We’re pleased to offer a new, low-priced grocery store in the community in addition to bringing hundreds of high-quality jobs to the area. and the fourth location to open in the greater Seattle area. The location is the 26 th Amazon Fresh grocery store in the U.S. The new Amazon Fresh store represents the kind of climate-forward action we hope to see from our business partners in our communities.” “We are excited to see Amazon bringing healthy food and carbon-conscious grocery shopping to the people of Seattle.
“Supporting safe, healthy, and sustainable business is critical to the infrastructure and resiliency of the City of Seattle and for our community,” said Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. Excess food items will be donated to local food banks.Īs part of Amazon’s commitment to sustainability and local communities, this store is providing a donation to Tilth Alliance, a local nonprofit building community with farmers, gardeners, and families in Washington state to create a sustainable, healthy, and equitable food future. As with all Amazon Fresh stores, customers can shop from a selection of organic meat, seafood, and produce. Newly launched Fresh Brand Plant-Based products like almondmilk and meat-alternative ground, patties, sausage, meatballs, and Chick’n nuggets are also available. We will look to apply what we learn to future Amazon stores and buildings, helping accelerate our path to net-zero carbon by 2040 as part of The Climate Pledge.Ĭustomers shopping in-store will be able to choose from a variety of Climate Pledge Friendly products, ranging from grocery items to household cleaning and beauty products, such as Seventh Generation, Annie’s, Mrs.
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“As the world’s first grocer seeking Zero Carbon certification, this approach represents an important benchmark for the grocery sector and the retailers overall.”Īmazon will be able to measure the real-time impact of these upgrades via a system built by Amazon Web Services’ Professional Services Sustainability Practice. “Amazon’s pursuit of Zero Carbon certification for its latest Amazon Fresh location shows an important commitment to verifiable carbon reductions,” said Lindsay Baker, CEO of the International Living Future Institute. To receive certification, ILFI will review 12 consecutive months of performance data to ensure the new store meets this standard. ILFI-certified buildings must be energy efficient, have all electricity provided by renewable energy, demonstrate a reduction in the embodied carbon of building materials, and prove that all carbon emissions associated with the manufacturing and construction process have been neutralized. This Amazon Fresh location is seeking Zero Carbon certification from the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), a leading nonprofit dedicated to advancing sustainable building practices. “It’s meaningful progress to open our latest Amazon Fresh Store seeking net-zero carbon certification, and I’m proud of the innovation and technology that the store offers to customers and employees, and for the environment.” “In order to deliver on our commitments to The Climate Pledge, we must work together across all areas of our business to develop solutions to decarbonize,” said Kara Hurst, vice president of Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon.
Some upgrades will be used at all of our Amazon Fresh grocery stores moving forward, such as lower-carbon concrete flooring, which will help to reduce our embodied carbon.
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We are also electrifying the store using 100% renewable electricity sourced from Amazon’s renewable energy projects, which helps us continue in our progress to power Amazon operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025. Another critical change is the fully electric kitchen space, where our store teams prepare fresh food, that reduces the need for fossil fuel combustion in the store. The store also uses steel byproducts in the concrete floor to reduce the embodied carbon-the carbon associated with the manufacturing and installation of the flooring-by nearly 40% compared to a standard concrete floor. Updates to this store include transitioning to a CO2-based refrigeration system, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 38 metric tons per year compared to a conventional system.
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