big companies will make a huge difference in the development of new technologies and industries to support a low carbon economy.”
Amazon previously announced investment in Rivian, a producer of emission-free electric vehicles. Amazon plans to have 10,000 new electric vehicles on the road as early as 2022 and all 100,000 by 2030 – saving four million metric tonnes of carbon per year by 2030.
-- BERNAMA
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