Amazon Climate Goals

Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge in 2019, committing to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, ten years ahead of the Paris Agreement. This page covers Amazon's targets, its latest emissions, and its role in carbon removal. Last updated October 2026.

Amazon's Climate Goals at a Glance

• Target: net-zero carbon across its operations by 2040.
• 2025 emissions: 80.85 million tonnes of CO₂e, up 16% from 69.55 million in 2024, according to its 2025 sustainability report.
• Carbon intensity: 112.8 grams of CO₂e per dollar of revenue, up 3% on 2024 but 38% below 2019.
• Renewable energy: matched 100% of its electricity use with renewable energy for the third year in a row, with about 42 GW of clean energy capacity across 712 projects in 30 countries.
• Scope 3: 61.74 million tonnes, 76% of the footprint.

Net Zero by 2040: The Climate Pledge

The Climate Pledge now has 656 signatories. Amazon's strategy centres on cutting operational and supply chain emissions, and then using carbon removal for what cannot be eliminated. Amazon says carbon removal complements reductions rather than replacing them.

Why Amazon's Emissions Are Rising

Amazon's total emissions rose 16% in 2025 as data centre capacity grew. Scope 3 rose 20%, Scope 1 rose 2% and Scope 2 rose 34%. Its carbon intensity, the figure Amazon highlights, is still well below 2019 levels because revenue has grown faster than emissions.

Amazon's Direct Air Capture Partnership

In 2023 Amazon agreed to buy 250,000 tonnes of carbon removal from 1PointFive's STRATOS DAC facility over 10 years. STRATOS is one of the world's largest DAC plants and stores captured CO₂ permanently underground. Learn more in our Direct Air Capture guide.

Renewable Energy and Operational Decarbonisation

Amazon is the world's largest corporate buyer of renewable energy. Other measures include electrifying its delivery fleet, reducing packaging, and making its data centres more efficient.

Nature-Based Carbon Removal

Amazon also supports forest and land projects, including the Right Now Climate Fund, a $100 million fund for reforestation and forest conservation. Combining nature-based and engineered approaches spreads risk. See our nature-based carbon removal guide.

Quality and Transparency

Amazon reports its emissions annually and says it applies standards for carbon credits and removals, focused on permanence, measurability and third-party verification.

Challenges Ahead

• Rising data centre energy demand is pushing absolute emissions up.
• Scope 3 is the largest share and the hardest to control.
• DAC and other durable removal are still small compared with Amazon's footprint.

Frequently Asked Questions About Amazon's Climate Goals

What is Amazon's climate goal?

Net-zero carbon across its operations by 2040, under The Climate Pledge it co-founded.

Is Amazon's carbon footprint going down?

Total emissions rose 16% in 2025, but carbon intensity per dollar of revenue is 38% below 2019.

Does Amazon use 100% renewable energy?

Amazon matched 100% of the electricity used in its global operations with renewable energy for the third consecutive year, which is an annual match rather than hour-by-hour carbon-free power.

How does Amazon compare with other companies?

Compare with Microsoft, Google and Meta.

Sources

GreenTechLead: Amazon Sustainability Report 2025 and Amazon 2025 Sustainability Report.