The Bezos Earth Fund offers grants to tackle food security and emissions accountability
The Bezos Earth Fund (BEF) will provide grants totaling USD 34.5 mn to boost food security and enhance emissions accountability on a corporate level, according to a statement. BEF will allocate USD 9.9 mn for the Carbon Disclosure Project to boost corporate environmental impact disclosures, USD 9.25 mn for the GHP Protocol to standardize and enhance greenhouse gas accounting metrics, and USD 9.9 mn to Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in a bid to support their virtual livestock fencing program. The Good Food Institute will also receive a USD 5.5 mn grant from the fund, the statement notes.