Amazon·E-commerce / Online Retail·Seattle, US·Founded 1994·Last verified 31 May 2026
29
out of 100
Significant gapsPending Review+4 since last review

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.

The calculation

Every score shows its working.

Same formula for every company. No curve. No private weighting.

SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale
Industry base impact
E-commerce / Online Retail sector ceiling.
40 / 100
Performance score
Sum of the 10 rubric questions, scored 0–10 each.
43 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 40) + (0.7 × 43) = 42.1
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on absolute emissions volume — physics-first.
× 0.7
Final score
Rounded. Significant gaps.
29 / 100
The ten questions

Where Amazon is strong, and where it isn't.

Strongest on Energy Source and Carbon Footprint — Operations (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Targets & Commitments (2/10, 2/10).

Where the evidence comes from

Every document used, listed.

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.

[1]Third-party verified
Tracenable — Amazon.com GHG Emissions

In 2024, the total Scope 1 emissions of Amazon.com were 15,130,000 metric tons of CO₂ equivalent

Ongoing
Q1Q2Q9
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[2]Self-reported
Amazon 2023 GHG Verification — Scope 1 & 2

perform our review to obtain limited assurance about whether any material modifications should be made

2023
Q1
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[3]Third-party verified
Clean Energy Excellence — Amazon's Carbon Emissions Rise 6% (2024)

after two years of modest declines its absolute carbon footprint grew by 6% last year

2025
Q3
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[4]Third-party verified
Stand.earth — Amazon's 2024 Sustainability Report: Direct Emissions +162% Since 2019

this Scope 1 pollution has ballooned 162% since 2019 – the same year the company announced its Climate Pledge

2025
Q3
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[5]Self-reported
Amazon Sustainability Stories — Takeaways from 2024 Sustainability Report

One hundred percent of electricity consumed by Amazon was matched with renewable energy sources in 2024 for the second consecutive year

2025
Q4
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[6]Third-party verified
Stand.earth — Amazon Buying Favours and RECs as SBTi Faces Controversy

Amazon employees responded to say that it's nowhere near – in fact, it's more like 22%

2024
Q4
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[7]Self-reported
Amazon Sustainability — Natural Resources & Biodiversity

$67.4M disbursed to nature conservation projects across the world through the Right Now Climate Fund through 2024

Ongoing
Q5
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[8]Public record
Kelley Drye — Amazon Faces Consumer Lawsuit Alleging Deforestation Behind Amazon Basics Paper Products

Amazon's paper products contribute to the devastating destruction of Canada's boreal forest — one of the last remaining primary forests

2025
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[9]Public record
Technology Magazine — What's Inside Amazon's 2024 Sustainability Report

eliminated all plastic air pillows from global packaging, substituting recyclable paper fillers

2025
Q6
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[10]Public record
Manufacturing Digital — What's Inside Amazon's 2024 Sustainability Report

improved its landfill diversion rate, an indicator of how much waste avoids landfill, which has risen to 85%

2025
Q6
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[11]Self-reported
About Amazon — Data Centers Electricity Bills & Water Use

Our L/kWh in 2024 was 0.15 L/kWh, which was five times better than the industry average

Ongoing
Q7
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[12]Third-party verified
Source Material — Amazon Leak Reveals True Data Centres Water Usage: Secret Plan

indirect water use represents roughly 90 per cent of Amazon's total water footprint, according to the document

2025
Q7Q9
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[13]Public record
DatacenterDynamics — Amazon Dropped by Science-Based Targets Initiative

the initiative removed Amazon from the list of validated companies

2023
Q8
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[14]Third-party verified
Carbon Market Watch — Amazon DIME: Selling the Climate Short with Carbon Credits

Amazon has discreetly withdrawn its climate commitment under the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

2025
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[15]Third-party verified
InfluenceMap — Amazon Trade Association Lobbying Record

Amazon is a member of multiple US-based industry associations which are active on climate policy with consistently negative positions

2024
Q10
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[16]Public record
Kelley Drye — Amazon Hit with Greenwashing Lawsuit

consumers in four states filed a proposed class action against Amazon, accusing the company of greenwashing

2025
Q10
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Amazon in context

Where Amazon sits among e-commerce / online retail peers.

Among the 15 major e-commerce / online retail brands we've scored, Amazon sits 14th of 15.

14/15
Amazon's rank
41
Industry average
10
Industry low
56
Industry high
How this score has moved

Amazon's score over time.

today

Score history begins 8 February 2026.

As Amazon's score updates, the trajectory will appear here.

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What's being contested

This score is not currently being contested.

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About Amazon

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.

Founded
1994
Headquarters
Seattle, US
Employees
~1,500,000 (2023)
Annual revenue
716,924,000,000 USD (FY2025)
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