“It’s meaningful progress to open our latest Amazon Fresh Store seeking net-zero carbon certification, and I’m proud of the innovation and technology that the store offers to customers and employees, and for the environment.” “In order to deliver on our commitments to The Climate Pledge, we must work together across all areas of our business to develop solutions to decarbonize,” said Kara Hurst, vice president of Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon.

Some upgrades will be used at all of our Amazon Fresh grocery stores moving forward, such as lower-carbon concrete flooring, which will help to reduce our embodied carbon. We are also electrifying the store using 100% renewable electricity sourced from Amazon’s renewable energy projects, which helps us continue in our progress to power Amazon operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025. Another critical change is the fully electric kitchen space, where our store teams prepare fresh food, that reduces the need for fossil fuel combustion in the store.

The store also uses steel byproducts in the concrete floor to reduce the embodied carbon-the carbon associated with the manufacturing and installation of the flooring-by nearly 40% compared to a standard concrete floor. Updates to this store include transitioning to a CO2-based refrigeration system, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 38 metric tons per year compared to a conventional system.

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