Bill Gates – Karma https://karmaimpact.com Advancing people, planet and profit. Mon, 03 Aug 2020 22:14:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5 Charities’ Reliance on Billionaires Grows as Giving Pledge Marks 10 Years /charities-reliance-on-billionaires-grows-as-giving-pledge-marks-10-years/ /charities-reliance-on-billionaires-grows-as-giving-pledge-marks-10-years/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2020 10:00:00 +0000 /?p=17350 Philanthropies are growing more dependent on a small number of billionaire donors.  The Giving Pledge debuted 10 years ago to encourage the world’s richest people to boost their altruism, but their giving hasn’t kept pace with their growing wealth.  Reforms boosting payouts would fix some problems caused by having a few wealthy donors.  Philanthropies are […]

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]]> /charities-reliance-on-billionaires-grows-as-giving-pledge-marks-10-years/feed/ 0 Bill Gates Dismisses Fossil Fuel Divestments in Favor of Green Investments /bill-gates-dismisses-fossil-fuel-divestments-in-favor-of-green-investments/ /bill-gates-dismisses-fossil-fuel-divestments-in-favor-of-green-investments/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:20:49 +0000 /?p=12159 Billionaire Bill Gates has taken a side in the polarized issue of whether to dump fossil fuel stocks to effect climate change or hang on to them. Unlike the Church of England and some of the Rockefellers, Gates is on the side of staying in, saying that fossil fuel divestment “probably has reduced about zero […]

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