SHAREHOLDERPROPOSALS 95 website andinoursustainabilityreport.Theseresourcesprovideinformationonoursustainabilityefforts,ourcommunity impact and work, and how we strive to support underrepresented and underprivileged communities. We are taking steps to significantly reduce the environmental impact of our operations in communities by continuing to electrify our delivery vehicles and transportation network and working to power our operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of our original target of 2030, as part of our goal to reach net-zero carbon by 2040. Amazon’s custom electric delivery vehicles hit the road testing with customer deliveries in Los Angeles in February 2021, and since have expandedto15additional U.S. cities, including San Francisco, Nashville, Tulsa, Minneapolis, Denver, and more. We also strive to have a positive impact on other aspects of the communities in which we operate by driving economic growth, investing in affordable housing, and supporting non-profits and community organizations. For example, in 2021, we establishedtheAmazonHousingEquityFundtoprovidemorethan$2billioninbelow-marketloansandgrantstopreserve andcreate affordable homes for individuals and families earning moderate to low incomes in our three hometown communities—Washingtonstate’s Puget Sound region; the Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Virginia, metropolitan areas; 96 Amazon’s first commitments of more than $869 million will make up to 5,300 affordable andNashville, Tennessee. apartmenthomesavailableinthesecommunitieswithmoreinvestmentstocome.Wehavealsopartneredwithsocial 97 impactandeconomicjusticegroupstosupportrealestatedevelopersofcolorandfacilitateaffordablehousingprojects. Wehavecommitted$21milliontopilotatwo-yearacceleratorprogramthatprovidesBlack,Hispanic, and Native American real estate developers with training, mentorship, and capital to kickstart their projects. As another example, we contribute monetary and in-kind donations to support schools and organizations in local communities.98 Moreover, whenafulfillmentcenterisfirst established in a community, it is generally accompanied by significant capital investments byAmazonandothers,thecreationofnewjobswithAmazonandotheremployers,andsizeableincreasesinsalestax revenue.Additionally,throughadonationmatchprogram,Amazonandouremployeeshavedonatedmorethan$27million to organizations working to bring about social justice and improve the lives of Black and African Americans, including groups focused on combating systemic racism through the legal system and groups dedicated to expanding educational andeconomicopportunities for Black communities.99 • Creating Opportunity for Disadvantaged and Underrepresented Communities. We also believe it is critical that we increase opportunitiesforunderrepresentedgroupstoenterthetechnologyworkforce.Tofindthebesttalentfortechnicalandnon- technical roles, we actively partner with academic institutions that reach underrepresented communities. Some examples of our efforts to recruit women globally and individuals from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups in the United States include recruiting from diverse colleges and universities (including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (“HBCUs”),HispanicServing-Institutions,women’scolleges,andtribalcolleges),hostinghiringfairswithinunderrepresented communities around the world, and committing to the HBCU Partnership Challenge to support greater engagement betweenprivate companies and HBCUs. In February 2020, we hosted a conference for students from HBCUs to bring together Amazon’s HBCU alumni and 225 students from 42 HBCUs to learn, connect, and think about their future paths. In summer 2021, we sponsored a summer program held at Howard University, an HBCU, aimed at increasing the pipeline of economists from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups. Amazon’s Student Programs also offer internships across Amazon’s business units and look for interns through campus organizations like the National Society of Black Engineers, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and others.100 The Amazon Propel Program is an internship program that provides two weeks of classroom-based training and ten weeks of on-the-job training to support students interested in a career in software engineering. The program seeks to attract applicants from historically underrepresented groups. In addition to our hiring efforts, we are investing in building the next generation of diverse technical leaders from various backgrounds by providing broader access to STEM education. Our Amazon Future Engineer program is a childhood-to- career computer science education program offering programming that starts with primary school and continues through secondary into career. Each year, the program inspires and educates millions of students globally from underserved communitiestopursuecareersofthefuturebyleveragingcomputerscienceandcodingskills.Studentsexplorecomputer science by meeting Amazonians in virtual live career talks or explorations of our real-world innovations. We support 95 Seehttps://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/. 96 Seehttps://www.aboutamazon.com/impact/community/housing-equity; https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/amazon-commits-another-24-8- million-for-local-affordable-homes. 97 Seehttps://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/amazon-launches-21m-program-for-real-estate-developers-of-color. 98 Seehttps://www.aboutamazon.com/news/job-creation-and-investment/the-amazon-effect-what-a-fulfillment-center-means-to-its-community. 99 Seehttps://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-donates-10-million-to-organizations-supporting-justice-and-equity. 100 Seehttps://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/hiring-the-best-talent. 2022ProxyStatement 79