His plan involves adding 100,000 electric vans to the company’s delivery fleet by 2024, investing US$100 million in reforestation projects and launching a new website to report the company’s progress on reducing emissions. If successful, it expects to meet the Paris Climate Agreement targets 10 years ahead of schedule. The firm is calling on other companies to match its ambitions. “If a company with as much physical infrastructure as Amazon … can meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early, then any company can,” it said in a press release. (The Logic)

Talking point: Thursday’s announcement comes on the eve of a global climate strike that is expected to feature millions of protesters, including more than 1,000 workers in Amazon’s retail and technology divisions. This isn’t the first time Amazon workers have pressured the firm to reduce its emissions; for nearly a year, an internal group called Amazon Employees for Climate Justice has been asking the company for a report on the risks climate change poses to its business and how it plans to reduce its fossil-fuel dependence. Shareholders called for the same thing at this year’s annual general meeting, but Amazon rejected the resolution.