BSR Insight | Apple Opposes U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Climate Policy
When Apple Inc. resigned from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week, the company joined Exelon Corp., Nike, PG&E Corp., and PNM in opposing the Chamber’s position on U.S. climate change policy.
According to Apple's resignation letter:
"For those companies who cannot or will not [reduce greenhouse gas emissions], Apple supports regulating greenhouse gas emissions, and it is frustrating to find the Chamber at odds with us in this effort."
—Catherine A. Novelli, Vice President, Worldwide Government Affairs, Apple Inc. (October 5, 2009)
The position of the Chamber, which opposes the U.S. Waxman-Markey bill but supports "strong federal legislation" and a "binding international agreement" on climate change, reads in part:
"Some in the environmental movement claim that, because of our opposition to a specific bill or approach, we must be opposed to all efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, or that we deny the existence of any problem. They are dead wrong."
—Thomas Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO (September 29, 2009)
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