Abandoning Ship: Nike Quits Chamber Board Over Climate Change Stance
Nike — a longtime proponent of reducing greenhouse gas emissions — has resigned from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce board to protest the business group’s opposition of climate-change legislation. Nike fundamentally disagrees with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the issue of climate change and their recent action challenging the Environmental Protection Agency is inconsistent with our view that climate change is an issue in need of urgent action, the company said in a statement obtained by BNET Energy. James C. Carter, a vice president and general counsel at Nike, sat on the chamber’s board. The company will remain a member of the powerful business lobbying organization to “advocate for climate change legislation inside the committee structure and believe that…
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