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Amazon places the UK’s biggest-ever order of electric trucks, and moves onto Britain’s electric railways

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon recently announced the expansion of zero-exhaust emission deliveries in the UK, with its largest-ever order of electric heavy-goods vehicles (eHGVs). For the first time, Amazon packages are now also being transported at scale on the UK’s electric rail network. In addition, the company has launched on-foot customer deliveries for the first time in central London, with trolleys that can be restocked while on-the-go. These developments will help take traditional diesel vans and trucks off the UK’s roads, reduce carbon emissions, alleviate traffic congestion, and improve air quality, as part…

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Amazon meets 100% renewable energy goal seven years early

Stuart Mitchell

All of the electricity used by Amazon’s operations, including its data centres, was matched with 100% renewable energy in 2023. In 2019, we set a goal to match all of the electricity consumed across Amazon’s global operations – including our data centres, corporate buildings, grocery stores and fulfilment centres – with 100% renewable energy by 2030. Today, we’re proud to share that we’ve met that goal seven years ahead of schedule. To get there, we’ve become the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in the world for four years running,…

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Gordon Brown and Amazon mark the impact of The Big House Multibank as pioneering charity initiative surpasses 2.5 million donated goods to over 120,000 unique families in Scotland in last three years

Stuart Mitchell

The Big House Multibank, co-founded by former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Amazon, will mark its three-year anniversary today, celebrating the significant impact the Fife-based charity network has had on the lives thousands of families in need across Scotland. Hosted by founding charity partner, The Cottage Family Centre, the event at Fife College will welcome Gordon Brown and John Boumphrey, UK Country Manager at Amazon, as speakers. The Multibank was born in Fife when Gordon Brown, a patron of The Cottage Family Centre in Kirkcaldy, joined forces with Amazon.…

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New recyclable Amazon packaging is landing on doorsteps in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon have invented a shock-proof, lightweight paper envelope in the UK that’s designed to be recycled at home. As part of our commitment to avoiding unnecessary packaging wherever possible, Amazon scientists and engineers worked with packaging industry expert Mondi to develop a new paper-padded envelope with shock-absorbent, paper-based lining. The new envelopes, which have started landing on UK doorsteps, protect deliveries without using any plastic content — unlike envelopes lined with bubble wrap which had been used previously. Amazon customers want rightsized, recyclable packaging that minimises waste and ensures damage-free…

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Two in three (66%) UK shoppers prefer to buy products that have a more positive environmental impact, but are unsure how to identify them

Stuart Mitchell

According to a recent Amazon-commissioned study of 2,000 British shoppers, two in three (66%) people would prefer to buy products that have a more positive environmental and social impact, although the same number struggle to identify them, due to confusing product labelling. In fact, UK shoppers find building flat-pack furniture (44%), completing a giant crossword puzzle (35%) and cooking an elaborate dinner party from scratch (31%) easier than figuring out the environmental impacts of products when shopping. As a result, only 7% of Brits say they always understand a product’s…

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