Amazon Sustainability Pilot Program Grant
In context
This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits and 3 others, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country.
This is a custom innovation challenge from Solve seeking breakthrough climate technologies in material handling, lower-carbon fuels, and waste optimization to help Amazon reach net-zero carbon by 2040. It targets startups, SMEs, and innovators developing solutions in these three specific decarbonization domains.
About this grant
The Amazon Sustainability Pilot Program seeks innovative climate technologies to help Amazon achieve its net-zero carbon goal across global operations by 2040. As a co-founder of The Climate Pledge, Amazon requires breakthrough technologies that can be validated and scaled within its complex North American supply chain. The program offers climate tech innovators—including startups, scale-ups, and established companies—a unique opportunity to pilot innovative solutions across Amazon's North America Operations, which encompass fulfillment centers, sortation facilities, delivery stations, and transportation networks. The program focuses on three priority areas: Material Handling Equipment (MHE) or Conveyance Decarbonization, Lower-Carbon Fuels for Hard-to-Decarbonize Transportation Applications, and Waste Optimization, with a Wildcards category for transformative technologies that demonstrate clear sustainability benefits and business value. Validated pilot projects are essential before technologies can scale across Amazon's operational ecosystem.
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Eligibility
Eligible applicants include climate tech innovators of all types: startups, scale-ups, established companies, and other organizations. Solutions must be ready for real-world validation and have the potential for integration across Amazon's North America operational ecosystem. The program seeks technologies focused on material handling equipment and conveyance decarbonization, lower-carbon fuels for hard-to-abate transportation applications (long-haul trucking, maritime, aviation) achieving 90% carbon intensity reduction with a pathway to price parity, waste optimization technologies, or transformative wildcard solutions that demonstrate clear sustainability benefits and measurable impact at scale for Amazon's North America Operations.
Key requirements
- ✓Innovation must address one of three focus areas: material handling, lower-carbon fuels, or waste optimization
- ✓Technology must contribute to Amazon's net-zero carbon 2040 commitment
- ✓Solution should be scalable and deployable within Amazon's supply chain or operations
Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Amazon Sustainability Pilot Program?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; startup, sme, nonprofit, university, research-institution, consortium. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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Industrial decarbonisation funding helps heavy industry cut emissions through electrification, fuel switching, process change and efficiency. Support is often capital-intensive and tied to a specific site, with feasibility studies leading to larger deployment calls. Applicants need emissions baselines, engineering studies and a plan to keep production running during the change.
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