SBTi and the Bezos Earth Fund did not immediately reply to emails seeking comment sent outside usual office hours. The fund is one of the two main funders of the SBTi along with the IKEA Foundation, according to the organisation’s website.
SBTi has faced criticism, including from its own staff, over a decision last year to loosen rules for how companies can use carbon credits to reduce their reported supply-chain emissions. Some employees had raised questions about whether London meetings hosted by the Bezos fund in the weeks before could have influenced the decision.
Bloomberg Philanthropies, the philanthropic organisation of Michael Bloomberg, founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, is a project-specific funder of SBTi.
