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 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
Why Microsoft is a company to watch on climate policy
The technology giant could play an important role in upcoming policies, but it has some baggage to handle first. Read More
Where was Big Tech on historic climate legislation? (The answer might surprise you)
Big Tech companies should offer strong support of bold climate policy — instead of following the lead of the trade associations that represent them. Read More
How business can help win an historic climate victory
We have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to secure a livable future, and we’re watching (as are employees) to see if the corporate sector speaks up. Read More
How tech’s shiny objects distract from climate policy
Big Tech firms will likely have one more crucial chance to speak up loudly and repeatedly for bold climate legislation that could put us on a path to real progress in addressing this crisis. Read More
Guilt by trade association
The trade association issue is central to solving the climate policy challenge. Companies must tackle this issue, or we’ll keep hitting a roadblock we can’t get around. Read More
Companies: Are you ready for your close-up on climate policy?
Statements about policy positions matter, but much more important is for companies to advocate vigorously and persistently for bold climate policy Read More
How companies led the way on clean energy in Virginia
Virginia just passed a landmark clean-economy bill, with the help of some influential firms. Read More
