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# Sustainability

*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. *

**[Sustainability Question Bank](https://www.amazon.com/qb)** 

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.

**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.

**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.

**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.

**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.