Kara Hurst

Sep 19, 2024 | theclimatepledge.com | Kara Hurst |Christiana Figueres

When Amazon and Global Optimism launched The Climate Pledge in September 2019, we envisioned a future in which the private sector would play a key role in leading the charge against climate change, taking bold and ambitious action to revolutionize industries around the world. In just five years, hundreds of companies have answered the call.

Jul 10, 2024 | aboutamazon.com | Kara Hurst

Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge in 2019, and committed to reaching net-zero carbon by 2040. It’s an ambitious goal, especially for a company with a footprint as complex as ours, and we’ve spent more than a decade building the knowledge, methodologies, and programs needed to tackle climate change head on.

Feb 28, 2024 | smartenergydecisions.com | GHG Emissions |Kara Hurst

From reducing packaging waste to democratizing data, Amazon’s unique approach to AI is helping advance and innovate on sustainability goals. Climate change is one of the world’s greatest challenges—and at Amazon, we know we have to move fast, constantly innovate, invest, and stay nimble in order to continue to become a more sustainable company. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can help us meet our climate goals at the speed, scale, and urgency our planet requires.

Jul 18, 2023 | aboutamazon.co.uk | Kara Hurst

In 2022, we took important steps forward across our social, community, and environmental work, while also continuing to expand our sustainability vision for the future of our business. At the centre of it all is our customer obsession. We know that sustainability is important to our customers, and we’re continuously investing, inventing, and improving to make every interaction more sustainable than the last.

Mar 22, 2023 | iqfin.net | Kara Hurst

771 million people are still living without access to safe water. 1.7 billion do not have a toiletand the situation is getting worse.