Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Photo credit: national museum of american history, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has doled out $791 million in donations to a mix of non-profits that are tackling climate change as part of his pledge to fund climate action to the tune of $10 billion which he made early this year. The $791 million was spread out to 16 recipients namely;

1. The Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund – $43 million
2. ClimateWorks Foundation – $50 million
3. Dream Corps Green For All – $10 million
4. Eden Reforestation Projects – $5 million
5. Energy Foundation – $30 million
6. Environmental Defense Fund – $100 million
7. The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice – $43 million
8. Natural Resources Defense Council – $100 million
9. The Nature Conservancy – $100 million
10. NDN Collective – $12 million
11. Rocky Mountain Institute – $10 million
12. Salk Institute for Biological Studies – $30 million
13. The Solutions Project – $43 million
14. Union of Concerned Scientists – $15 million
15. World Resources Institute – $100 million
16. World Wildlife Fund – $100 million

Bezos touts the donations as “just the beginning” of his commitment to tackle climate change. The donations are personally from the Amazon CEO and separate from that of the e-commerce juggernaut he founded which has also pledged a considerable amount to climate action, most notably a $2 billion fund that’ll back sustainable and clean energy companies.

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