From Competition to Cooperation: Companies Collaborate on Social and Environmental Issues

Momentum is gaining on collaborations. The United States Climate Action Partnership -- a group of ten major companies including Alcoa, Duke Energy, DuPont, and General Electric -- announced a push for carbon regulation in the US. The move was timed right before President Bush's State of the Union address. The partnership, which grew out of discussions last year between GE and the World Resources Institute and Environmental Defense -- seeks to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 10 to 30 percent over the next 15 years through a carbon cap-and-trade system.