Jeff Bezos

Cell-grown salmon start-up Wildtype nets $100m in A-list investment round

Technology

Cell-grown salmon start-up Wildtype nets $100m in A-list investment round

Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr, Jeff Bezos, and agriculture and food giant Cargill among those backing 'sushi-grade' cultivated salmon developer

clock 24 February 2022 • 3 min read
Reports: Bill Gates-backed fund plots $15bn green tech investment

Technology

Reports: Bill Gates-backed fund plots $15bn green tech investment

Breakthrough Energy Catalyst eyes investment to scale up direct air capture, green hydrogen, aviation fuel and energy storage technologies

clock 10 January 2022 • 2 min read

Investment

Jeff Bezos unveils first cohort of recipients of $10bn Earth Fund

World Wildlife Fund, World Resources Institute and Environmental Defense Fund among those to secure six figure donations in $791 funding round

clock 17 November 2020 • 3 min read

BusinessGreen

Amazon swells Climate Pledge ranks with Siemens, Best Buy, and others

Real Betis, Schneider Electric, and McKinstry also amongst latest wave of companies to commit to reaching net zero emissions a decade ahead of Paris Accord goal

clock 24 September 2020 • 3 min read

Management

Amazon executive 'quit in dismay' at sacking of climate activists

Tim Bray decries 'vein of toxicity running through company culture' after resigning from US online retail giant

clock 06 May 2020 • 3 min read
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