If you're on time, you're late... If you're 10 years early, you're on time. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took Amazon from loser to leader in the fight against Climate Change, the day before the Global Climate Strike (which is today).
- Loser: Amazon transports 10B packages/year with fuel-burning planes and trucks in way-bigger-than-necessary boxes-within-boxes (plus packing peanuts).
- Leader: It just co-founded "The Climate Pledge," to achieve the ambitious goals of the Paris Climate Accord 10 years ahead of its 2050 deadline. (FYI — The US is the only country in the world not in on the global pact to save the planet).
2 goals: Carbon neutral by 2040 and 100% renewable by 2030... Here's how Amazon's planning to un-do all its carbon footprints:
- Keep investing in renewable: Jeff offered up a map of Amazon's solar and wind facilities (it's already 40% renewable).
- Reforest the forests: Plant millions of trees, which inhale CO2 and exhale oxygen. #bio101
- Buy 100K electric delivery vans: Amazon's an investor in Rivian (based in Plymouth, MI), which will deliver Amazon its first all-electric cargo van in 2021 (pic here).
The purpose of a corporation has changed... Until this year, companies were officially supposed to look after profits only. But the Business Roundtable changed this summer to become less narrow-minded — Amazon is taking care of other stakeholders besides shareholders with this move. Like the planet, and those who live on it.