Amazon Launches Carbon Credit Sourcing Service for UK Suppliers, Enterprise Customers

Amazon announced the expansion of its carbon credit service to the UK, aimed at enabling companies in its value chain to access high-quality carbon neutralization and inset credits.

The announcement marks the first international expansion of the service, launched last year by Amazon in the U.S.

According to Amazon, the service helps to address key challenges facing companies in accessing carbon credits to address residual emissions and meet their climate goals, including assessing and vetting quality credits, with only about 5% of neutralization credits in the voluntary carbon market meeting Amazon’s quality criteria, and overcoming contracting complexity.

The service is available to Amazon suppliers, enterprise customers, and Climate Pledge signatories, with requirements for participation including having a net zero target for no later than 2050, covering Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions on a regular basis.

Credit types available under the program include those generated through superpollutant abatement, including refrigerant destruction and rice methane abatement, programs focused on reducing deforestation and restoring forests, and technological carbon removal such as Direct Air Capture (DAC), as well as carbon inset credits from the production of lower carbon fuels.

The program forms part of Amazon’s Sustainability Exchange resource hub, launched in 2024 as a platform to offer companies – particularly those in Amazon’s supply chain – with free access to sustainability tools and resources used by Amazon to decarbonize its operations, to help them to address their own climate footprints.

In a post announcing the expansion of the program, Michelle Jolly, Director, Sustainability Solutions and Services at Amazon, said:

“The path to net-zero carbon emissions requires both aggressive emissions reductions within operations and strategic investments beyond organizational boundaries. While companies must prioritize direct decarbonization (e.g., transitioning to renewable energy, improving efficiency, electrifying fleets), carbon credits provide an important mechanism to address residual emissions and support climate solutions that can deliver impact at scale.”