Climate Change Action Demanded by New Business Group
Yet another coalition of global Fortune 500 companies has been formed to urge government action on climate change. Affirming that climate change “is a major threat to the U.S. economy,” the CEO Climate Dialogue calls on Congress and the Trump administration to enact a federal policy “as soon as possible to protect against the worst impacts.” The consortium has published six guiding principles for a market-based approach that it proposes as an outline for an effective federal policy. The 13 companies signed up to the new association are Dupont, Dow, Shell, BP, Dominion Energy, Ford, Unilever, Citi, BASF, DTE Energy, Exelon, LafargeHolcim, and PG&E. Four activist groups have joined as partners: the Environmental Defense Fund, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, World Resources Institute, and the Nature Conservancy.
CEO Climate Dialogue joins several other substantial, executive-led consortiums which are taking collective action to address climate change. Read More>