Biggest Companies `Obstructing' Climate Policy, Report Finds
- InfluenceMap report evaluated public statements, trade groups
- Google, Cisco listed among most positive corporate influences
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Almost half of the world’s 100 largest companies, including Procter & Gamble Co. and Duke Energy Corp., are “obstructing climate change legislation,” according a study released Wednesday.
The study, released by the London-based non-profit group InfluenceMap, evaluated companies’ public statements and membership in trade groups, and said that corporations have a significant impact on policy that’s often hard to track.