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HSBC pledges $100m to Bill Gates’ clean energy innovation fund

HSBC pledges $100m to Bill Gates’ clean energy innovation fund

HSBC has confirmed a $100m investment in Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a private-public accelerator programme focused on mobilising funding for technologies that could play a key role in the energy transition.

Long Duration Energy Storage Council: Companies join forces, targeting $3trn of investment in sector by 2040

Bill Gates forms partnership with UK Government to mobilise £400m green innovation fund

Bill Gates: Nuclear power ‘ideal’ for tackling climate challenges

Ban Ki-moon: UK businesses must lead climate adaptation efforts to achieve Mission Possible

EXCLUSIVE: Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has issued a rallying cry to the UK business community to lead efforts to adapt to climate change.

EU announces €9bn in funding for climate action

The European commission has announced funding of €9bn (£8bn) for action on climate change, one of a flurry of measures from governments, businesses and investors aimed at achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris agreement.

Bill Gates and investors inject $1bn into Breakthrough Energy fund

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has rallied together a team of executives from some of the world's biggest companies in order to pledge a $1bn fund to accelerate the uptake of clean energy technologies.

Microsoft and Facebook unite to accelerate clean energy revolution

Tech giants Microsoft and Facebook have pledged to develop 60GW of renewable energy by 2025, along with companies including Unilever, Kellogg's and IKEA as part of the newly launched Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA).

Google and Apple among tech giants backing Clean Power Plan

The four largest tech giants Google, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft have collectively warned that any attempts to block a low-carbon transition in the US would prove 'costly' to both the global economy and human wellbeing.

Bill Gates predicts ‘energy miracle’ within 15 years

American business magnate and co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates has called on the world to mobilise efforts to create an 'energy miracle' breakthrough that would revolutionise how we tackle climate change.

An early Christmas present for the green economy…

Twelve days to save the world

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Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg launch renewable energy investment group

Some of the world's most powerful figures including Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Richard Branson have announced a new collaboration aimed at creating affordable and reliable clean energy for the entire planet.

Bill Gates: Next-gen renewable tech could be solution to climate change

Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has called for international Governments to triple R&D funding for renewable technologies in order to find a 'magic solution' to climate change.

Microsoft turns to gamification to tackle water crisis

Tech giant Microsoft has taken its corporate social responsibility to the world of smartphones, with the launch of a new mobile app designed to raise awareness of global water issues.

VIDEO: Bill Gates backs human waste to water project

A recent visit to 'a new kind of sewage treatment plant' saw Microsoft founder Bill Gates drink water procured from human waste, which the business magnate described as a 'delicious' and affordable way to improve sanitation in poor countries.

Nestle steps up climate change leadership with new CSR commitments

Multinational food and beverage company Nestlé has teamed up with a number of organisations and made a host of new CSR commitments to help accelerate its sustainability strategy.

Bill Gates spends his pennies on sustainable toilets

Bill Gates has awarded Loughborough University $60,000 for developing a toilet that produces biological charcoal, minerals and clean water.

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