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Just AnotherPerson
04-29-2019, 05:37 PM
Pressure builds on CEOs to navigate climate action: It's a new reality for corporate America



See more at the link https://www.edf.org/blog/2019/04/18/pressure-builds-ceos-navigate-climate-action-its-new-reality-corporate-america?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=edf_business-leadership_upd_dmt&utm_medium=social-media&utm_id=1556562815&utm_content=annie

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The days when business leaders could dodge social or political issues are coming to an end. CEO engagement on issues such as health care, sexual harassment, gun control and immigration have been steadily on the rise.

In a U.S. House committee meeting just last week, lawmakers “grilled [bank] executives more on social issues than business fundamentals,” according to Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-house-banks/u-s-lawmakers-grill-bank-ceos-on-social-issues-idUSKCN1RM147), and probed them about fossil fuel investments (https://thinkprogress.org/stunning-hypocrisy-of-jp-morgan-jamie-dimon-on-climate-change-a3fd2ecfbbbd/).

And as a recent Axios Trends (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-trends-86180ef6-da94-4e86-a8ea-de89b80a8a60.html) piece suggests, pressure on CEOs to address social issues is increasing ahead of the 2020 political campaigns. In particular, demands that they act on climate change are heating up.


Push by 6,500+ Amazon workers signals change



More than 6,500 Amazon employees have signed a letter (https://medium.com/@amazonemployeesclimatejustice/public-letter-to-jeff-bezos-and-the-amazon-board-of-directors-82a8405f5e38) to their CEO Jeff Bezos and his board of directors, asking for broad action to fight climate change, with more workers adding their names daily.

EvilCat Breath
04-29-2019, 06:01 PM
What a shame that the climate change hoax has gotten so important.

Abby08
04-29-2019, 06:20 PM
What a shame that the climate change hoax has gotten so important.

An even bigger shame, is so many people believe that hoax.