ESG Perspectives — June 2017

June 21, 2017 — Climate policy at the federal level is one of the main factors influencing the private sector, but not the only important factor. In recent years, the US corporate community in aggregate has been moving to less carbonintense business operations driven by the following main factors: shareholder and customer demand, US potential regulation and International Climate Policy. US corporates still face rising shareholder/customer engagement on climate issues as well as climate change policy at the state/local level and international markets in which the company operates.

  • DATE: June 21, 2017
  • TYPE: PDF
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