In September 2019, Amazon and Global Optimism co-founded The Climate Pledge (TCP), a commitment to meet The Paris Agreement 10 years early. As of February 2021, The Climate Pledge has 53 signatories across 18 industries and 12 countries, including Unilever, Verizon, Siemens, Microsoft, IBM, Best Buy, and many more.
New signatories to the Pledge have the opportunity to share access to technologies, best practices, and innovations in supply chain enhancements. They are also able to create joint action, collaborating with fellow signatories, to address the most critical climate challenges.
On 21 April 2021, Amazon and Global Optimism welcomed Atlantia to The Climate Pledge our Group, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040—a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050.
Signatories to The Climate Pledge agree to:
- Measure and report greenhouse gas emissions on a regular basis.
- Implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement through real business changes and innovations, including efficiency improvements, renewable energy, materials reductions, and other carbon emission elimination strategies.
- Neutralize any remaining emissions with additional, quantifiable, real, permanent, and socially-beneficial offsets to achieve net-zero annual carbon emissions by 2040 — a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050.