NEW: One month after Amazon ordered its mandatory return to the office, more than 1,000 workers joined a rally outside the company’s Seattle headquarters today to protest Amazon’s office return and a lack of progress on its Climate Pledge.
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, the group that led the 2019 walkout and co-organized today’s protest, says the company is guilty of greenwashing. “I feel like I have a responsibility and a certain power as a worker of this large company where I can make a difference and make Amazon the more progressive and forward-thinking company I want to work for,” says a Seattle-based employee who is joining the walkout today.
“Emission reductions and carbon offsets cannot be treated as substitutes, thus any net-zero target that is not backed up by a commitment to deep decarbonization is misleading,” Skribbe says. A 2022from Reveal found that Amazon significantly undercounts its carbon emissions, only including products sold under Amazon brands, which account for a sliver of the products sold on its platform.
Glasser calls the story misleading because companies that operate their own retail businesses on Amazon’s platform do their own carbon accounting, although competitors such as Walmart include both third-party brands and sellers in their emissions reporting. He did not explain why Amazon does not track emissions for products from other brands that it stocks and sells directly.
The Los Angeles-based Amazon employee walking out today turned to a management slogan from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to sum up the situation. “I think by not having a plan to move forward, we’re just naturally moving backward,” he says. “That’s something we talk a lot about Amazon:Get More From WIRED
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