CEOs of some of the largest technology companies had strong words in reaction to Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord. They stated that they remain committed to the environment, to clean energy initiatives and will fight climate change.
Apple -
SpaceX and Tesla — resigned from White House advisory council.
Disney — resigned from White House advisory council.
Facebook -
GE -
Microsoft -
Microsoft -
Google -
IBM -
Salesforce -
Dell -
Amazon -
No statement from Bill Gates, but he has been on the front-lines of the climate change fight —
Nearly two dozen of the world's most successful business leaders, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists will invest up to $1 billion in a fund led by Microsoft-co-founder Bill Gates that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero by financing emerging clean energy technology.
The Breakthrough Energy Ventures Fund includes John Doerr, chairman of venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla, Laura and John Arnold Foundation co-chair and former energy hedge fund manager John Arnold, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, and SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner.
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A few non-tech world leaders —
Hillary Clinton -
Obama -
Al Gore -
Bill Clinton -
Ben and Jerry’s :-)
Sierra Club -
Greenpeace -
Technology and technologists can destroy the world; they can help save it too.