Sustainability at Amazon fulfillment centers

At Amazon, we are committed to and invested in sustainability because it’s a win all around. It’s good for business, the planet, our customers, and our communities.

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Sustainability Question Bank

We provide answers to your most frequent questions about Amazon’s commitment to sustainability.

Partners
We're supporting 16 national and international sustainability partnerships and initiatives.

Solar systems
Amazon Solar Energy
We have a goal to install solar systems on 50 fulfillment facility rooftops worldwide by 2020.

11,700

Solar panels
Solar panel installation at Amazon
Our fulfillment center in Tracy, California has 11,700 solar panels – part of our commitment to installing 50 solar rooftops globally by 2020.

20,000

Employee packaging suggestions
Over a three-month period, more than 20,000 Amazonians working at our fulfillment centers across North America helped us improve packaging by using our packaging feedback button.

80 million

Kilowatt hours
Amazon's Doppler District Energy
Over a 25-year period, our district energy heat recycling project in Seattle will save 80 million kilowatt hours of electricity.

1.6 billion

Boxes avoided
Since 2015, our Frustration-Free Packaging programs have eliminated more than 900,000 tons of packaging material--the equivalent of 1.6 billion shipping boxes.