Amazon names first recipients of its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund

PUBLISHED THU, SEP 17 202010:24 AM EDT

UPDATED THU, SEP 17 202011:29 AM EDT

Amazon’s $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund is investing in five start-ups.

• Redwood Materials, the recycling start-up founded by ex-Tesla CTO JB Straubel

• CarbonCure Technologies, which has developed a technology to consume carbon dioxide in fresh concrete during production

• Pachama a climate technology start-up

• Turntide Technologies a smart motor start-up

• Rivian, an electric van start-up Amazon has invested in previously. Amazon also uses Rivian’s electric vans across a portion of its delivery fleet

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