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The Climate Pledge Fund is a division of Amazon, set up to develop and manage investments in the climate technology space, as part of its Climate Pledge initiative. It is a corporate venture capital fund.
Engine No. 1 was founded by Christopher James with $250 million of his own funds in December 2020. [12] The name refers to one of the oldest fire stations in San Francisco, the city the fund is based in. [3] Charles Penner, who previously worked at Jana Partners, an activist fund pushing Apple to work more on limiting children's smartphone usage, [13] and Jennifer Grancio, who co-founded ...
As part of Amazon’s continued commitment to The Climate Pledge, a $2 billion venture investment program to back companies building technologies, products and services that will help Amazon and other companies accelerate the path to net-zero carbon, received an investment. Redwood will be able to offer Amazon and other companies sustainable ...
Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s / BAY-zohss; [2] né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company.
Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, is committing $10 billion to fight climate change through the creation of the “Bezos Earth Fund.”
Ronald Gerald Wayne (born May 17, 1934) is an American retired electronics industry business executive. He co-founded Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) as a partnership with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs on April 1, 1976, providing administrative oversight and documentation for the new venture.
Amazon's negative impact on the environment can be attributed to their business presence in logistics, supply chain, data centers, and consumer products.The company's large scale along with a heavy reliance on fossil fuels and plastic, as well as their anti-environmental lobbying practices [13] [14] contribute to the criticism.
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar.