Bill Weihl

Founder and Executive Director

ClimateVoice

Bill Weihl is founder and executive director of ClimateVoice, a non-profit initiative launched in February 2020 that is mobilizing the workforce to encourage companies to go "all in" on climate — especially in their use of their voice and influence to support public policy, everywhere they operate.

From 2012 to 2018, Bill was director of sustainability at Facebook, leading work on sustainability across the company, and helping to launch the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance. Prior to Facebook, Bill was green energy czar at Google, where his team pioneered Google’s work to buy clean energy for its data centers and helped found the Climate Savers Computing Initiative with Intel and WWF.

Bill is on the board of directors of the Sierra Club Foundation and of Acterra, and also on the boards of WeSpire and Common Energy. He has received numerous awards, including Time Magazine's Hero of the Environment (2009), the Global Green Award for environmental leadership (2016), and the VERGE Vanguard Award (2018).

How companies become allies for environmental justice

May 23, 2023

by Bill Weihl

It is not a big stretch for corporate policy teams already dealing with community relations to keep track of environmental justice battles in the surrounding frontline communities and speak up as an ally.
- Policy & Politics
- Social Justice
Are companies ghosting the planet on climate policy?

April 21, 2023

by Bill Weihl

It’s past time for businesses to buckle up, lean in, and loudly and vigorously support bold equitable climate policy. This is the moment to show up.
- Policy & Politics
- Earth Day
Companies and climate policy: Time for ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’

March 30, 2023

by Bill Weihl

Companies with serious net-zero targets will find it hard to meet them without public policy. Many companies are already engaged, but on the side of obstruction and delay, through their big trade associations.
- Policy & Politics
- Inflation Reduction Act
A boulder in the path of climate progress

February 17, 2023

by Bill Weihl

We shouldn’t underestimate the continued destructive force of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s influence on climate policy. Why not counter that negative influence by stepping up your own leadership on climate policy?
- Policy & Politics
2023: Another big year for climate policy

January 5, 2023

by Bill Weihl

To have a shot at avoiding catastrophic climate change, the U.S. and the world need to move even faster, and companies can help in several ways.
- Policy & Politics
- Trends
A green wave of climate activism is cresting — companies must be 'all in'

November 21, 2022

by Bill Weihl

Companies ignore young people’s concern over climate change at their peril, as evidenced by the U.S. midterm elections.
- Policy & Politics
Why Microsoft is a company to watch on climate policy

October 18, 2022

by Bill Weihl

The technology giant could play an important role in upcoming policies, but it has some baggage to handle first.
Where was Big Tech on historic climate legislation? (The answer might surprise you)

September 6, 2022

by Bill Weihl

Big Tech companies should offer strong support of bold climate policy — instead of following the lead of the trade associations that represent them.
- Policy & Politics
- Technology
- Apple
- Google
- Microsoft
- Salesforce
- Amazon
- Facebook
How business can help win an historic climate victory

August 2, 2022

by Bill Weihl

We have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to secure a livable future, and we’re watching (as are employees) to see if the corporate sector speaks up.
How tech’s shiny objects distract from climate policy

June 28, 2022

by Bill Weihl

Big Tech firms will likely have one more crucial chance to speak up loudly and repeatedly for bold climate legislation that could put us on a path to real progress in addressing this crisis.
- Policy & Politics