'We believe this is a historic opportunity': Thousands of Amazon employees call on CEO Jeff Bezos to tackle climate change.
Within a day of posting an open letter to Bezos and the company's board of directors to implement a company-wide plan to combat climate change, 5,237 Amazon employees signed the document, which was"Amazon has the resources and scale to spark the world’s imagination and redefine what is possible and necessary to address the climate crisis.
In an emailed statement to ABC News, an Amazon spokesperson wrote: “Earlier this year, we announced that we will share our company-wide carbon footprint, along with related goals and programs. We also announced Shipment Zero, our vision to make all Amazon shipments net zero carbon, with 50% of all shipments net zero by 2030. Amazon’s sustainability team is using a science-based approach to develop data and strategies to ensure a rigorous approach to our sustainability work.
The employees also took issue with the Amazon Web Services arm, which they said has an initiative devoted to helping fossil fuel companies accelerate and expand oil and gas extraction. The company also donates "to climate-delaying legislators" including 68 members of Congress in 2018 who voted against climate legislation 100% of the time," the letter states.
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