Amazon emitted around 44.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in the 2018 fiscal year. Emissions from direct operational activities reached almost 5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, of which 280,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent were from refrigerants.
Greenhouse gas emissions from Amazon operations in FY 2018, by source
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Characteristic
GHG emissions in million metric tons of CO2 equivalent
* Includes operating expenses, business travel, and Amazon-branded product manufacturing, use phase and end-of-life.
** Third-party transportation, packaging, upstream energy related.
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InsideClimate News. (September 26, 2019). Greenhouse gas emissions from Amazon operations in FY 2018, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1056675/ghg-emissions-amazon-globally-by-source/
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