Amazon's shareholder meeting turns testy as investors demand action on climate crisis and diversity

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Amazon shareholders demanded the company to take action on a number of different issues during its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday.

among policymakers, regulators and activists for how it pays and treats warehouse workers, how it collects consumer data and promotes products and how it uses artificial intelligence.

Emily Cunningham, an Amazon employee who led the climate change initiative, asked Bezos to come out on stage to listen to her presentation. Bezos did not appear until later when he took questions from the crowd. Roughly 50 people in the room, however, stood up during her presentation in support of her resolution asking Amazon to reduce its use of fossil fuels.

All resolutions were rejected by shareholder votes. The company said a filing of the vote tally will be disclosed on Friday. Outside the meeting, groups of protesters showed up to call Amazon for a stronger stance on these issues.

 

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Amazon with some of it's methods is a big polluter. This has to change ! sending german products to Poland's amazon distribution center and sending back to german customers is non sense especially for the climate.

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