The Environmental Affairs and Sustainability team promotes an enabling environment to ensure that the business community has the flexibility and policy tools it needs to succeed – for their shareholders, employees, customers and communities where they operate.
Companies are increasingly interested in the intersection between public policy and their own sustainability efforts. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's environment and sustainability policy capability promotes an enabling environment to ensure that the business community has the flexibility and policy tools it needs to succeed – for their shareholders, employees, customers and communities where they operate.
Based on the recent survey and discussions with members, the environment and sustainability policy service offerings include:
The policy agenda is focusing on climate and water issues.
For more information, contact Chuck Chaitovitz, vice president for Environmental Affairs and Sustainability at CChaitovitz@uschamber.com.
This Hill letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, on legislation relating to the phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
This Coalition letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, supporting the "Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation (STORM) Act of 2020."
This Coalition letter was sent Sen. Brian Schatz as well as to the Members of the House Committee on Financial Services and Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, supporting S. 2301, the "Reforming Disaster Recovery Act."
This Coalition letter was sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, urging consideration of H.R. 3779, the "Resilience Revolving Loan Fund Act of 2019," under suspension of the rules.
This Hill letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, on water policy priorities for 2020.
This Hill letter was sent to Representative Paul Tonko, supporting H.R. 5544, the "American Innovation and Manufacturing Leadership Act of 2019."
“If America is to meet its growing challenges on infrastructure, energy and the environment, then we must modernize the 40-year old NEPA process. In many cases, it takes far longer to obtain a permit than it actually takes to build one of these critical projects, and that should not be acceptable."
Today U.S. Chamber CEO Thomas J. Donohue cautioned that the United States must continue to engage on the world stage or risk being left behind in his annual State of American Business Address.
This Coalition letter was sent to the House Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Financial Services, on water issues and solutions along the U.S.-Mexico border.
This Hill letter was sent to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, supporting S. 1982, the "Save our Seas 2.0 Act of 2019."
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