Jeff Bezos pledges $1 billion to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s land and sea

Marc Benioff, who founded Salesforce, a business-software vendor, has given millions to the University of California at Santa Barbara to launch the Benioff Ocean Initiative, aimed at curbing marine pollution, overfishing and coral bleaching. The widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs, along with actor Leonardo DiCaprio and billionaire investor Brian Sheth, launched Earth Alliance to protect ecosystems and wildlife and support renewable energy, among other goals.