SEND YOUR LETTER NOW!
Subject:
Take action on climate change!
Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon.com:
As concerned investors and consumers, we write to urge Amazon.com to take constructive action to address climate change. Given the dire global implications of climate change we believe it is urgent that every corporation do all it can to measure and reduce its carbon footprint. We urge Amazon.com to rethink its position and to start work this year on your first report on the company’s climate impacts, risks, and carbon reduction plans.
This spring, for the second consecutive year, shareholder votes in support of the climate change resolution filed by Calvert Investment Management exceeded 20%. This demonstrates a significant level of concern about the company’s lack of research, disclosure, and action when it comes to evaluating the impacts of climate change on the company, including risks related to greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.
We find it alarming that Amazon.com again urged shareholders to oppose this resolution. Many corporations, across industry sectors, provide regular reports on how they are managing climate risks. While Amazon.com has some green initiatives, the lack of publicly available information on the company’s climate and energy-related impacts and risk management plans is a glaring omission. Nearly 70% of S&P 500 companies and more than 80% of Global 500 companies disclose climate related data through the Carbon Disclosure Project. We are disappointed by Amazon’s failure to participate in the Carbon Disclosure Project again so far this year.
While Amazon claims that its e-business is inherently more environmentally friendly, the climate impacts of e-commerce are becoming increasingly understood – and sizeable. Company data centers, for example, use tremendous amounts of energy. In fact, due to their electricity use, McKinsey & Company estimates that data centers will be responsible for a greater portion of global GHG emissions than airplanes by 2020! (McKinsey Quarterly; Data centers: How to cut carbon emissions and costs; November 2008)
We urge Amazon to make action on climate change a priority. An important first step is to issue a public report on the company’s climate impacts and risks. So doing will enable the company to develop appropriate plans to improve its carbon footprint. In addition, sharing information on the environmental impacts, including those related to greenhouse gas emissions, for the Kindle e-reader, is also needed. If Apple can do this – so can Amazon!
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,Your Name
Here's who has sent the letter to Amazon:
—
pamela
in chicago, IL
—
Ambrey
in Lakewood, CO
—
Tammy
in South Jordan, UT
—
Jamie
in Cumberland, RI
—
Anonymous
in Oak Park IL, IL
—
Anonymous
in Austin, TX
—
Nina
in Framingham, MA
—
Nina
in Framingham, MA
—
Anonymous
in Clarkston , MI
—
Cara
in New York, NY
—
Anonymous
in Cuyahoga Falls, OH
—
Anonymous
in Greenwich, CT
—
Julia
in Knowlton, QC
—
Ms. Carla
in Placerville, CA
—
Ms. Carla
in Placerville, CA
—
Anonymous
in Newport News, VA
—
Anne
in Ålesund, AA
—
Christopher
in Bethlehem, PA
—
Matthew
in New York, NY
—
joe
in Edinburgh, TX
See more people »
SIGN THE LETTER HERE
Organization
Address 1*
Address 2
City*
State* , Zip* (none) AA AE AK AL AP AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA PR PW RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VI VT WA WI WV WY AB BC MB NB NF NS NT ON PE QC SK YT
Country* US Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua, Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Oc. Terr. Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Rep. Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte D'ivoire Croatia (Hrvatska) Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland Fr. Southern Terr. France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard. Mcdonald Is. Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Is. Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Samoa San Marino Sao Tome, Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St Pierre, Miquelon St Vincent, Grenadines Sudan Suriname Svalbard, Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad, Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks, Caicos Is. Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe
Email*
Enter email again*
* Required field
Send This Letter
Amazon.com has never produced a publicly available report on its contributions to climate change – or how it plans to respond to the effects of climate change on the company. In fact, Amazon.com repeatedly has urged its shareholders to vote against resolutions calling for basic reporting on climate risks. We need more consumers and investors to urge Amazon.com to do the right thing and address climate change without delay.
