Hey, everyone, I have an exciting announcement. We recently secured a gift of $15,000 to match all donations given by the end of the year. As a fully self-funded project of the Commonwealth Club, we rely on supporters like you to bring this podcast to you every week. To support more climate conversations like this one, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to climate1.org slash donate.

Your gift of any amount will be doubled.

Thank you for listening and for your support.

Now for this week's pod.

When it comes to corporate climate action, is the customer always right?

Climate One conversations feature oil companies and environmentalists,

Republicans and Democrats, the exciting and the scary aspects of the climate challenge.

I'm Greg Dalton.

We're going to strike because the waters are rising.

We're going to strike because the waters are rising. We're going to strike because our people are dying. Last September 20th, more than a thousand Amazon employees walked out of

corporate headquarters in Seattle and offices from Los Angeles to Dublin.

It was the culmination of a long-waged employee campaign urging

CEO Jeff Bezos and other upper-level management to reduce the company's carbon footprint.

That was a moment when I realized that we as employees could change what the company was doing.

Just the mere act of signing a letter could move the largest company,

move the richest man in the world to do something.

I am here because Amazon employees heard them and said,

yes, we will stand with you, and we're bringing big check into the fight.

Workers at a growing number of companies are pressuring their own CEOs to take a stand on climate change.

And the message isn't just coming from within.

Many corporations are feeling the heat as consumers and investors hold their feet to the fire,

demanding both action and transparency on everything from supply chain to waste disposal.

...