The Business Council for Sustainable Energy advocates for policies that support a diverse portfolio of energy options in the United States and ensure access to affordable, reliable, and clean energy solutions.
Achieving a clean energy economy with net-zero carbon emissions
BCSE focuses on shaping comprehensive climate policies that address the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve the resilience of our energy system. This spans federal support for resilience planning and project implementation, trade policy that values the favorable carbon-intensity ratings of products, and market-based policies that recognize and reward GHG emission reductions.
Reduction of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions
Affirming business support of the Paris Agreement and enacting market-based measures and complementary energy policies
Development and deployment of clean technologies
Working with industry and stakeholders to realize global energy efficiency and renewable energy goals through national target setting and policy adoption
An improved energy system
Increasing reliability and resilience, while lowering risks and costs for customers and communities
The impacts of climate change are felt locally but are borne globally. At the international level, BCSE is an accredited observer organization before the United Nations and participates at the convenings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. BCSE will lead a delegation to COP 30 in Belém, Brazil in late 2025.
BCSE at COP 29
BCSE led a delegation of nearly 30 U.S. businesses and clean energy trade organizations to the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan in December 2024. Through meetings with the U.S. Congressional delegations, the Administration, and other stakeholders, as well as public side events, BCSE brought private sector solutions to address the global challenge of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Related Policy Actions
- Comments to the California Air Resources Board on Implementation of California’s Climate Disclosure Legislation (March 21, 2025)
- BCSE Comments to USDA on Growing Climate Solutions Act Implementation (June 28, 2024)
- BCSE Letter to Senate Leadership on advancing the PROVE IT Act (February 26, 2024)
- BCSE Comments in Response to the Proposed National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building (February 5, 2024)
- BCSE Submission to the Science Based Target Initiative in Response to the Call for Evidence on the Effectiveness of Environmental Attribute Certificates (EACs) (November, 2023)
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- BCSE Comments in Response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants (August 8, 2023)
- BCSE Letter to EPA Adminstrator on eRINs Program (May 10, 2023)
- BCSE Submission to Greenhouse Gas Protocol Surveys on Need and Scope for Updates or Additional Guidance (March 14, 2023)
- BCSE Comments on Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2023–2025 and Other Changes (February 10, 2023)
- BCSE Congressional Letter on FY23 SFOPS Appropriations (December 8, 2022)
- BCSE Comments to Securities and Exchange Commission in Response to the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors Proposal (June 17, 2022)
- Clean Energy Businesses Call on Congressional Leadership and President Biden to Act Quickly on Clean Energy Tax Measures (May 4, 2022)
BCSE Climate Resources
2023 Recommendations for Energy and Climate Change Policy
COP 29 Position Paper
Climate News
Market Trends & Factbook
The 2025 edition of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook provides up-to-date, accurate market intelligence about the broad range of industries that are contributing to the country’s move toward more efficient energy usage and cleaner energy production.