{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000167-1e5c-d8a5-a767-9ede77ac0000","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/sustainability","headline":"Sustainability","description":"From solar energy and solar panels, to packaging and waste, learn about our sustainability commitments.","datePublished":"2018-12-18T16:02:59.247Z","dateModified":"2018-12-18T16:02:59.247Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/08549ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1125x1125+438+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2F6d%2F7fe296e642859c7ba2a629eda3ba%2Famazon-logo-hero-images-2024.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/2dc4c50/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5433x3622+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F71%2F70%2Fc1408e6b4730b623d95ad98c38cd%2F20161220solarenergypanels-10.JPG","width":"300","height":"200"},"articleBody":"![Solar panels on the rooftop of an Amazon fulfillment center](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/2dc4c50/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5433x3622+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F71%2F70%2Fc1408e6b4730b623d95ad98c38cd%2F20161220solarenergypanels-10.JPG)\n\n# Sustainability\n\n*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. *\n\n**[Sustainability Question Bank](https://www.amazon.com/qb)** \n\nWe provide answers to your most frequent questions about Amazon’s commitment to sustainability.\n\n**Partners**\nWe're supporting 16 national and international sustainability partnerships and initiatives.\n\n**Solar systems**\n**Amazon Solar Energy**\nWe have a goal to install solar systems on 50 fulfillment facility rooftops worldwide by 2020.\n\n**Solar panels**\nSolar panel installation at Amazon\nOur fulfillment center in Tracy, California has 11,700 solar panels – part of our commitment to installing 50 solar rooftops globally by 2020.\n\n**Employee packaging suggestions**\nOver 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.\n\n**Kilowatt hours**\n**Amazon's Doppler District Energy**\nOver a 25-year period, our district energy heat recycling project in Seattle will save 80 million kilowatt hours of electricity.\n\n**Boxes avoided**\nSince 2015, our Frustration-Free Packaging programs have eliminated more than 900,000 tons of packaging material--the equivalent of 1.6 billion shipping boxes.","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}