Sleeping with Amazon
David Gutowski | Longreads | July 2020 | 5 minutes (1,500 words) “At the end of the day, I have to sleep with myself.” Over the 18 years of publishing my literature and music website Largehearted Boy, that has always been my creed. When offered sponsorships and advertising from products I didn’t believe in, that…
Social responsibility
Amazon is strongly committed to conducting our business in a lawful and ethical manner, including engaging with suppliers who respect human rights, provide safe and inclusive workplaces, and promote a sustainable future. About our supply chain Our mission is for our products to be made in a way that respects human rights and the environment….
What priorities is the Amazon sustainability team working on?
Amazon has global teams focusing on our key environmental and social impacts and opportunities for innovation. Our programs include Frustration-Free Packaging and retail packaging standards; solar on our fulfillment center rooftops; investments in the circular economy with the Closed Loop Fund; and numerous other initiatives happening every day by teams across Amazon. Amazon joined The…
The Inside Story of MacKenzie Scott, the Mysterious 60- Billion-Dollar Woman
Stephanie Clifford Amazon’s first employee, Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife, and one of the world’s richest women is rewriting the philanthropy playbook. While Jeff Bezos was building Amazon from a garage into one of the most powerful companies on earth and becoming the richest businessmen of this age, the world knew very little about his wife, MacKenzie,…
The Jeff Bezos Empire in One
By Jeff Desjardins – 11 Jan 2019 The Jeff Bezos Empire in One Giant Chart With a fortune largely tied to his 79 million Amazon shares, the net worth of Jeff Bezos continued to rise. Most recently, the Amazon founder was even able to surpass Bill Gates on the global wealth leaderboard with $137 billion…
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen, Paul Kiel A massive trove of tax information obtained by ProPublica, covering thousands of America’s wealthiest individuals, reveals what’s inside the billionaires’ bag of tricks for minimizing their personal tax bills — sometimes to nothing. In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world’s richest man, did not pay…
The Top 4 Amazon Shareholders
By CRAIG ANTHONY | Updated Feb 4, 2020 Amazon (AMZN) became the second company after Apple (AAPL) to cross the $1 trillion market capitalization when its stock moved beyond $2,000 per share in Sept. 2018. The company, which was founded in July 1994 by Jeffrey Bezos as an online bookstore, is now the largest online…
This Is What Jeff Bezos’ Portfolio Looks Like
By J.B. MAVERICK | Updated Jun 27, 2019 When talking about billionaires such as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who is now the world’s richest man ever with a net worth of more than $154 billion as of June 2019, people often pose the question of what one could possibly find to…
Top Amazon Shareholders
By NATHAN REIFF | Updated Jul 10, 2020 Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) was founded in July 1994 by Jeffrey Bezos as an online bookstore, and has since ballooned into the world’s largest e-commerce company. As Amazon has evolved, it has expanded to offer a seemingly limitless range of products such as video games, software, electronics, clothing,…
No! In Their Own Words: What indigenous people against the River Club development have to say
Protestors during the Liesbeek Action Campaign against Amazon River Club Development on November 12, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that indigenous and heritage protection and conservation groups with concerned residents have slammed the development by Amazon citing that it is a destruction of a sacred heritage site that deeply violates climate…