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£30,000 grants launched for UK charitable organisations through Amazon’s Regional Creatives Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon has announced that charitable organisations will be awarded up to £30,000 in grants through its Regional Creatives Fund. Launched in 2025, the Regional Creatives Fund is available to charities, CICs, and CIOs which support individuals breaking into publishing, music, gaming, film, TV, fashion, advertising, and other creative sectors where diversity and fresh perspectives can drive innovation and change. The fund exists to widen access to creative industry careers for people in underserved communities (as defined by Creative Access, the UK’s leading inclusivity organisation in the creative industries) and aligns…

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Amazon opens carbon credit service to qualified UK companies working to reduce their climate impact

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon has announced that its carbon credit service is now available to qualified UK companies – the first time the programme has expanded beyond the United States since launching there last year.   Available through the Sustainability Exchange, the service is designed for companies that have already committed to meaningful decarbonisation and want to go further.    Even the most ambitious companies face a challenge in eliminating every gram of greenhouse gas they produce. After making all practical cuts, such as switching to carbon-free energy, electrifying vehicle fleets, and redesigning supply chains, residual emissions remain stubbornly difficult to remove. Carbon neutralisation counterbalances those remaining emissions by investing in projects elsewhere that…

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Amazon begins construction on its first UK building to pursue zero carbon certification

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon has broken ground on a delivery station in Stockton-on-Tees that will become its first building to pursue Living Future’s Zero Carbon Certification. The facility represents a significant step forward in sustainable construction, combining advanced building techniques with smart technology to reduce environmental impact. The £40 million investment will create around 100 jobs in the north-east whilst setting new standards for lower-carbon logistics buildings across the UK and Europe. Testing new approaches to building design The 10,800m² building is pioneering several sustainability features that could reshape how Amazon—and the wider…

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Amazon Devices Climate Tech Accelerator Opens Applications for 2026 Program

Stuart Mitchell

The Amazon Devices Climate Tech Accelerator opened applications for its 2026 cohort. Launched in 2025, Amazon’s Climate Tech Accelerator is a uniquely designed program for companies at any stage to accelerate the integration of their technologies that can help reduce the carbon impact of Amazon devices. “The primary goal of our Climate Tech Accelerator is simple—to speed up efforts to reduce the carbon impact of our devices,” said Maiken Moeller-Hansen, Director, Energy & Sustainability, Amazon Devices & Services. “Participants will receive dedicated support from Amazon technical leaders, who will evaluate and…

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Launching the Green Industrial Grids Association to accelerate grid modernisation across Europe

Stuart Mitchell

A leading group of Europe’s energy users and grid technology innovators today launched the Green Industrial Grids Association (GIGA). The association has been created to support a fundamental transformation of Europe’s power system by accelerating the development of modern and digital electricity grids. GIGA fills a gap by bringing together companies with shared electricity needs to provide practical, user-driven insights on grid access, planning and system modernisation, perspectives currently missing from Europe’s energy discussions. GIGA’s members include Amazon, Electra, Fastned, Google, Hitachi Energy, Linde, Meta, Metlen, Milence, Microsoft and Siemens…

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