Energy& Climate

Future 500 views the energy issue as a critical thread across all the sustainability projects in which we engage. To that end, our organization continuously seeks to build partnerships with energy companies and energy activists. We work across several energy sectors including, but not limited to: coal, natural gas and oil sands.

We believe that smart, comprehensive energy policy can help drive systemic change down the supply chain. We believe that a price on carbon is an economic, security, fiscal, and environmental imperative. To help drive this effort, we have crafted two core policy principles that can unite the bipartisan political support needed for climate policy that is friendly to people, the economy, and the environment.

Future 500 has quietly brought together companies, NGOs, and investors, to support this policy.

We see energy as a dynamic and evolving arena where we seek to play an important role in connecting corporations and activists. We believe that direct engagement will help us solve some of the most pressing energy issues facing our society.

Principles To Guide Effective energy/Climate Policy

Future 500 has gathered stakeholders and they think a price on carbon would be among the best solutions.

A PRICE ON CARBON. To be effective, a price on carbon (whether a fee or tax) needs to be direct, upstream, steadily increasing, and calibrated to reduce emissions to levels called for by climate science consensus, with border adjustments or other mechanisms to reflect differences in carbon prices and policies in other nations.

A DIVIDEND OR TAX REDUCTION TO CONSUMERS. The vast majority of revenues are to be returned to consumers, either directly (“dividend”) or via tax reductions (“tax shift”), with a small portion allocated to a single fund for climate purposes such as transition assistance for affected communities; international adaptation, mitigation, research, and development; low-carbon energy research; and targeted cost-effective energy efficiency investments.

Over 140 stakeholders have signed the above principles, including:

Lester Brown

Founder Earth Policy Institute
James Hansen

Climatologist Columbia University
Randy Hayes

Founder, Rainforest Action Network
Gary Hirshberg

CE-Yo Stonyfield Farm
Public Citizen
As You Sow

Full endorsers list here »

