Bill Weihl
ClimateVoice
Bill Weihl is the founder and chief strategic advisor of ClimateVoice, a nonprofit initiative launched in February 2020 that is mobilizing the workforce to encourage companies to go "all in" on climate — especially in their use of their voice and influence to support public policy, everywhere they operate. From 2012 to 2018, Bill was director of sustainability at Facebook, leading work on sustainability across the company, and helping to launch the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (now CEBA). Prior to Facebook, Bill was green energy czar at Google, where his team pioneered Google’s work to buy clean energy for its data centers and helped found the Climate Savers Computing Initiative with Intel and WWF. Bill is on the board of directors of Acterra and Common Energy, and on the President’s Councils for Ceres and for Pathfinder International. He has received numerous awards, including Time Magazine's Hero of the Environment (2009), the Global Green Award for environmental leadership (2016), and the VERGE Vanguard Award (2018).
A lesson in collective buying power: How to use your voice to drive climate policy
The history of the Clean Energy Buyers Association offers key lessons on the importance of public policy in accelerating private action on climate. Read More
How sustainability professionals can use their collective voice to speed climate progress
Sustainability professionals can take meaningful action to push companies to align their policy goals and climate objectives. Read More
How the employee voice can help drive climate action at your company
Employees can be internal advocates for bold climate policy. Read More
Don’t play both sides: Take 3 steps now to fix your trade group gap
If your company's climate goals are misaligned with your trade association memberships, it's time to act now. Read More
How companies become allies for environmental justice
It is not a big stretch for corporate policy teams already dealing with community relations to keep track of environmental justice battles in the surrounding frontline communities and speak up as an ally. Read More
Are companies ghosting the planet on climate policy?
It’s past time for businesses to buckle up, lean in, and loudly and vigorously support bold equitable climate policy. This is the moment to show up. Read More
Companies and climate policy: Time for ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’
Companies with serious net-zero targets will find it hard to meet them without public policy. Many companies are already engaged, but on the side of obstruction and delay, through their big trade associations. Read More
A boulder in the path of climate progress
We shouldn’t underestimate the continued destructive force of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s influence on climate policy. Why not counter that negative influence by stepping up your own leadership on climate policy? Read More
2023: Another big year for climate policy
To have a shot at avoiding catastrophic climate change, the U.S. and the world need to move even faster, and companies can help in several ways. Read More
A green wave of climate activism is cresting — companies must be 'all in'
Companies ignore young people’s concern over climate change at their peril, as evidenced by the U.S. midterm elections. Read More
