The online marketplace Amazon assessed its worldwide carbon footprint by releasing data on the the amounts of emissions generated by its operational activities between 2018 and 2022. The total footprint of the marketplace increased up to 2021, reaching 71.54 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. The following year, the carbon footprint was slightly reduced to 71.27 million metric tons.
Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2022, by type of emissions
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Emissions from direct operations (fossil fuels and refrigerants)
Emissions from purchased electricity
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Amazon's Total Footprint
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Amazon. (August 16, 2023). Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2022, by type of emissions (in million metric tons CO₂e) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/
Amazon. "Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2022, by type of emissions (in million metric tons CO₂e)." Chart. August 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/
Amazon. (2023). Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2022, by type of emissions (in million metric tons CO₂e). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/
Amazon. "Carbon Footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2022, by Type of Emissions (in Million Metric Tons Co₂e)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/
Amazon, Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2022, by type of emissions (in million metric tons CO₂e) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2022, by type of emissions (in million metric tons CO₂e) [Graph], Amazon, August 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/