“It’s important to have an understanding of the issues facing the community and getting involved,” said Rafael Grijalva, who works on the Kindle team and also participated at the Nonprofit Expo as a volunteer with United Way of King County. Before coming to Amazon, Grijalva was at Microsoft and appreciated their commitment to nonprofits.
“That’s a very important issue,” Bezos said in response. “It’s hard to find an issue that is more important than climate change. … It’s also as everyone knows, a very difficult problem.” He added: “Both e-commerce and cloud computing are inherently more efficient than their alternatives. So we’re doing a lot even intrinsically. But that’s not what I’m talking about in terms of the initiatives we’re taking.”
“The program allows the Company to repurchase its shares opportunistically from time to time when it believes that doing so would enhance long-term shareholder value,” Amazon noted in an SEC filing. “The repurchase authorization does not have a fixed expiration. Purchases may be effected through one or more open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions, transactions structured through investment banking institutions, or a combination of the foregoing.”
“Many of the world’s megacities exceed WHO’s guideline levels for air quality by more than five times, representing a major risk to people’s health,” says Dr Maria Neira, Director of WHO’s Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health. “The good news is that we are seeing more and more governments increasing commitments to monitor and reduce air pollution as well as more global action from the health sector and other sectors like transport, housing and energy.”
“I’m so glad that the museum is doing this,” letting the community know what it was like back then, she said, adding that it was important for people to know their roots because it makes the community more powerful.
“Now [Amazon] is of the size that perception matters and there is a cost to not doing philanthropy,” said Sandi Lin, a former senior manager at Amazon who left in 2013 after more than three years. Lin, who is CEO and co-founder of the local startup Skilljar, said philanthropy can boost the company’s reputation and serve as a recruiting tool.
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“The negative attitude of many citizens and of our government to business in general and to Amazon,?in particular, has created an environment for Amazon and, even more importantly its employees, that is unpredictable and outright hostile,” said Seattle venture capitalist and civic leader Heather Redman at the time.
“That means that Americans who are taking every precaution, staying home and practicing social distancing, might risk getting infected with COVID-19 because of Amazon’s decision to prioritize efficiency and profits over the safety and well-being of its workforce.”
“The US spends more than it makes, and so the additional spending has to go to foreign goods and services, and so if you look at that increasing spending, you have to either borrow from foreign lenders or extract foreign investment into your country,” Sonmez said.
“It’s part of the conversation that’s happening in all 20 cities right now,” he said, explaining that the HQ2 contenders are all asking themselves, “Look at what happened in Seattle. Do you want that to happen in your city?”