{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000162-caf5-d74a-a36f-eafdac400003","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/sustainability-by-the-numbers","headline":"Sustainability by the numbers","description":"See how Amazon is working toward a sustainable future.","datePublished":"2018-04-18T13:00:46.381Z","dateModified":"2018-04-18T13:00:46.381Z","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/7c06f8f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/984x656+108+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F68%2F0d%2F6ae1520d498193fae74fef74cba1%2Fsolar-clouds-1200px-30fps-2.gif","width":"300","height":"200"},"articleBody":"![Solar panels installed on the roof of an Amazon facility in Virginia](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/7c06f8f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/984x656+108+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F68%2F0d%2F6ae1520d498193fae74fef74cba1%2Fsolar-clouds-1200px-30fps-2.gif)\n\n# Sustainability by the numbers\n\n*See how Amazon is working toward a sustainable future.*\n\nIn preparation for Earth Day, we’ve gathered some facts and figures that we’re proud of as we work to build a sustainable future.\n\nWe provide answers to [your most frequent questions](https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/our-approach/frequently-asked-questions) about Amazon’s commitment to sustainability.\n\nWe're supporting 16 national and international sustainability [partnerships and initiatives](https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/our-approach/partnerships).\n\nWe have a goal to install solar systems on 50 fulfillment facility rooftops worldwide by 2020.\n\nMore than 55% of Amazonians in Seattle commute to work without a car.\n\nOur [wind farm in Texas](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/our-largest-wind-farm-yet-amazon-wind-farm-texas) has 110 wind turbines, our largest wind farm to date.\n\nOur fulfillment center in Tracy, California has 11,700 solar panels – part of [our commitment](https://blog.aboutamazon.com/sustainability/powering-a-clean-future) to installing 50 solar rooftops globally by 2020.\n\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](https://blog.aboutamazon.com/sustainability/reducing-packaging-waste-one-order-at-a-time).\n\nMore than 25,000 plants have been woven into our [living wall](https://blog.aboutamazon.com/sustainability/bringing-the-spheres-green-walls-to-life) in The Spheres – a lush garden of biodiversity in downtown Seattle, where we’re helping conserve several species of endangered plants. \n\nOver a 25-year period, our [district energy](https://blog.aboutamazon.com/sustainability/the-super-efficient-heat-source-hidden-below-amazons-new-headquarters) heat recycling project in Seattle will save 80 million kilowatt hours of electricity.\n\nOver the past 10 years, our [Frustration-Free Packaging](https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/packaging) programs have eliminated 244,000 tons of packaging materials, avoiding 500 million 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"]}}}