	Name	Organization	Type
1		EcoDesign Collaborative	org
2		Center for a Competitive Waste Industry	org
3		Water Insight	org
4		Mercury Transcripts Limited	org
5	Aaron Heinrich	self	ind
6	Adam Stratton	Power Panel Inc	ind/org
7	Alexander Laszlo	Syntony Quest	ind/org
8	Allan Moskowitz	Progressive Wealth Management	ind
9	Andrew Frothingham	Humanity	ind
10	Ann Vanino	Moving Forward Coaching & Consulting	ind
11	Annette Puskarich	SoGo Ventures	ind/org
12	Anthony D. Cortese	Second Nature	ind/org
13	Barbara Bester	Communications Services South Africa	ind
14	Barbara Stephanie Scott	Inova Product Development	ind
15	Bill Stoddart	Intermountain Enterprises, Inc.	ind/org
16	Bob Bechtold	Harbec Plastics	org
17	Carol Misseldine	Green Cities California	ind/org
18	Charles Helget	Sector Strategies	ind/org
19	Christine Rosen	Haas School of Business, University of CA Berkeley	ind
20	Claire Nelson Ph.D.	Institute of Caribbean Studies	ind/org
21	Daphne Wysham	Institute for Policy Studies	ind
22	David Harris	UltraFuture	ind/org
23	David Schreiber	Progressive Asset Management	ind
24	David Weinraub	PapayaSoft	ind
25	Dennis Church	EcoSpeakers.com	ind
26	Diane Buxbaum, MPH	none	ind
27	Don E. Dotter	Oasis Ark Project	org
28	Doug Woodring	Project Kaisei	ind/org
29	Dr. Catherine Svehla	American Mythos	org
30	Elizabeth Mokotong	Agri-Foodbank	ind/org
31	Ellen Weinreb	CEO	ind/org
32	Eric Lombardi	Eco-Cycle	org
33	Frank Pasquill	Frontline Centre inc.	org
34	G.Irving Levance	EDU – Intergovernmental Organization for Accreditation	ind/org
35	Gary A. Patton	Wittwer & Parkin, LLP	ind
36	Gary Hirshberg	Stonyfield Farm	ind
37	Gib Hedstrom	Hedstrom Associates	org
38	Gil Friend	Natural Logic, Inc.	ind/org
39	Gordon Bell	Microsoft	ind
40	Gregory Wendt	Green Business Networking	ind/org
41	Gustav Ranis		ind
42	Harvey Fernbach MD MPH		ind
43	Hazel Henderson	Ethical Markets Media (USA & Brazil)	ind/org
44	James Gilbert	None	ind
45	jane lazgin	self	ind
46	Jeff Mendelsohn	New Leaf Paper	org
47	Jenn Orgolini	New Belgium Brewing Company	ind/org
48	Jennifer Kaplan	Greenhance	ind
49	Jennifer Lazarus	Lazarus Financial Planning	ind/org
50	Jerome Dodson	Parnassus Investments	ind/org
51	Jerry Skomer	Alternative Technologies	ind
52	Jess Morris	Sound Resource Management Group	org
53	Jessica Hammett	the Future 500	ind
54	Jim Kottmeyer	Midwest Advocacy Group	ind
55	Joel Goldblatt	Bluenergy Solarwind	org
56	John C. Kakolaki	KAMACHUMU ENVIRONMENT CARE ASSOCIATION	ind/org
57	John McNertney	TD Ameritrade	ind
58	John Wickham		ind
59	judy Wicks	Business Alliance for Local Living Economies	ind
60	Katherine O’Brien	Mercury Transcripts Ltd	ind
61	Ken Bausch	Institute for 21st Century Agoras	org
62	Ken Larson	KL Consulting	ind
63	Kendal Smeeth	SmeethCO	ind
64	Kevin Danaher	Global Exchange	ind
65	Kevin Matthews	Architecture Week	org
66	Kevin McAuliffe	Newport Ltd.	ind
67	Kim Heismann	Pop Sustainability	org
68	Kimberly María Newton-Klootwyk	Instituto Conexiones	org
69	Laura Fultz Stout	Union of Concerned Scientist	ind
70	Laura Hinkelman	University of Washington	ind
71	Linda Riebel	Print and Pixel Books	ind
72	Marcello Palazzi BSc MSc MBA	Progressio Foundation, Netherlands	org
73	Mark A. Michaels	Kailash Center for Personal Development, Inc.	ind
74	Mark Donohue	Babson College	ind
75	Mark T. Donohue	Babson College	ind
76	Marty Jensen	United Management Group	ind/org
77	Mary Barrett	Edgewood Partners	org
78	Maureen Maguire, CFP	Protected Investors of America	ind
79	MICHAEL HANNIGAN	GIVE SOMETHING BACK, INC.	ind
80	Michael J. Hirl	Det Norske Veritas (U.S.A.), Inc.	ind/org
81	Michael J. Hirl	Det Norske Veritas (USA), Inc.	ind
82	Michael Klein	Rainforest Action Network	ind
83	Michael Lopez	Program on Human Rights, Stanford University	ind
84	Michael Odza	Social Media Lift	org
85	Michelle Miller	S3	ind
86	Mike Newman	ReCellular	ind
87	Miles Fidelman	none	ind
88	Molly Blakemore	Organic Consumers Association	ind/org
89	Monika Bhatia	ParraCAN (Parramatta Climate Action Network)	ind/org
90	Nancy Hirshberg	Stonyfield Farm	ind
91	Nancy Kiang	earthpins	org
92	Natalie Gray	Austin Energy	ind
93	Nils Petermann	individual	ind
94	Nina Butler	Moore Recycling Associates	ind
95	Pablo Aldrett	Servicios Integrales Grupal	ind/org
96	Pamela Lippe	Earth Day New York	org
97	PETER ANDERSON	CENTER for a COMPETITIVE WASTE INDUSTRY	org
98	Peter Copen	Copen Family Fund	org
99	Peter Griesinger	Griesinger Films	org
100	Phil Suter	The Rivertide Group LLC	ind/org
101	praveen aggarwal	Coca-Cola India	ind
102	Priscilla Rich	Sustainable Design – sustainabledesign.vpweb.com	ind/org
103	Rachel Balsley	StopWaste.Org	ind
104	Ravi Chaudhry	CeNext Consulting and Investment Pvt Limited	ind/org
105	Ricardo Bayon	EKO Asset Management Partners	org
106	Richard	McIntyre	ind/org
107	Richard Bott	R J Bott & Associates	ind
108	Richard Gertman	Environmental Planning	ind
109	Richard Sumpter	US EPA	ind
110	Robert B. Stang	No Love No Fish, LLC	ind/org
111	Robert Caughlan	self	ind
112	Robin McQuinn	ABM Resources	ind
113	ronda carter	self	ind
114	sali randel	S R REalty	ind
115	Samantha Shireman	UC Berkeley	ind
116	Sara Olsen	SVT Group	ind/org
117	Sarah A. Miller	University of New Hampshire	ind
118	Sarah Fortner		ind
119	Sarah van Gelder	YES! Magazine	ind
120	Stephen N. Anderson	Marquis Advisory Group	ind/org
121	Steve Dean	Aurora Recording	ind/org
122	Steven W. Peck	Green Roofs for Healthy Cities	ind
123	Stuart Karlan	South Maui Sustainability	ind
124	Terrence McNally	mcnally:message&media	ind
125	Victoria Schwarz	EARTH University	ind
126	Victoria Stewart	Self	ind
127	Vid Gaj�ek	Intelyway webmedia	org
128	Vincent Siciliano	New Resource Bank	ind/org
129	Vinit Allen	Sustainable World Coalition	org
130	ward mailliard	none	ind
131	Wood Turner	Climate Counts	ind
132	Zakkai Kauffman-Rogoff	Students for a Just and Stable Future	ind