"A key opportunity for real change lies in our collective willingness to confront and overcome the power of the status quo and a ‘business as usual’ approach."
"Allowing a trade group to represent your company in a position that is counter to its commitment to climate action is a form of hypocrisy, and companies are increasingly being called out on it."
Former Chief Sustainability Officer at EMC Corporation (now Dell EMC)
ISSUE 20
ClimateVoices Featuring Dylan Tanner
"InfluenceMap ascertains that the IRA's passage was facilitated by the direct intervention of large U.S. companies like Walmart, despite the U.S. Chamber and other groups' opposition."
Associate at Powerhouse Ventures and an advocate for Indigenous-led climate action
ISSUE 18
ClimateVoices Featuring Justin Gillis
"The U.S. Chamber’s odious stance on climate change is just unacceptable. Employees need to push their companies to play hardball. If the Chamber can’t get to a reasonable position on climate change, then forward-looking companies need to resign from it en masse."
Award-winning journalist and co-author of "The Big Fix: Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet."
ISSUE 17
ClimateVoices Featuring Vanessa Fajans-Turner (AKA “The Enforcer”)
"Employees can be massively influential in asking their employers to integrate their cash-related emissions into corporate sustainability strategies and take actions to green their finances. "
Director for the Loan Programs Office at the U.S. Department of Energy
EPISODE 14
ClimateVoices Featuring Paul Polman (AKA “Captain Planet”)
"For CEOs, what’s needed above all else is willpower... I would also urge more CEOs to be part of a new narrative around climate, where business sets out the opportunities and helps de-risk the ambitious policies we need from our political leaders."
Business leader, campaigner, co-author “Net Positive."
EPISODE 13
Truth to Power: Journalists Holding Companies Accountable on Climate
"The idea that this is a problem where we don't know the answers misstates the problem. We do know what to do, but we lack the political will to do it."