Renewable energy, Greenpeace: “Amazon is in serious delay, it is very worrying,” – Il fatto Quotidiano

Apple, Google and Facebook are the companies of the it sector most "green" of the planet. The black jersey is awarded to Amazon Web Services, which "continues to keep its customers in the dark about their decisions and energy", but also Netflix and Samsung are still lagging behind in the race towards the goal of eating with 100% power renewable. The story is told in the report 'Clicking Clean:Who is Winning the Race to Build a Green Internet?' spread from Greenpeace the USA, where it is analyzed the energy footprint of large data center operators a nd about 70 web sites and popular applications. In the 2017 the percentage of global electricity used by the sector it will exceed even the 12%, for this it is important to understand what energy policies they take on the world’s leading companies.

For today "almost 20 companies in the sector have committed to use 100% renewable energy" for their activities, says the report. In addition to the big steps forward, driven by behemoths like Apple, Google and Facebook, it is Switch to record the progress best in the transition to clean energy. Among the companies analysed by Greenpeace also there are Amazon and Netflix, and are evaluated negatively. "Despite the announcements in renewable energy, Amazon continues to keep its customers in the dark about their decisions and energy," explains Luca Iacoboni, campaign manager of Climate and energy of Greenpeace Italy. "All of this is somewhat disturbing, especially if we take into account that the company is expanding its acti vities in geographical areas in which they are primarily used in energy dirty".

Netflix instead of in the 2015 announced its intention to offset fully their CO2, but "a more careful analysis, one reads in the report – has revealed that she’s only buying offset credits in emissions, without increasing the investments in renewable energy, the only way to get a clean future". "Like Apple, Facebook and Google, Netflix is one of the greatest actors in the galaxy of the internet, and play a key role in deciding what energy this sector go fed", stresses Iacoboni. "Must, therefore, take the responsibilities to ensure that its growth is fuelled by renewable energy, not fossil fuels, and must act as a lead on this issue", he concludes.