Amazon employee activists say the company’s big climate pledge is good—but not enough

Sep 20 2019 by Fast Company

 

More than a thousand of them plan to walk out of work today to press the company to go farther, especially in ending contracts with oil and gas companies.

When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced yesterday that the company would reach the goals of the Paris climate agreement 10 years early—getting to net zero carbon emissions by 2040 instead of 2050—Amazon employees who have been pushing for climate action said that it was a “huge step forward.” But more than 1,500 employees still plan...

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