UPDATE 4-Amazon vows to be carbon neutral by 2040, buying 100,000 electric vans
September 19, 2019 at 16:19 PM EDT
Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos on Thursday pledged to make the largest U.S. e-commerce company net carbon neutral by 2040 and to buy 100,000 electric delivery vans from a start-up, as employees and consumers around the world plan protests to address climate change.