US retail giant Amazon is hoping to switch completely to renewable energy by 2025, its Germany branch announced on Thursday. This would make Amazon “the largest-ever operational customer of renewable energies,” according to a statement from its German subsidiary. Renewable energy is to power the online retailer’s shipping and packaging centres, as well as its offices. Amazon is one of the world’s biggest employers, having surpassed the million mark for workers around the world for the first time in October, according to US media. “We are on the way towards powering our business by 2025 with 10…

Amazon aims to switch to 100-per-cent renewable energy by 2025
