Climate Change Is the Most Important Issue for This Generation

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You were tapped to lead the sustainability and climate efforts across all of Amazon. I've heard that you feel like climate change is the most important issue for this generation. We have a window of, I think, where we can still act to impact climate change...that window won't be here forever. Part of our goal is to inspire others.

Amazon wants to get bigger, but with that scale comes great responsibility. So says Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon Web Services, the most profitable and fastest growing part of the tech giant. Selipsky, who also oversees Amazon’s climate change efforts, points to two additions to the company’s vaunted “Leadership Principles” as evidence of Amazon’s commitment. Arguing that AWS is still in early days, he shares what he’s hearing from other CEOs about their biggest concerns, why “carbon intensity” is the best measure of climate progress for businesses, and what Amazon's aspiration to be “Earth’s best employer” really means.

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