# US companies retreat from climate promises

> US firms quietly drop climate targets as Trump administration shifts policies.
- Title: US companies retreat from climate promises · Malay Mail
- Summary: US firms quietly drop climate targets as Trump administration shifts policies. Major US companies are scaling back climate commitments amid Trump…
- Keywords: climate commitments, trump administration, green hushing, corporate climate policy, renewable energy, fossil fuels, automakers, tech companies, renewable energy targets, carbon neutrality, news, companies
- Source: Malay Mail — https://malaymail.com/news/money/2026/09/19/green-hushing-grows-as-us-companies-retreat-from-climate-promises/235716
- Published: 2026-09-19T10:30:51+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: us, climate commitments, trump administration, green hushing, corporate climate policy, renewable energy, fossil fuels, automakers, tech companies, renewable energy targets, carbon neutrality, news
## 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
## Key takeaway

Major US companies are scaling back climate commitments amid Trump administration's policy shifts.