Amazon's rising air shipments fly in the face of its climate commitment

Nathan Coats

This kind of article is going to become increasingly prevalent – and the air cargo industry needs to form a strategy, now.

Reuters has examined Amazon’s commitment to be net carbon neutral by 2040 – and set that against its soaring use of aircraft. It points to Amazon Air’s July figures, which saw 29% year-on-year growth (although it is worth noting that Amazon and e-commerce is not in a vacuum; people are not buying more, they are just buying more from ...