View source for Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC)

{{Climate initiative
|Name of initiative=Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC)
|LPAA initiative=No
|NAZCA Initiative=No
|Website address=http://www.c2es.org/business/belc
|Starting year=1998
|Secretariat=C2ES
|Geographical coverage=Global,North America
|Type of lead organisation=Business
|Location/Nationality of lead organisation=United States of America
|LPAA Theme Transport=No
|LPAA Theme Agriculture=No
|LPAA Theme Forestry=No
|LPAA Theme Business=Yes
|LPAA Theme Financial institutions=No
|LPAA Theme Buildings=No
|LPAA Theme Industry=No
|LPAA Theme Waste=No
|LPAA Theme Cities and subnational governments=No
|LPAA Theme Short Term Pollutants=No
|LPAA Theme International maritime transport=No
|LPAA Theme Energy Supply=No
|LPAA Theme Fluorinated gases=No
|LPAA Theme Energy efficiency=No
|LPAA Theme Renewable energy=No
|LPAA Theme Supply chain emission reductions=No
|LPAA Theme Adaptation=No
|LPAA Theme Other=No
|LPAA Theme Resilience=No
|LPAA Theme Innovation=No
|LPAA Theme Energy Access and Efficiency=No
|LPAA Theme Private Finance=No
|Description=BELC believes that business engagement is critical for developing efficient, effective solutions to the climate problem. BELC is the largest US based group of corporations focused on addressing the challenges of climate change and supporting mandatory climate policy.
|Goals=Each company is addressing global climate change (individually and voluntary) through proactive and innovative measures including: setting targets for GHG emissions reductions; implementing innovative energy supply and demand solutions; improving waste management practices; participating in emissions trading; and investing in carbon sequestration opportunities and research; Companies adopt voluntary emission reduction targets.(Wouters, 2013). Information on the companies that are members of BELC can be found here: http://www.c2es.org/business/belc/members
...and here: http://www.c2es.org/energy-efficiency/belc-member-search/all
|Activities=Companies take individual action, including: setting targets for GHG emissions reductions; implementing innovative energy supply and demand solutions; improving waste management practices; participating in emissions trading; and investing in carbon sequestration opportunities and research.

|Participants companies number=31
|Participants companies names=AECOM (USA), Alcoa, Amazon (USA), Arconic (USA), Bank of America (USA), Berkshire Hataway Energy (USA), BHP (Australia), BP (United Kingdom), CBRE (USA), Dominion (USA), Dow (USA), DTE Energy (USA), Duke Energy (USA), Entergy (USA), Exelon (USA), GE (USA), GM (USA), hp (USA), IBM (USA), Intel (USA), JPMorgan Chase & co (USA), Lafarge Holcim (France), Microsoft (USA), nationalgrid (United Kingdom), NRG (USA), PG&E Corporation (USA), PSEG (USA), RioTinto (United Kingdom), Shell (United Kingdom), Toyota (Japan).

|Number of members={{Number of members
|Number of members year=1998
|Number of members value=13
}}{{Number of members
|Number of members year=2018
|Number of members value=31
}}
|Have only national states as participators=No
|Indicators information={{Indicators information
|Indicator=Technical dialogue;Knowledge dissemination and exchange;
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