“These projects don ’ t just help us power our operations , they also provide economic benefits to the communities where they ’ re located ” transportation and electric vehicles and sustainable products and materials .
At the time of writing this , the company has just announced that it is decarbonising transportation across the entire business by increasing fleet efficiency , expanding the use of lowcarbon fuels , and scaling electric and alternative-fuel vehicles .
Speaking on these changes in her report summary , Hurst said : “ In 2022 , we had more than 9,000 electric delivery vehicles in our global fleet , and 145 million packages were delivered by EVs in the US and Europe .
“ Our goal is to get 100,000 electric delivery vehicles from Rivian on the road by 2030 . Today , we have more than 5,000 vehicles operating in the U . S . and recently announced the first 300 to hit the road in Germany .”
Hurst also announced on LinkedIn in October 2023 that Amazon has added 39 new renewable energy projects across Europe in 2023 so far , bringing its total to more than 400 across the globe .
“ These projects don ’ t just help us power our operations , they also provide economic benefits to the communities where they ’ re located . To quantify this impact , our research shows that Amazon ’ s renewable energy projects in Europe created € 2.4bn ( US $ 2.53bn ) in economic investment , and more than 3,900 jobs in 2022 alone ,” Hurst said .
“ We plan to power all of Amazon ’ s operations with renewable energy by 2025 , and we ’ re getting there in part by continuing to add wind and solar projects around the world .”
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