Here's what this Amazon employee had to say about the walkout for climate change: I was feeling 'hopeless,' 'ashamed' of my role there. (via CNBCMakeIt)
: They want Amazon to commit to producing zero carbon emissions by 2030 by rolling out electric vehicle use, to eliminate Amazon Web Services contracts for fossil-fuel companies and to stop funding climate-denying lobbyists and politicians.
. "We have dedicated sustainability teams who have been working for years on initiatives to reduce our environmental impact.", a "vision" to eventually make all Amazon shipments net zero carbon and half of shipments net zero carbon by 2030. Amazon also pointed to its sustainable packaging programs which have reduced packaging materials and said it would be publicly releasing a report detailing its company carbon footprint, goals and programs later in 2019.
"Then I changed how I thought about who leaders are. ... Those of us who are walking out of our offices on 20 September, we are leaders."
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