Planting seed money: Rockefellers and Ikea to give $1bn for clean energy

Their charities are targeting projects in the developing world in the hope that more capital will follow

21 June 2021 - 20:20 By Leslie Kaufman and Jess Shankleman

In a move to kick-start the energy transition globally, the Ikea Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation have announced that they will each donate $500m (R7.134bn) to support distributed renewable generation projects in developing nations...

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