![]() Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account In May, over 7,600 employees signed a letter asking Amazon how it planned to respond to climate change. It’s not the first time Amazon employees have taken a stand over environmental issues. The group’s stated objective includes the desire for Amazon to stop donating to politicians and lobbyists who deny climate change and to stop awarding contracts to fossil fuel companies. Amazon employs around 600,000 people globally. The group encouraged Amazon to lead in the effort to reach zero emissions - not resign itself to “sliding in at the last moment.” It noted Amazon’s size as one of the reasons the company needs to take action. We are human beings and we need each other right now.” We are not Amazon or Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, Twitter. ![]() “We are a community united across tech, across countries,” she said. The employee, identified as Sam, said workers need to support one another. This means living our values, walking into the office every day ready to reassert what you believe in.” (GOOG) employee and action organizer said. “Climate change is and must be a work-appropriate conversation,” a Google (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images) Jenny Evans/Getty ImagesĬlimate strikes sweep the globe as protesters demand urgent actionĭuring the walkout in Seattle, speakers from different tech companies took turns at a podium revving up the crowd. Rallies held across Australia are part of a global mass day of action demanding action on the climate crisis. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 20: Thousands of school students and protesters gather in The Domain ahead of a climate strike rally on Septemin Sydney, Australia. It tweeted that it wants Amazon to “commit to zero emissions by 2030 and pilot electric vehicles first in communities most impacted by pollution.”Īmazon has repeatedly said climate change is an “important commitment.” The group of Amazon employees behind the walkout acknowledged in a press release that Bezos’ recent pledge was a “huge win” for the group but not enough. It also has claimed online shopping and cloud computing emit less carbon than trips to the store and physical on-site data centers. ![]() It followed a February announcement for Shipment Zero, an Amazon effort with a self-described “ambitious goal” of being carbon neutral on 50% of all Amazon shipments by 2030. Staffers held signs with slogans such as “Break free from fossil fuels” and “Great start, Jeff” - a reference to an announcement CEO Jeff Bezos made on Thursday that Amazon plans to be carbon neutral by 2040. The group amassed in the shadow of The Spheres, the trio of steel-and-glass greenhouses Amazon built for employee use. PT, according to organizers, and gathered in downtown Seattle outside Amazon’s headquarters. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Pablo Martinez Monsivais/APĪmazon to buy 100,000 electric vans as part of broader climate pledgeĪmazon staffers walked out at approximately 11:30 a.m. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaking during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Thursday, Sept.
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