Welcome to the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) Web Site
United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) is a group of businesses and leading environmental organizations that have come together to call on the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation to require significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. USCAP has issued a landmark set of principles and recommendations to underscore the urgent need for a policy framework on climate change. More >
USCAP Members Include:
- Alcoa
- American International Group, Inc. (AIG)
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- BP America Inc.
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Chrysler LLC
- ConocoPhillips
- Deere & Company
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Duke Energy
- DuPont
- Environmental Defense
- Exelon Corporation
- Ford Motor Company
- FPL Group, Inc.
- General Electric
- General Motors Corp.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Marsh, Inc.
- National Wildlife Federation
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- The Nature Conservancy
- NRG Energy, Inc.
- PepsiCo
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- PG&E Corporation
- PNM Resources
- Rio Tinto
- Shell
- Siemens Corporation
- World Resources Institute
- Xerox Corporation
Our Report: A Call for Action
Our solutions-based report, titled A Call for Action (PDF- 1.18 MB), is the result of a year-long collaboration. It lays out a blueprint for a mandatory economy-wide, market-driven approach to climate protection.
Our Six Principles
- Account for the global dimensions of climate change;
- Create incentives for technology innovation;
- Be environmentally effective;
- Create economic opportunity and advantage;
- Be fair to sectors disproportionately impacted; and
- Reward early action.
What's New
March 20, 2008 USCAP releases Cost Containment Discussion Paper.
January 2, 2008 - Top Corporate Social Responsibility News of 2007 – CSRWire reports about USCAP’s role as a leader in the business community on this issue.
December 10, 2007 - USCAP Event at UN Climate Change Conference in Bali (PDF - 943 KB)
October 23, 2007 - U.S. Climate Action Partnership Issues Letter to Senators Lieberman and Warner Regarding Introduction of Lieberman-Warner Climate Bill (PDF - 51 KB)