Former and current Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers will split a roughly $2 million settlement reached with the City of Charlotte. It’s all over a pledge fund. More than a thousand officers said ...

CarbonCure Technologies, Pachama, Redwood Materials, Rivian, and Turntide Technologies receive investments to develop decarbonizing technologies and services that support Amazon’s commitment to ...

An Amazon delivery van parked in front of the company’s headquarters and Amazon Go store in Seattle in July 2021. The company has plans to add 100,000 electric vans to its delivery fleet by 2030.

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Amazon and Global Optimism announced that more than 300 companies have now signed The Climate Pledge, a nearly 600% growth in signatories over the past year. Among the ...

Husband and wife Pete and Burson Snyder, who founded the nonprofit 30 Day Fund to help communities and small businesses, on Thursday pledged $1 million to The Barstool Fund if the fundraising effort ...

Amazon on Thursday announced the first five companies selected to receive investments from its Climate Pledge Fund, a $2 billion initiative revealed in June to support innovations that will help the ...

It’s funding a startup that could recycle batteries from its electric delivery vans It’s funding a startup that could recycle batteries from its electric delivery vans is a senior science reporter ...

Amazon on Thursday announced the first five startups that will receive cash from the tech giant's Climate Pledge Fund. Amazon is spending $2 billion on low-carbon technologies through the fund, ...

On Monday, 11 more companies joined the Schwab Foundation’s Rise Ahead Pledge — bringing the total signatories to 24 and highlighting the growing corporate commitment to investing in social innovation ...

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) kicks off on Sunday, and ahead of it some of tech's biggest companies are announcing new initiatives. Amazon is investing in three companies working on ...

Amazon has dipped back into its $2 billion climate fund and invested in several startups, including one that is developing fast-charging technology for electric vehicles as part of the e-commerce ...

A number of hedge fund managers are joining other wealthy families who have pledged to give a majority of their wealth to charity. The over-riding question is: Are hedge fund managers more or less ...