Boycott List Major Companies Join Radical Barack Obama in Climate Change Pledge - White House Release Carbon Emissions Sustainable U.S. Corporations American Business Act on Radical Obama Pledge

Joing the White House in pledging to reduce carbon emissions and secure a sustainable future are 81 major U.S. corporations that represent all 50 states, employ over 9 million people, and generate trillions of dollars in annual revenue.

These companies have all signed the American Business Act on Climate Pledge which aims "to demonstrate their support for action on climate change and the conclusion of a climate change agreement in Paris that takes a strong step forward toward a low-carbon, sustainable future." 

They also pledged "company-specific" goals as indicated in the White House release:

·         Reducing emissions by as much as 50 percent

·         Reducing water usage by as much as 80 percent

·         Achieving zero waste-to-landfill

·         Purchasing 100 percent renewable energy

·         Pursuing zero net deforestation in supply chains

The White House hopes this sets "an example for their peers" to do the same and as more corporations climb aboard, their names will be announced.

Here is the pledge in its entirety:

THE AMERICAN BUSINESS ACT ON CLIMATE PLEDGE

We applaud the growing number of countries that have already set ambitious targets for climate action. In this context, we support the conclusion of a climate change agreement in Paris that takes a strong step forward toward a low-carbon, sustainable future.

We recognize that delaying action on climate change will be costly in economic and human terms, while accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy will produce multiple benefits with regard to sustainable economic growth, public health, resilience to natural disasters, and the health of the global environment. 

Each company is listed with actions taken so far at their operations as to how much they've already reduced their carbon emissions as well as their individual pledges to do even more.

As noted by CNSNews.com, $140 billion has been promised through the American Business Act on Climate Change Pledge and a proposed increase of renewable energy usage to above 1,600 megawatts. 

And helping the Obama administration to launch the pledge was Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and General Motors; all of which received billions in taxpayer money under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. 

Here are the companies announced so far:

Abengoa Bioenergy US

Aemetis, Alcoa

American Express

Apple

AT&T

Autodesk

Bank of America

Berkshire Hathaway Energy

Best Buy

Biogen

Bloomberg

Cargill

CA Technologies

Calpine

Campos Brothers Farms

Coca-Cola

Cox Enterprises

Dell

DSM North America

EMC, Energy Optimizers

Ener-G Rudox

Facebook

Fulcrum Bioenergy

GE

General Mills

General Motors

Goldman Sachs

Google

Hershey’s

Hewlett Packard

Iberdrola USA

IBM

IKEA USA

Ingersoll Rand

International Paper

Intel

Intex Solutions, Inc.

Intren

Invenergy

Johnson and Johnson

Johnson Controls

Kellogg’s

Keystone Electrical Manufacturing

Kingspan Insulated Panels, Inc.

Lakeshore Learning Materials

LAM Research

Levi Strauss & Co.

L’Oreal USA

Mars

McDonalds Corporation

Microsoft

Monsanto

National Label Company

Nike

Nestle

Novozymes

One3LED

Pacific Ethanol

Pepsi-Co

PG&E

POET

Portland General Electric

PwC US

Procter & Gamble

Qualcomm

Ricoh USA

Salesforce.com

Schneider Electric

Siemens Corporation

SONY Corporation of America

Starbucks

Syngenta/QCCP

Target

Tri-Global Energy

Unilever

UPS

Walmart

The Walt Disney Company

Xerox Corporation