What is the purpose of this new effort?
American Businesses for Clean Energy (ABCE) is an initiative to demonstrate large and small business support for Congressional enactment of clean energy and climate legislation that will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ABCE's goal is to create a single place on the web where individual companies and business organizations can register their support for Congressional action, and to demonstrate the depth and breadth of business support for this legislation. That's why the companies listed on this site range from large companies to small, local to multi-national, and from all sectors of the economy.
What businesses should consider adding their names to ABCE?
The ABCE initiative is open to any company or business association that supports Congressional enactment of clean energy and climate legislation that will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
How does ABCE fit with existing business coalitions?
ABCE has a purpose distinct from business coalitions. ABCE is the 'big umbrella' under which any business that supports clean energy and climate legislation should be listed, and it is easy to be listed on the site: all a business has to do is enter some basic information to be listed. There are no dues, no meetings, and no further obligations for firms that only want to be listed. ABCE does not develop or evaluate specific policy proposals, nor will ABCE lobby Congress; these roles are already well-served by the existing coalitions. ABCE supports other business networks by making it easy for businesses to list and link to any business network they participate in from the ABCE site.
What will ABCE do with the list of companies on the website?
For any company that is already a member of another coalition, nothing.
ABCE will invite businesses that are not currently part of any other coalition if they are interested in doing more to support ABCE's goal. Those that wish to do more will be referred to other coalitions that support such activities.
