Amazon | Sustainability Performance
An online retail and technology company providing e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence services to a global customer base.
1994
United States
10,001+ employees
Retail
$10B+ in revenue
$10B+ in profitability
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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#11551
Overallⓘ#2614
in United Statesⓘ#400
in RetailⓘSustainability Maturity
ⓘSustainability Intent
ⓘOverview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsCarbon certificatesDigital emissionsEnergy consumptionNature and biodiversitySocial
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsHealth and SafetyExternalitiesGovernance
TargetsSDG ImpactFinancial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections
Critical
Aligned
Critical
Leading
Intensity
Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)
Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Industry Benchmark
45.9
B/M 16.5
116.1
B/M 329.5
156.8
B/M 49.5
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Controversy level
- Amazon.com Inc has faced sustained US OSHA enforcement scrutiny over fulfillment center worker injury rates (Amazon warehouses had injury rates roughly twice the warehousing industry average per Strategic Organizing Center analysis), including February 2023 US DOL referral over Bessemer Alabama warehouse and multiple NLRB complaints in 2022-2024 alleging unfair labor practices around the Bessemer unionization drive (Amazon Labor Union JFK8 Staten Island won April 2022 election).
Sustainability employees
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11+
ⓘThis value represents the estimated number of employees in a company with sustainability-related roles or job titles, as determined by Illuminem using publicly available data.