Ex-Facebook exec starts group to help employees push companies on climate

Many companies have refrained from advocating for broader solutions needed to avoid a global catastrophe, said Weihl, who led sustainability efforts at Facebook and Google and will head the new organisation, ClimateVoice. — Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook's former sustainability chief has launched an organisation to help employees at big companies press their bosses for more aggressive policies to fight climate change.

Hundreds of companies have committed to reducing emissions in their own operations to be in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, in which governments aim to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius.