Andy Jassy’s Post

In 2019, we set a goal to match 100% of the electricity we consumed across Amazon’s global operations – including our data centers, corp buildings, grocery stores, and fulfillment centers – with renewable energy by 2030.   Proud to share that we’ve already met that goal, seven years ahead of schedule, in 2023. To get there, we’ve been the largest corp buyer of renewable energy in the world for four years running, according to BloombergNEF, and we’ve invested billions of dollars in more than 500 solar and wind projects worldwide.   We know every year might look different on our path to net-zero carbon by 2040, but we’ll continue to invest in wind and solar while also supporting other forms of carbon-free energy.   If we want to create a better environment for our kids and our kids’ kids, it has to be more than just Amazon, it has to be every company. We’ve spent more than a decade building the knowledge, methodologies, and programs needed to tackle climate change head-on, and we’re now unlocking this proprietary info and making it available for everyone, so we can all accelerate supply chain decarbonization and make progress toward our Climate Pledge goal. You can find it for free at the Amazon Sustainability Exchange: https://lnkd.in/grDCTJe7   We’re still early on in our sustainability journey, but we’re energized by the progress we’re making. https://lnkd.in/g_vCGkK5

Important new strategic partnership w/ the Australian Government to create a Top Secret Cloud for their defense and intelligence agencies so they can securely host sensitive information, quickly share classified data, and unlock new AI/ML capabilities. Excited for the work ahead.

Straight out of the box… Our 10th Prime Day will be back July 16 – 17. Can’t wait for Prime members to see what we’re gonna deliver this year! https://lnkd.in/g4ngUsjj

Anthropic’s latest model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, just released on Amazon Bedrock today.   This model combines the speed and affordability customers have really liked thus far from the original Sonnet model, but with much better performance. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the best performing model in the world today across multiple industry benchmarks for one-fifth of the cost of Opus.   Pretty exciting for customers and part of what makes building on Bedrock so powerful – you can update your combination of models as your needs or the technology evolves.   I think customers are going to be really impressed with what the Anthropic team has built here. https://lnkd.in/gQwqfZAV

Appreciated meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today to discuss Amazon’s efforts to drive innovation and jobs across Germany. Excited to share we’ll be committing another €10 billion to expand our AWS cloud infrastructure, logistics network, and Development Center in Berlin. This follows our recent €7.8 billion AWS European Sovereign Cloud investment and builds on our €77 billion in total investments in Germany between 2010 and 2023. Amazon has a long history in Germany, and we look forward to continuing to work together to support invention, customers, our employees, and communities here. https://lnkd.in/gGffPCc9

Good news for Prime members on Medicare - today, we’re making RxPass avail to them.   This means that for just $5 a month, any of the 50M+ Medicare beneficiaries who are Prime members can get unlimited access to the 60 most-common medications and have them delivered right to their home with fast, free shipping.   This could save people (many on a fixed income) about $70-$120 per year if they take just one medication, and if all Medicare beneficiaries transitioned their eligible medications to RxPass, Medicare spending could be reduced by nearly $2 billion.   Just the beginning of what we have planned for Amazon Pharmacy! https://lnkd.in/gB5aDjHC

In the communities in which Amazon has a major presence, rents have outpaced salaries and made it difficult for people like teachers and nurses and first responders to live close to their jobs and remain part of the communities they support. This is a major challenge that we believe the private and public sectors can and should work together to address.   In 2021, Amazon committed $2B to help people access affordable housing in the Puget Sound (in WA), Arlington, VA (and the Washington DC region), and Nashville, TN. We started with a $2 billion commitment to help create and preserve 20,000 affordable homes in five years, and we announced yesterday both that we’ve exceeded that goal already (with more than 21,000 homes funded in just three years) and that we are extending our Housing Equity Fund commitment, with an additional $1.4 billion to help create or preserve another 14,000 affordable homes in our communities.   I felt fortunate to have the chance yesterday to tour one of the affordable housing projects with our partner, Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority, which is being built right next to Amazon’s one-time headquarters—where I worked for about 9 years and have lots of fond memories. The project, Beacon Pacific Village, (slated to open this fall) will provide 160 affordable homes including large, multigenerational family units, and have eldercare and child daycare facilities onsite. Really impressed by the building, its vision for supporting communities, and the folks behind it.   Below is a look at a map that shows the 47 projects we have committed to fund across the Puget Sound with another 68 more happening across Arlington/DC and Nashville. They will provide thousands of families with affordable homes to live in, with the concentration of investments near existing and planned transit.   It’s very important to us—and to me personally—that we give back to the communities where we live and work. Addressing affordable housing in our headquarter regions is a priority, and just one of our many efforts to support the communities in which we operate. Very appreciative of our partners and team for all that they are doing to tackle this pressing issue. https://lnkd.in/gUHUAGyu

Every once in a while, you get to see a film that changes what you think is possible. Today, debuting on Prime Video, we’re proud and excited to bring the documentary #ForLoveAndLife to show the power each of us has to change the future no matter what the odds.   At just 37, Brian Wallach was diagnosed with ALS and given just six months to live, with a new baby and a 2-year-old. Together, with his incredible wife Sandra Abrevaya, they’ve worked tirelessly for the past seven years to build a transformational movement to fundamentally change the future for the families and patients with ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases. This means creating unprecedented, tangible progress and newfound hope that today’s patients will be the first generation to survive long term.    Hope you take the time to watch the film—it’s compelling.   (Thinking of you Peter C, Sheryl L, Harvey G, and Mike V)

Fwiw, here's an interview I did with Ryan Roslansky on LinkedIn on my (very lucky) career path...think it's a good example of not having to know at age 18-22 (in my case, maybe all the way to age 40) exactly what you're going to do professionally...I see so many young people today who think they must know what their calling is. If so, great. But, it’s not the only path. Thanks, Ryan, for having me.