Nike Resigns US Chamber of Commerce Board Seat

Nike has resigned from the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its opposition to the cap-and-trade bill now being considered by the Senate.   Nike moves comes on the heals of Exelon announcement to quit the Chamber altogether over its concern that the nations largest business lobby body was hindering legislative action to deal with the pressing problems of climate change.

As the December Copenhagen Summit on climate change nears pressure is growing on the United States to pass the cap-and-trade bill stalled in the senate. Companies with a strong commitment to corporate social responsibility agenda are becoming more vocal in support of legislative and corporate initiatives that address climate change.

Nike’s high profile action places associations and business advocacy groups on notice that it expects such groups to seek ways they can make positive contibutions to addressing pressing issue of climate change.

Nike insists that it expects the representative bodies of businesses to have a little less conversation and demands much more action to address the pressing  problem.

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Risk: climate change, legislative, corporate responsibility