Amazon pledges to become carbon neutral as climate protest starts

Jeff Bezos has pledged that Amazon will be carbon neutral by 2040

Amazon has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2040, meeting the UN’s Paris Agreement climate-change objectives a decade early.

The online giant unveiled its plans as a ‘global climate strike’ began, bringing protesters onto the streets, from Mumbai to London.

Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos said he Amazon had “done being in the middle of the herd on this issue”

 

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