Amazon’s plan to be big, green, and beloved, w/AWS CEO Adam Selipsky

Rapid Response

English - August 25, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings
Management Business energy sports news leadership science retail healthcare culture technology startup Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Playing offense in adversity, w/Target CEO Brian Cornell

Next Episode: Holding business accountable from Meta to McDonald’s, w/Color of Change president Rashad Robinson

Amazon wants to get bigger, but with that scale comes great responsibility. So says Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon Web Services, the most profitable and fastest growing part of the tech giant. Selipsky, who also oversees Amazon’s climate change efforts, points to two additions to the company’s vaunted “Leadership Principles” as evidence of Amazon’s commitment. Arguing that AWS is still in early days, he shares what he’s hearing from other CEOs about their biggest concerns, why “carbon intensity” is the best measure of climate progress for businesses, and what Amazon's aspiration to be “Earth’s best employer” really means.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.