Amazon

Indirectly drives deforestation and habitat loss through beef, palm, and wood products sold on its marketplace without strict sourcing standards.

Generates huge quantities of single-use plastic packaging and cardboard waste, with high volumes of returned items destroyed or sent to landfill.

Investing in electric delivery vehicles and renewable energy, but absolute emissions continue to rise alongside expanding shipment volumes.

Relies on a massive third-party marketplace with weak chemical oversight, producing high waste streams from shipping operations.

Incessant criticism over warehouse worker exploitation, high injury rates, intense surveillance, and suppression of union organization.