Amazon Shareholder Engagement Presentation Deck

Item 13-Shareholder Proposal Requesting Additional Reporting on Freedom of Association Why We Recommend You Vote Against This Proposal We have already prepared the requested report and disclosed the information sought by this proposal As discussed in more detail in the report, our human rights commitment and approach are informed by leading international standards and frameworks developed by the United Nations and the International Labour Organization, which recognize the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining, and we use the framework of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("UNGPs") to guide our approach Our policies afford employees the freedom to form or join a labor organization or other lawful organization of their selection, collective bargaining, direct and indirect participation in workplace consultation structures, and access to redress mechanisms. We embed these policies across our business with direct employee involvement Like many other companies, we hold meetings with our employees about unionization because it's important that everyone understands the facts about joining a union and the election process itself. These meetings have been legal for over 70 years and are highly regulated by National Labor Relations Board case law Our employees' voices are critical to us, so we also go beyond mere compliance with legal requirements by listening and responding to ideas and concerns of our employees, empowering them to communicate and provide feedback through various formal and informal mechanisms Globally, we are subject to dozens of collective bargaining agreements at national, regional, sectoral, and enterprise levels In Europe, we are party to hundreds of works council agreements. In 2022, we established a European Works Council that will provide employee representation across our sites in the European Union 22 We have dozens of Associate Forums in which employees, elected by their peers, meet directly with site management at regular intervals to share ideas, concerns, information, and feedback, giving employees and managers an opportunity to directly engage on key decisions that affect the site or employee experience, including working practices, shift schedules, and employee well-being Proponent: Shareholder Association for Research & Education on behalf of The Catherine Donnelly Foundation amazon

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