ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson believes that climate models “just aren’t that good” and that “Mankind has this enormous capacity to deal with adversity.” Exxon doesn’t invest in renewable energy because, according to Mr. Tillerson, “we choose not to lose money on purpose.” All of this despite the fact that Exxon’s scientists have warned the company’s management of “potentially catastrophic” climate impacts for decades.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

As hundreds of companies rise to the challenge of addressing climate change, ExxonMobil is increasingly alone in resisting climate action. Ten of the largest oil and gas companies, including Saudi Aramco, Total, Shell, Pemex, Statoil, and BP have already issued a statement in support of the international climate negotiations that will take place in Paris this December, calling for “clear stable policy frameworks that are consistent with a 2°C future,” the international climate goal adopted by all countries. Six of these ten companies have also publicly called for carbon pricing.

Yet ExxonMobil, the largest publicly-traded oil and gas company - in the largest oil producing nation on Earth - has remained silent, even after it has repeatedly stalled progress over the past decades.

Faith communities are united in the belief that addressing climate change is the moral imperative of our time, recognizing its potential to exacerbate existing social and environmental inequalities. Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’, a letter on climate change signed by over 400 Jewish Rabbis, a statement by Black Church leaders on climate change, a Buddhist statement on climate change addressed to world leaders, and an Islamic Declaration on Climate Change all highlight the toll climate change is already having on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities. Taking this message directly to major Greenhouse Gas emitters, faith-based shareholders have filed a resolution with ExxonMobil calling on the company to acknowledge the moral imperative of limiting warming to 2°C.

As we approach the Paris Climate Negotiations – our last, best chance to stave off catastrophic climate change – it is critical that large corporations like ExxonMobil display moral leadership and support a strong outcome. After the company makes a statement in support of the negotiations, we'll have to make sure this is the first step down a new path for ExxonMobil.

Please stand with faith-based shareholders to demand that ExxonMobil supports a robust outcome from the Paris Climate Negotiations! Raise your voice so that ExxonMobil may hear “the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.”