By Raúl Gorrín. Attitudes are changing. Not too many years ago, corporations were looked upon as only being about profit. That profit was many times at the expense of all of us, the environment and the atmosphere included. As the years have gone by, corporations are still all about profit, but they have come to understand that if they help society and its problems, they will profit even more. Terms have been used for the modern way of thinking from philanthropy to share value initiatives.
I am going to quote an article from just one month ago. “Eighty-one major corporations with operations in the U.S.--including Google, Facebook, Apple, Coca Cola and General Motors--have taken a White House pledge to demonstrate their support for action on climate change. Signing the White House’s American Business Act on Climate Change Pledge shows a continuing commitment to action preventing global warming and is intended to set an example for other companies to pursue similar policies, according to a statement released by the White House.” We recognize that delaying action on climate change will be costly in economic and human terms,” the pledge states.
“This conversation has confirmed what we’ve known for quite some time, which is that considerations of climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energies are not only not contradictory to their bottom lines, but for these companies they’re discovering that it can enhance their bottom lines,” Obama said.
What a change in thinking. Back in 1989 and organization was started called the Global Climate Coalition. This was a group of mainly United States businesses opposing immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This organization was very powerful. Around the year 2000 Ford Motor Company was the first to leave this organization. It was followed by General Motors, Chrysler, Texaco….. So many organizations left at the turn of the century that the organization ended in 2002.
In 2007 several corporations including General Electric formed the US Climate Action Partnership. This was a group of companies putting pressure on government to regulate the greenhouse gas emissions.
BP was originally a member of the Global Climate Coalition. Yes, originally, they fought against the concept of climate change and put money into influencing governments not to regulate emissions. A few years later, BP became a member of US Climate Action Partnership and was now putting money into influencing those very same governments to regulate emissions. Throughout 2006 BP, led by their CEO Lord John Browne, has continued to take a leadership stance on climate change. It has cut its own operational emissions of CO2 by 10%. It is investing $8 billion in renewable energy over the next 10 years.
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In summary, not too many years ago, companies such as BP and General Motors put in large amounts of money to influence governments and the public that climate control was not real. Those very same companies today, is putting in large amounts of money to help fight climate control. When corporations and governments work together for a common good for society, we all will gain. by Raúl Gorrín.
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