Critics say a proposed rule change backed by Amazon and Meta could allow large energy users to hide their true emissions
By its own account, Amazon is a green business leader. The world’s most visited online marketplace and leading cloud services provider says it hit its 100 per cent renewable energy goal seven years ahead of a self-imposed target. But by another, Amazon is a heavy polluter, emitting much more climate-warming greenhouse gases through its electricity usage than cloud computing rivals.
A rival perspective, spearheaded by Amazon, Meta and other members of the Emissions First Partnership lobby group, says that companies should be able to use certificates in a more flexible way with no restrictions at all on geographical origin. The proposal would aim to ensure that the certificates “reflect real world emission reductions”, which would allow buyers “to place different value on based on their emissions impact”, said Amazon.
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