'Given their power to shape public policy, businesses have a vital role to play in moving smart and effective climate policies forward,' the letter said.
Eleven environmental and business organizations called on Tuesday for companies to display"strong corporate governance" and act more boldly to address climate change.
The signatories, which included the Union of Concerned Scientists, the World Resources Institute and the Environmental Defense Fund, urged business leaders to align their corporate policies with recommendations laid out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
"Given their power to shape public policy, businesses have a vital role to play in moving smart and effective climate policies forward," the letter, which was also published as an advertisement in theThe text calls for businesses to advocate for climate policies that allow net-zero emissions by 2050 and ensure that the policy advocated by their trade associations aligns with net-zero emissions.
While powerful business organizations, like the US Chamber of Commerce, have served as an impediment to climate action, the Environmental Defense Fund president urged the private sector to use their lobbying power to accelerate government climate action.need to reduce climate pollution within their own company operations, and they also need to unleash the most powerful tool they have to fight climate change: their political influence.
Amid global protests last month, in which an estimated 4 million people around the world flooded onto streets to urge faster action for climate change, scores of businesses have announced
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