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Kara Hurst is vice president of Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon. Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth’s Best Employer, and Earth’s Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, Amazon Web Services (AWS) , Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge were pioneered by Amazon. In 2020, the company had $386 billion in revenue. As of Q4 2021, the company had over 1.4 million employees globally.
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Pagitsas, C. (2022). Kara Hurst. In: Chief Sustainability Officers At Work. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7866-6_8
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