Claim: US Companies Will Stay True to Climate Commitments
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Companies will still face pressure to manage for climate change, even as government rolls back US climate policy
Published: April 11, 2025 10.44pm AEST
Ethan I. Thorpe Fellow at Private Climate Governance Lab, Vanderbilt University
Michael Vandenbergh Professor of Law and Co-Director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University
Zdravka Tzankova Associate Professor of the Practice in Climate & Environmental Studies, Vanderbilt University
As the federal government moves to eliminate U.S. climate rules, companies still face pressure to be better stewards of the planet from their customers, investors, employees, local communities, lenders, insurers, global trading partners and many states.
Each of those groups knows it will face increasing costs from rising temperaturesand extreme weather if corporations don’t rein in their greenhouse gas emissions.
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