# How Amazon tracks carbon intensity across its operations

DevFeed: [How Amazon tracks carbon intensity across its operations](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-amazon-tracks-carbon-intensity-across-its-operations-7613.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.amazon.science/news/how-amazon-tracks-carbon-intensity-across-its-operations>)

Author: Kerry Constabile

Published: 2026-07-01T15:56:42Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Amazon Science homepage](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/amazon-science-homepage.md>)

Topics: [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Routing (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/routing.md>)

Tags: [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [amazon-sustainability-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-sustainability-report.md>), [cloud-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-services.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [decarbonization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decarbonization.md>), [energy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/energy.md>), [operations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operations.md>), [renewable-energy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/renewable-energy.md>), [routing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/routing.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [sustainability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sustainability.md>), [the-climate-pledge](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-climate-pledge.md>), [transportation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transportation.md>)

## AI overview

Amazon describes its use of sector-specific carbon-intensity metrics to track decarbonization across diverse operations. For retail, it measures emissions per unit shipped and reports a 39% reduction from 2019 to the end of 2025, attributing progress to carbon-free energy, routing improvements, lighter packaging, lower-carbon fuels, alternative transportation, and electric vehicles.

## Source excerpt

Amazon is developing precise, sector-specific approaches to measuring decarbonization progress -- starting with emissions per unit shipped.