Amazon: On operating more sustainably for customers and communities

McKinsey December 19, 2023
Kara Hurst and Tony Hansen i

Kara Hurst, Chief Sustainability Officer at Amazon, talks about scaling Amazon’s sustainability initiatives, including increasing its focus on nature-based solutions to benefit communities.

Amazon, one of the world’s largest companies, is committed to becoming a more sustainable company and meeting its ambitious climate goals. Kara Hurst, Chief Sustainability Officer at Amazon and one of Time magazine’s “100 most influential climate leaders in business” of 2023, discusses with McKinsey’s Tony Hansen how Amazon is working on reaching its Climate Pledge goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

While the scope of this challenge is large, Amazon has been taking bold steps to reimagine its operations, including building 479 solar and wind projects around the world; inventing a new, recyclable packaging material...

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