Apple, Google, Microsoft Help White House Launch American Business Act on Climate Pledge
Secretary of State John Kerry and senior White House officials hosted 13 of the nation's largest companies that “are standing with the Obama Administration to launch the American Business Act on Climate Pledge,” including Apple, Google and Microsoft, a White…
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House news release said. “No corner of the planet and no sector of the global economy will remain unaffected by climate change in the years ahead,” which is why “hundreds of private companies, local governments, and foundations have stepped up to increase energy efficiency, boost low-carbon investing, and make solar energy more accessible to low-income Americans,” the release said. Specifically, Apple pledged to “bring an estimated 280 megawatts of clean power generation online by the end of 2016 through investments in Arizona, California, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon and Sichuan Province, China”; Google pledged to power its operations with 100 percent renewable energy, use Google shuttles and corporate electric vehicles and reduce single occupancy vehicles, reduce water consumption, and continue to “develop products and platforms that can help reduce emissions and bring the power of cloud computing to climate science”; and Microsoft pledged to maintain carbon neutral operations, buy 100 percent renewable energy to operate its data centers, offices, labs and manufacturing facilities, and offset 100 percent of emissions from business air travel by supporting carbon offset projects.