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OurPlanet TheClimatePledgeisAmazon’scommitmenttobenet-zerocarbonby2040,andweareonapathtopoweringour operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025. As the world’s largest corporate buyer of renewable energy, Amazon announceddozensofnewrenewableenergyprojectsin2021andnowhas274projectsglobally.TheClimatePledgehas beensignedbyAmazonandover300othercompaniesthatcommittothesamegoals,includingBestBuy,IBM,JetBlue,Microsoft, Uber, Unilever, and Verizon. Pledge signatories in total generate over $3.5 trillion in global annual revenues and have more than 8 million employees across 51 industries in 29 countries. Amazoncontinuestotakemeaningfulstepsinour journey to be net-zero carbon, including: • ExpandingClimatePledgeFriendly.Thisprogram includesmorethan200,000products,makingiteasier for customers to shop for products that have one or moreof37differentsustainability certifications. • Supportingthedevelopmentofsustainableand decarbonizing technologies and services through TheClimatePledgeFund.Withaninitial$2billion infunding,thisprogramhasinvestedin11visionary companieswhoseproductsandsolutionswillfacilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy, such as CMCMachinery,atechnologycompanythatmanufacturescustom-sizedboxeswhileeliminatingtheneedforsingle-use plastic padding, and Infinium, a company developing low-carbon electrofuels for air, marine, and heavy-truck fleets. • Restoring and conserving forests, wetlands, and grasslands around the world through the Right Now Climate Fund.Lastyear,this $100million fund announced investments in a nature-based carbon removal initiative in the Brazilian Amazonandacommitmentofapproximately$23.5million(€20million)forprojectsacrossEurope.Thefirst recipient of new funding aims to plant 22 million trees across 14 metropolitan areas in Italy. Someofourlatestinitiatives include: • Mobilizing $1 billion to protect tropical forests via the LEAF (Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance) Coalition, an ambitious public-private initiative designed to protect tropical forests. • OpeningClimatePledgeArenainSeattle,thefirstnet-zerocarboncertified arena in the world, which Amazon secured namingrights to in 2020. • Partnering with automakers who share in our decarbonization ambitions. We are excited to work with partners like Rivian, Stellantis, and others to help us accelerate the available supply of high-performance electric vehicles. Our custom order of 100,000 electric delivery vehicles in partnership with Rivian will hit the road by 2030. • Collaboratingwithotherstoreducepackagingwaste.Since2015,wehavereducedtheweightofoutboundpackaging bymorethan36%andeliminatedtheequivalentof2billionshippingboxes. • Issuing a $1 billion sustainability bond. The bond funds new and ongoing projects in five areas: renewable energy, clean transportation, sustainable buildings, affordable housing, and socioeconomic advancement and empowerment. • Participating in industry and government efforts, such as co-founding The Cargo Owners for Zero Emission Vessels networkalongsidetheAspenInstitute, which aims to transition ocean freight vessels from fossil fuels to zero-carbon fuels by2040;participating in the launch of The First Movers Coalition, which targets emissions reductions in aviation, ocean shipping, steel, and trucking; supporting the creation of the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance’s Aviators Group, which is focused on accelerating the transition to net-zero emissions air transport; and supporting the launch of the Clean Energy DemandInitiative, which advances clean energy goals by leveraging corporate clean energy commitments. • Becomingthefirstconsumerelectronicsmanufacturertocommittoaddressing,throughrenewableenergy development,theelectricity used by its devices. By 2025, Amazon aims to produce the clean energy equivalent of all the electricity used by Fire TV and Ring devices worldwide. Learn more at sustainability.aboutamazon.com.

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