Unilever, VF Corp., Mars Incorporated and New York State Comptroller Join 173 Companies and Investor
Source: Ceres
Boston, MA Jun 02, 2014
In response to today’s release of a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard to limit carbon pollution from existing power plants, 128 companies and 49 investors, managing $800 billion in assets, sent letters of support to the Obama Administration, and to Senate and House majority and minority leaders. The letters were coordinated by the nonprofit sustainability advocacy organization, Ceres.
“As businesses concerned about the immediate and long-term implications of climate change, we, the undersigned strongly support the principles behind the draft Carbon Pollution Standard for existing power plants released today,” says the company letter. “The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for existing power plants represents a critical step in moving our country towards a clean energy economy.” (For the full letter and complete list of companies signing on see www.ceres.org/bicep-carbon-letter)
“As a company that makes innovative apparel and footwear for people who love the outdoors, we know how important addressing climate change is to our consumers, and therefore, our business,” said Letitia Webster, director of global sustainability at VF Corporation, a North Carolina-based apparel company whose brands include The North Face, Timberland and Reef. “Today’s rules provide the long-term certainty that VF needs to continue to invest in clean energy solutions so that we can do our part to reduce the impacts of climate change.” VF Corporation employs about 50,000 people.
Read more: http://www.ceres.org/press/press-releases/unilever-vf-corp.-mars-incorporated-and-new-york-state-comptroller-join-173-companies-and-investors-in-supporting-epa2019s-new-carbon-standard
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