Bill Gates is doing his part for the climate - Now it's time for corporations to do theirs

James Murray
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Bill Gates is doing his part for the climate - Now it's time for corporations to do theirs

We can't decarbonise without clean materials - and we can't scale new materials without corporate leadership

Hello from the Breakthrough Energy Summit (BES) in Seattle! The event is put together by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Bill Gates' venture capital (VC) organization that works to fund startups that...

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