Amazon's 29/100 score reflects a company with credible renewable energy matching but crippled by removed SBTi validation, rising absolute emissions (+34.5% since 2019), unverified supply chain reporting, and active greenwashing litigation. The gap between Climate Pledge rhetoric and delivery is structural.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleStrongest on Energy Source and Carbon Footprint — Operations (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Targets & Commitments (2/10, 2/10).
16 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which rubric questions it informed.
12 of 16 sources are third-party verified or public record.
“In 2024, the total Scope 1 emissions of Amazon.com were 15,130,000 metric tons of CO₂ equivalent”
“perform our review to obtain limited assurance about whether any material modifications should be made”
“after two years of modest declines its absolute carbon footprint grew by 6% last year”
“this Scope 1 pollution has ballooned 162% since 2019 – the same year the company announced its Climate Pledge”
“One hundred percent of electricity consumed by Amazon was matched with renewable energy sources in 2024 for the second consecutive year”
“Amazon employees responded to say that it's nowhere near – in fact, it's more like 22%”
“$67.4M disbursed to nature conservation projects across the world through the Right Now Climate Fund through 2024”
“Amazon's paper products contribute to the devastating destruction of Canada's boreal forest — one of the last remaining primary forests”
“eliminated all plastic air pillows from global packaging, substituting recyclable paper fillers”
“improved its landfill diversion rate, an indicator of how much waste avoids landfill, which has risen to 85%”
“Our L/kWh in 2024 was 0.15 L/kWh, which was five times better than the industry average”
“indirect water use represents roughly 90 per cent of Amazon's total water footprint, according to the document”
“the initiative removed Amazon from the list of validated companies”
“Amazon has discreetly withdrawn its climate commitment under the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)”
“Amazon is a member of multiple US-based industry associations which are active on climate policy with consistently negative positions”
“consumers in four states filed a proposed class action against Amazon, accusing the company of greenwashing”
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Among the 15 major e-commerce / online retail brands we've scored, Amazon sits 14th of 15.
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Amazon is a US-based e-commerce and cloud computing giant founded in 1994, headquartered in Seattle. With ~1.5M employees and $717B in FY2025 revenue, it operates retail, AWS web services, and logistics networks globally. The company ranks among the world's largest by market capitalisation.
Also removed from SBTi validation; large cloud/retail footprint with rising absolute emissions despite renewable PPAs.
View breakdown →E-commerce and retail peer with similar supply chain opacity and scope 3 measurement challenges; comparable scale.
View breakdown →Matched renewable energy 100% but retains REC reliance; similar unverified offset strategies and trade association misalignment.
View breakdown →Tech giant with high data-centre water and energy footprint; faces similar greenwashing allegations and SBTi credibility gaps.
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