From Malay Mail · · 50s
US companies retreat from climate promises
US firms quietly drop climate targets as Trump administration shifts policies.
In brief
US firms quietly drop climate targets as Trump administration shifts policies. Major US companies are scaling back climate commitments amid Trump administration's policy shifts. Originally reported by Malay Mail.
Green hushing trend
US companies scale back climate commitments during Trump's second term.
“it’s probably the biggest year i’ve had companies saying, well, we haven’t got anything to announce, so you know, i’m not sure we’ll be on stage”
Climate Group CEO
Helen Clarkson says green hushing threatens climate action.
“we’re seeing green hushing is definitely increasing, and that’s a real challenge because i think if we all give in to this idea that the word climate should never be spoken, that is a lost battle”
AI data centers
Tech firms rush to build gas plants for ai data centers.
“the explosion of ai data centres looms large over the trend”
Meta leaves RE100
Meta drops renewable energy pledge after 2021 commitment.
“meta left the climate group’s re100, a voluntary pledge by leading companies to source all their electricity from renewables”
Automakers weaken targets
GM reduces electric vehicle targets under trump rule.
“gm set a target of 100 per cent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035 but backed trump administration’s weakening of fuel economy rules”
US Chamber of Commerce
Chamber supports trump's emissions rule changes.
“the chamber praised the trump administration’s rule to remove curbs on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants”
Walmart misses targets
Walmart misses 2025 emissions reduction goal.
“walmart acknowledged it would miss the first target as well as its recycling goals in 2024”
Google drops carbon neutrality
Google stops claiming carbon neutrality by 2030.
“google stopped claiming its operations were carbon neutral in 2024”
Coca-Cola and Pepsi
Beverage giants weaken emissions targets.
“coca cola and pepsi changed baseline years for emissions reduction targets and weakened ambitions”
At a glance
Major US companies are scaling back climate commitments amid Trump administration's policy shifts.
