Emily Cunningham

Amazon's lack of leadership on climate is very troubling to Amazon employees. Many of us work in tech because we want to have a positive impact on the world, we want to make things better for humanity. Amazon's role in accelerating climate change is at odds with our values. 16/x

The last two summers, Amazon employees in Seattle came to work breathing in the worst air in the world caused by unprecedented wildfires. You could see ashes floating in the air. We learn, with increasing frequency, of disastrous weather events happening across the globe. 17/x

For instance, Customer Obsession may be our most important leadership principle. Given the threat climate change poses to our customers, given what's at stake for them, the people we're here to serve, it doesn't make sense that we're also not climate obsessed. 19/x

Ownership is another poignant leadership principle irt the climate crisis. "Leaders are owners. They think long term and don’t sacrifice long-term value for short-term results." Makes me think of our oceans, residents in Miami, coral reefs, small island countries. 20/x

Think Big, Earns Trust, Bias for Action... so many of our leadership principles are being ignored when it comes to the defining issue of our lifetimes. I can't think of a more important issue for our customers than the climate crisis. 21/x

A reporter asked, "But is it feasible to transition completely off of fossil fuels?," one of the things our plan asks for. Yes. What's the alternative? Catastrophic warming threatening the lives of hundreds of millions of people and the extinction of thousands of species? 22/x

Disastrous effects on our national security? Our health? Economic collapse and crisis some financial analysts predict will be 3-4 times worse than the 2008 financial crisis? Yes, I think it’s feasible. It has to be. It's our one and only planet. 23/x