We call on companies who are members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to leave the Chamber and lead by calling out the trade association’s climate obstruction and advocating consistently and forcefully to counter its influence. Being a dues paying member and/or serving on the Chamber’s board of directors undermines a company’s climate reputation and directly bolsters and supports the Chamber’s obstruction of climate action. 

That’s why I’m asking pro-climate dues-paying members to leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and lead on climate policy. 

Serving on the Chamber’s board of directors undermines a company’s pro-climate reputation, given its opposition to key policies like the Inflation Reduction Act and the EPA’s proposed limits on methane and power plant emissions. The Chamber even supported the Willow Project, which if completed would release 9.2 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the atmosphere each year. If companies remain in the Chamber, and don’t distance their company from these actions, they are complicit in this obstruction.

There is a better, more positive path for our pro-climate company. 

Pro-climate companies should publicly distance themselves from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s positions and statements that do not align with strong climate action and leadership. These companies should consistently and forcefully lobby for bold and just climate policies at the federal, state and local levels, align our political contributions with climate leadership and action, and lead pro-climate coalitions in advocating strongly for pro-climate policies.