In January, Amazon announced that our Housing Equity Fund was providing $381.9 million in low-rate loans and grants to the Washington Housing Conservancy (WHC)—a nonprofit organization that preserves homes in the Washington, D.C. area—to purchase the Crystal House apartment community. The funding will help WHC preserve the affordability of the apartment units to support moderate- […]
Climate Pledge Friendly is a program that makes it easy for customers to discover and shop for more sustainable products in Amazon’s store. We have partnered with trusted third-parties and created our own certification, Compact by Design, which highlights products that meet sustainability standards and help preserve the natural world. Climate Pledge Friendly continues to […]
Amazon is pledging to hire over 100,000 U.S. veterans and military spouses by 2024, building on its commitment to military families after far exceeding its pledge to hire 25,000 by 2021. Amazon currently employs more than 40,000 veterans and military spouses across multiple businesses, including Operations, Sustainability, Alexa, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). All regular […]
The job requires you to work alongside hip-hop superstars, listen to new songs and artists while on the clock, and create some of the most exciting partnerships in the music industry. Sound like a dream job? For Timothy Hinshaw, it’s definitely a dream role—and so much more. “The hip-hop music I loved growing up was […]
A key goal for Prime Day 2021 was helping Amazon’s small business selling partners connect with new customers and grow their sales. As part of a new $100 million investment to help small business sellers succeed, Amazon funded a Spend $10, get $10 promotion in the days leading up to Prime Day. With the promo, […]
Deep in a rainforest in northern Republic of Congo, 50 microphones—hidden inside small boxes—dangle discreetly from trees across a vast, remote landscape roughly the size of Los Angeles. The person responsible for the devices is scientist Peter Wrege, director of the Elephant Listening Project at Cornell University in New York. His goal is to capture […]
Fast-rising entrepreneurs Pernell Cezar and Rod Johnson don’t know who they’d be without their hometown and the community of people who challenged them to make the most of their lives. So they feel called to give back. “Rod and I have a lot of conversations on what we’re building and what that means for the […]
This Prime Day (June 21 and 22), Amazon is putting its small business selling partners front and center. We’ve gotten lots of feedback from customers wanting to support small businesses, so we’ve worked hard to develop more ways to connect you with great products offered by small businesses.. Throughout Prime Day, customers can engage directly […]
Amazon is thrilled to announce the 2021 class of Amazon Future Engineer Teacher of the Year Award recipients. Each year, Amazon recognizes 10 dynamic teachers for their work to inspire students from underserved and historically underrepresented communities to pursue careers in computer science and robotics. The following educators are this year’s recipients: Mark Ahrens, Texas […]
Whether planned or unplanned, life happens and sometimes it pauses career plans. When raising a family, caring for ailing loved ones, caring for themselves, or relocating to a new region or country, people can experience a pause in their careers. When these professionals are ready to pick up where they left off, many find the […]
