- Requirements
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- Suppliers should track, document and, upon request, report greenhouse gas emissions to Amazon. Suppliers are encouraged to establish a greenhouse gas reduction goal and publicly report against their progress.
- Suppliers are encouraged to add pollution control equipment and/or modify production, maintenance, and facility processes to help minimize or eliminate air and greenhouse gas emissions, the discharge of pollutants, and generation of waste.
- Suppliers should reduce fossil fuel consumption, and consumption of other natural resources, including water and minerals, and avoid deforestation. Suppliers are encouraged to implement practices such as modifying production, maintenance and facility processes, materials substitution, re-use, conservation, or recycling.
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Suppliers are required to identify, routinely monitor, control, and treat air emissions of volatile organic chemicals, aerosols, corrosives, partic- ulates, ozone depleting substances, and combustion by-products generated from operations as required by law prior to discharge. Ozone depleting substances should be effectively managed in in accordance with applicable protocols.
- Methodology
- Suppliers must report GHG emissions to Amazon upon request. Their policy does not state what method of reporting is required.
- More information on Amazon’s Supply Chain Standards can be found contact us.