Amazon's climate pledge: to be net-zero by 2040 | Dave Clark and Kara Hurst

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🗓️ 19 October 2020

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In 2019, Amazon signed the Climate Pledge, a commitment to become a net-zero carbon business by 2040. Dave Clark, Amazon's chief of consumer retail, and Kara Hurst, head of the company's sustainability efforts, sit down with entrepreneur and activist Lindsay Levin to discuss how the company is planning to reduce its carbon footprint across all aspects of business -- while inviting other companies to join them in this transformation.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Meg Ryan here, guest hosting today.
0:07.0	If you want to learn how to take real, lasting climate action like I do, I want to invite you to join Countdown, Ted's new global initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis.
0:18.0	Now here's a conversation from the Countdown Global Launch event
0:21.0	between Dave Clark,
0:22.4	who heads retail at Amazon,
0:24.0	and Kara Hurst,
0:24.9	who oversees Amazon's sustainability efforts.
0:27.8	They're being interviewed by TED curator, Lindsay Levin.
0:30.7	To hear more of these ideas and get involved,
0:33.2	check out countdown.tad.com
0:35.2	and subscribe to the Countdown podcast
0:37.1	wherever you're listening to this.
0:41.3	So, Dave, in just a few months, you transition into a new role as CEO of consumer retail at
0:46.3	Amazon. That's a big role. How will climate sit as a priority for you, given all the other
0:52.1	things you'll have on your plate? We've spent much of our end of the summer in smoke-filled Seattle, unable to enjoy the majestic
1:00.9	Pacific Northwest due to all the fires that encompass the west coast of the U.S. this summer.
1:08.2	Climate is a very real challenge for all of us, not just at Amazon,
1:13.3	but in our daily lives at this point. And I've been focused on this with the team and with
1:18.8	Kara for years now. In fact, we've embedded the sustainability teams inside of our operations
1:24.4	teams as opposed to being a separate part of the company because
1:28.3	we wanted those teams connected with the groups that can actually make change.
1:33.3	Cara, can you describe a couple of the biggest hurdles you face as you work to reduce the carbon
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