Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: Amazon is engaged on climate change policy globally with broadly positive positions, though InfluenceMap finds limited evidence of recent (2023 to present) direct engagement. The company appears most active on policy relating to renewable energy development and decarbonization of transportation. Amazon is a member of EU-based industry associations that demonstrate positive engagement on climate policy, such as the Corporate Leaders Group. However, the company is also a member of multiple US-based industry associations which are active on climate policy with consistently negative positions, including the US Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Manufacturers.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Amazon demonstrates positive top-line messaging on climate change policy. In a June 2024 joint statement, Amazon strongly supported government regulation to respond to climate change through the EU Green Deal, calling on policymakers to reaffirm the Deal as a priority in the next EU Strategic Agenda, and implement a Clean Industrial Deal to complement its objectives. In a September 2023 joint letter with the Global Renewables Alliance, the company called for increased ambition from governments in the lead-up to COP28 to set global targets aimed at limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C.
Engagement with Climate-Related Policy: Amazon engages on specific strands of climate policy with broadly positive positions, and appears most active on policies related to renewable energy deployment. In January 2025, Amazon submitted a pre-budget consultation to the Australian government that promoted the data center industry as a catalyst for renewable energy development, suggesting that data center operators could help Australia achieve its 2030 renewable energy goals. In its 2023 Sustainability Report, released July 2024, Amazon appeared to support the EU’s 2030 renewable energy targets, highlighting its advocacy in Poland in support of wind energy development.
Amazon also engages on climate policies related to transportation. In August 2024, Amazon joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Coalition, which appears to be directly engaging with US policymakers in support of expanding incentives for SAF production, according to a November 2024 press release. Amazon has also supported greenhouse gas emissions regulation of heavy-duty vehicles in both the US and the EU. For example, the company signed on in support of “strong Phase 3 truck emissions standards” aligned with California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule in a December 2023 joint letter submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the CERES Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Amazon appears to support the energy transition, with some notable exceptions. In the United Kingdom, Amazon participated in an October 2024 joint letter organized by Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) calling for “clear fossil fuel phase out roadmaps.” The company emphasized the need for federal permitting reform in the US to improve transmission capacity and decarbonize the grid in its 2023 Sustainability Report; however, an April 2023 article by Fast Company reveals that Amazon opposed legislative clean energy targets in Oregon, citing “hurdles in key areas like permitting and interconnection.” The bill (HB 2816) ultimately did not pass.
Amazon has generally supported efforts to electrify transportation in the US and the EU. In August 2023 coalition comments submitted to New Mexico’s governor, the company supported the state’s adoption of policy to match California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) and Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) rules, emphasizing the need for incentives to spur zero emission vehicle (ZEV) deployment. In a July 2024 EU consultation response, accessed via freedom of information request, Amazon supported incentives to transition corporate fleets to zero-emission vehicles, but conditioned support for purchase mandates on enabling conditions.
Industry Association Governance: Amazon is not transparent in disclosing its indirect engagement on climate policy. The company publishes a list of contributions to US-based industry associations and other organizations on its website, but does not include any information regarding relevant groups’ climate policy positions or engagement activities. In its 2023 CDP Response, Amazon disclosed its relationship to only one group, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), which is not an industry association. InfluenceMap analysis finds evidence of Amazon’s membership in EU-based industry associations, such as WindEurope, that are generally positively engaged on climate policy. However, Amazon is a member of several highly active US-based national and state-level industry associations that are consistently obstructive in their climate policy engagement, such as the US Chamber of Commerce, the California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber), and the Business Council of New York State (BCNYS).
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the company’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q2 2025.