
Bill Gates the co-founder of Microsoft has been actively involved in investing for change to lessen the impact of climate change. Gates is doing this by investing in companies such as Quantumscape (NYSE:QS), whose objective is to develop solid state batteries for electric vehicles.
Another ESG investment the Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder has made is his recent backing of Ecolab (NYSE:ECL), which produces and markets cleaning and sanitation products for the hospitality, healthcare, and industrial markets.