The Need for Advocacy Preventing global temperature rise from exceeding 1.5°C will require transformation at an unprecedented pace and scale – more than any country, coalition, company, or community can accomplish alone. Most companies are focused within their four walls on reducing their own emissions. This is critical work that must continue, but it’s the beginning of a business’ climate action journey, not the end. Now, more thanever, we needevery business, individual, and community to join us on this journey and use their voice to influence climate policy, helping create a more fair, equal, and better future for all. Eric Loeb, EVP, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy, Salesforce For Salesforce, or any other company, it’s no longer enough to only think about our own footprints. We cannot succeed while the planet fails. Therefore, our progress and our success should be measured by the alignment of geographies to a 1.5°C future. We need enabling policies from our governments that reorient entire economies and ecosystems around a 1.5°C future. While 92% of S&P 100 companies have committed to reducing their own greenhouse gas emissions, support for systemic change is far less common - with only 40% actively engaging lawmakers on climate policy.1 Figure 1: S&P 100 Companies Assessed for Responsible Policy Engagement with Lawmakers 92% of assessed companies have committed to reducing their own greenhouse gas emissions 40% 92% 40% have engaged directly with lawmakers on the importance of specific science-based policies to mitigate the impacts of changing climate 1 Practicing Responsible Policy Engagement, Ceres 2 | Salesforce.com/sustainability