Connect the Dots

This issue explores how climate policies are moving forward at the state level, and spotlights policy advocacy opportunities underway for employees, sustainability professionals, and business leaders. With the absence of government leadership at the national level, there’s even more of an imperative for businesses to act.

This issue explores what attention is, why it’s so valuable, and how powerful forces are deliberately distracting us.

This issue explores how many U.S. companies are choosing the wrong side of history in the face of climate denialism and full-throttle obstructionism when it comes to enabling the clean (and cheaper) renewable energy transition.

This issue explores how the corporate world is accelerating climate half-truths in this new Trump era. Whether they are failing to disclose working with fossil fuel companies or misleading the public about the scalability of climate tech, many companies are contributing to a narrative that is slowing climate progress at a time when we need it more than ever.

This issue explores how companies obstruct climate policy through trade association memberships and by hiring lobbyists who also work for the fossil fuel industry. These practices not only undermine companies’ green reputations and sustainability commitments, but also thwart meaningful climate progress.

This issue explores the House Ways and Means Committee’s proposed tax reform package and its impact on clean energy initiatives, along with the Energy and Commerce Committee’s proposed rules. The proposals from these two groups play a critical role in determining the outcomes of the U.S.’ climate policies.

This issue looks at how state policy can drive climate action — and the important role that companies can play in helping states step up to the plate.

This issue explores the recent first of its kind virtual webinar convened by ClimateVoice – Green Team Success Stories: How Employees Advance Climate Action at Work. This cross-company session provided an exclusive glimpse into how employees from Alphabet (Waymo), LinkedIn, Microsoft, Pinterest, and Salesforce have been self-organizing into large communities, often called Green Teams, for years.

This issue looks at what it means to be a sustainability ‘professional,’ and the responsibilities and ‘duty of care’ needed from sustainability professionals at this time.

This issue looks at how companies obstruct climate policy through trade association memberships and by hiring lobbyists who also work for the fossil fuel industry.

This issue looks at the limitations of voluntary climate commitments by companies – particularly in light of the rise of AI – compared with public policy that sets market rules to drive decarbonization throughout the economy.

This issue looks at how companies can be allies for environmental justice, and how recent climate policy battles, along with the distribution of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding, have climate and environmental justice implications.