ELM Corporate Council
An Innovative Strategic Alliance
ELM launched the ELM Corporate Council in 2010 to build a bridge between the environmental community and leading Massachusetts companies that have demonstrated innovative environmental policies or practices.
Objectives
The ELM Corporate Council is a deep, working alliance between the private sector and environmental advocates to improve environmental policy and business practice in the Commonwealth. The Council represents a pro-business/pro-environment association. It underscores that we can have both a healthy environment and a vibrant economy — these goals are not at odds, but rather are mutually reinforcing.
Common Principles
Corporate Council members share a set of common principles including:
- Affordable clean energy drives economic competitiveness, grid reliability, and air quality. Importantly, it improves the health of our employees and their families.
- Well-resourced environmental agencies can permit at the speed of business. They also steward the public natural areas that are treasured amenities to our employees and customers.
- Massachusetts has the potential to be a global leader in the design and export of climate solutions and technologies. A strong clean tech sector burnishes our brand as an innovation hotspot, attracts world-class talent to our economy, and grows tax revenues to re-invest across the state.
- World-class mobility and transit infrastructure are essential to our economic growth, social mobility, and environmental goals.
The ELM Corporate Council has been a valuable partnership for our company. The opportunities ELM has given us to use our voice on Beacon Hill has enabled us to advocate for policies to support a healthy economy, environment, and community.
BOB RIVERS Chair & CEO, Eastern Bank
How to Join
To explore whether your company is a fit for the ELM Corporate Council, please contact Miriam Harris, Executive Vice President, at mharris@environmentalleague.org
We’re proud to be longtime members of the ELM Corporate Council. Through this collaboration, we come together with dedicated, influential business leaders from across MA to engage with policymakers on substantive and impactful climate progress to ensure a healthier, more sustainable Commonwealth.
JOHANNA JOBIN Global Head of Environment and Sustainability, Takeda
