Brazil’s President Lula reopens Amazon Fund
President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva has reactivated the Amazon Fund, dedicated to stopping deforestation.
President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva has reactivated the Amazon Fund, dedicated to stopping deforestation.
Investors Amalgamated Bank and Green Century Capital Management filed a shareholder resolution with Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) asking that the company discloses the emissions from its full value chain, including from all products it sells.
As COP15 is underway with a focus on biodiversity, Aldo Soto, Co-founder and Managing Director at Amazonia Impact Ventures, reflects on the progress made at the previous global summit, COP27, to protect the world's largest rainforest.
The Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) owned cloud services provider AWS has announced new water replenishment projects in California, the UK and India. Once completed, they will restore hundreds of millions of litres of water to communities where it operates.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have partnered to support female entrepreneurs in climate tech.
The energy crunch hitting Europe is threatening already strained supply chains. Unfortunately, this crisis shows no sign of ending, signalling we could be set for further shockwaves as prices continue to rise. The cost of fuel is also reaching new record levels, further intensifying cost pressures on businesses and in Germany, the government is even encouraging energy rationing.
Amazon announced a new agreement with Plug Power to supply green hydrogen to decarbonise its transportation and building operations. The move towards green hydrogen could showcase how the emerging technology could help decarbonise hard-to-abate operations at a large scale.
In this case, not a question of international borders but rather, do you really know what your bank is doing with your money?