Nijia Zhou

Nijia Zhou is the Climate and Nature Lead at Amazon Worldwide Grocery, where she leads strategy and execution of climate and nature programs across carbon, water, and biodiversity for global grocery supply chains. She serves as Amazon’s subject matter expert on climate in agriculture and grocery context, providing technical expertise to support Amazon-wide measurement, verification, financing structures, and industry collaborations. Nijia manages strategic GHG reduction pipelines and investment planning, pathway development, and builds long-term partnerships with key suppliers for Scope 3 carbon, water, and biodiversity improvements. She previously served at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), The United Kingdom’s Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, and Procter & Gamble in various sustainability and product delivery roles. She holds undergraduate degrees in engineering and anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin and graduate degrees in environmental change and business administration from the University of Oxford.