AWS is committed to building a sustainable future by integrating environmental responsibility into every aspect of its operations. From reducing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency to advancing circular economy practices and replenishing water resources, AWS is driving measurable impact to create a more sustainable cloud.

This summary provides key insights into AWS’s sustainability efforts and how they benefit businesses and the planet.

Key Sustainability Initiatives:

• Transition to renewable energy: AWS matched 100% of its global electricity consumption with renewable energy in 2023, up from 90% in 2022, accelerating its path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

• Reducing carbon footprints: AWS-designed data centres leverage lower-carbon concrete and steel, free-air cooling, and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to cut emissions and improve energy efficiency.

• Advancing circular economy practices: AWS diverted 14.6 million hardware components from landfills through recycling and resale, extended server lifetimes, and optimised equipment reuse.

• Water conservation and replenishment: AWS improved water use effectiveness (WUE) by 5% in 2023 and returned 3.5 billion litres of water to communities, moving closer to its goal of becoming water positive by 2030.

• Empowering global communities: AWS invested $16.8M in cloud computing credits for global health equity initiatives and provided clean water access to 690,000 people through partnerships with Water.org and WaterAid.

With sustainability at the core of its strategy, AWS is not only reducing its own environmental impact but also empowering businesses to build greener, more efficient cloud operations.

Download this report to explore AWS’s latest sustainability achievements and commitments.