Resolved: Shareholders request that Amazon.com, Inc. issue an annual report, at

reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, on the environmental and social

impacts of food waste generated from the company’s operations given the significant

impact that food waste has on societal risk from climate change and hunger.

Supporting Statement: Shareholders leave the method of disclosure to management’s

discretion. Shareholders also defer to management on the specific approaches used to

mitigate food waste and which parts of Amazon’s operations are best to target. Some

options we recommend as guidelines include:

• Conducting evaluations to determine the causes, quantities, and destinations of

food waste;

• Estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions that could be achieved or

amounts of food redistributed to the food insecure if the company reduced the

generation of food waste;

• Assessing the feasibility of setting goals to reduce food waste and progress made

towards meeting these targets.

Whereas: Despite one in seven U.S. households struggling to afford regular, healthy

meals, 40 percent of all food produced in the U.S. is wasted, generating devastating social

and environmental consequences. Decomposing food in landfills generates 23 percent of

U.S. methane emissions, exacerbating climate change. Wasted food production is

responsible for consuming 25 percent of U.S. freshwater, 19 percent of fertilizer, and 18

percent of cropland.

Project Drawdown cited food waste reduction as the third most impactful tactic in

reducing global GHG emissions.

According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, ending food waste would

preserve enough food to feed 2 billion people — more than twice the number of

undernourished people in the world.

Industry peers such as Hello Fresh, Kroger, Walmart, Wegmans, Ahold USA, and Weis

Markets disclose or have committed to quantitative disclosure of food waste levels, set

targets for food waste reduction, and publish information on progress towards these

goals. Unfortunately, Amazon has yet to report any company-wide food waste

management strategy including context, metrics, and quantitative improvement goals.

Action to reduce food waste is even more imperative for online grocery retailers because

they may be more susceptible to high rates of food waste given complex distribution

systems and the inability to rely on solutions employed by conventional retailers.

Amazon has captured 30% of U.S. online grocery spending, outpacing its peers. Amazon

invested heavily in its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Direct online grocery services, and

spent $13.7 billion to acquire Whole Foods, thereby increasing the company’s exposure

to products with greater rates of food waste and spoilage.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board cites food waste management as material

to food distributors’ operating performance, recommending disclosure of the aggregate

amount of food waste generated and the percentage diverted from landfills.

Strengthened disclosure of food waste reduction efforts could help Amazon meet its

social and environmental goals, combat climate change and hunger, and bolster its brand

reputation in a rapidly changing market.