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Ex-Facebook executive starts group to help employees push companies on climate

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Facebook's former sustainability chief has launched an organization to help employees at big companies press their bosses for more aggressive ...

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook's former sustainability chief has launched an organization to help employees at big companies press their bosses for more aggressive policies to fight climate change.

Employees at tech companies have objected to selling cloud services to Big Oil, and companies are reticent to exert lobbying influence on behalf of specific legislation. ClimateVoice is launching as a volunteer effort but aims to raise funds and hire staff soon after launch. Weihl said it will seek to organize and amplify climate activism among tech employees to push executives to lobby on behalf of legislative efforts around climate.Workers have become a key constituency in the climate change debate, particularly at the biggest tech companies.

 

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