{"id":21913,"date":"2024-01-25T15:20:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T20:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e2.org\/?page_id=21913"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:10:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/e2.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Who We Are<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]E2 is a national, nonpartisan group of business leaders, investors, and professionals from every sector of the economy who advocate for smart policies that are good for the economy and good for the environment. E2&#8217;s more than 12,000 members and supporters work and do business in every state in the country, coming from diverse business backgrounds ranging from clean energy and clean tech to real estate and finance and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Our members have been involved in the financing, founding or development of more than 2,500 companies that have created more than 600,000 jobs, and manage more than $100 billion in venture and private equity capital.<\/p>\n<p>Our supporters sign dozens of letters to lawmakers and government leaders, submit numerous comments to new federal rulemaking, attend the many E2 events in chapters across the country, and support our policy efforts on social media and in their business circles.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;23555&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle_2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"image_content_container flip-\"><div class=\"image_content_inner_container\"><span id=\"light-blue-angle\"><\/span><span id=\"dark-blue-angle\"><\/span><div class=\"e-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/e2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/N1A1127-scaled-e1757443551399.jpg); background-position: center; background-size: cover;\"><\/div><div class=\"e-content\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sub-title\">What We Do<\/h2>\n<p>E2 provides a time-efficient way for business leaders to leverage their professional experience and networks to make a difference by helping shape policies that are good for the economy and good for the environment. E2 helps its members:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay informed on critical issues affecting the economy and the environment<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to effectively communicate, advocate, and engage directly with lawmakers, policymakers in Washington and in state capitals to make change happen<\/li>\n<li>Connect with the media to bring business voices to the public discussion about environmental issues<\/li>\n<li>Meet and collaborate with fellow business leaders, investors and others who share a commitment to building an environmentally sustainable economy at E2\u2019s local chapter events, national gatherings, and advocacy trips.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"e-link\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1658256281753{background-image: url(https:\/\/e2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/our-mission-color-bg.jpg?id=19102) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;128px&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-white&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our Mission<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">E2 is a national, nonpartisan group of business leaders, investors and others who advocate for smart policies that are good for the economy and good for the environment.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;128px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Our Impact<\/h2>\n<p>E2 has influenced critical policies at the state, regional and federal levels in a wide range of sectors, including energy, climate, oceans, water, transportation, and smart growth. We promote policies that not only improve our air, water, and public health, but also create jobs and provide better economic returns using fewer natural resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our major victories include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helping pass the nation\u2019s first automobile emissions standards, driving innovation and job growth in the clean fuels and automobile sectors.<\/li>\n<li>Helping pass the nation\u2019s first limits on carbon pollution from power plants, driving innovation and job growth in renewable energy and energy efficiency.<\/li>\n<li>Helping secure funding for clean energy and clean fuels in the military, creating new markets for private industry.<\/li>\n<li>Gaining support for the\u00a0federal Clean Power Plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants; driving growth in clean energy<\/li>\n<li>Supporting the military\u2019s use of renewable energy and biofuel, stimulating growth in clean energy markets<\/li>\n<li>Helping pass the nation\u2019s first cap-and-trade program (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative) that has lowered emissions by 40% since its inception in 2009 and added $1.3 billion in economic activity since 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Advancing renewable portfolio standards in Colorado, North Carolina, Illinois and other states<\/li>\n<li>Helping pass low-carbon fuel legislation in California and elsewhere, spurring growth and innovation in biofuel and electric vehicle industries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Policymakers often tell us that major environmental victories could not be won without the support of E2\u2019s business voice. Our members\u2019 experience and credibility is the key to E2\u2019s ability to provide a more balanced perspective and to share the \u2018real world\u2019 impact of policies on business.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18938&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Our Impact<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]E2 promotes policies that not only improve our air, water, and public health, but also drive economic growth. Our members provide a real world perspective on the economic impact of policy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our major victories include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helping pass the nation\u2019s first automobile emissions standards, driving innovation and job growth in the clean fuels and automobile sectors.<\/li>\n<li>Helping pass the nation\u2019s first limits on carbon pollution from power plants, driving innovation and job growth in renewable energy and energy efficiency.<\/li>\n<li>Helping secure funding for clean energy and clean fuels in the military, creating new markets for private industry.<\/li>\n<li>Helping pass state and regional policies to reduce emissions from the power and transportation sectors including, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), state renewable portfolio standards and energy efficiency standards and clean vehicle regulations.<\/li>\n<li>Helping pass low-carbon fuel legislation in California and elsewhere, spurring growth and innovation in biofuel and electric vehicle industries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18938&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1658850412171{background: #102345 url(https:\/\/e2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bg-usa-from-space.jpg?id=20409) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;wider-content&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-white&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our Story<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/5&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;400&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%2300b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Reports and factsheets released since 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/5&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;500+&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%2300b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Media hits and interviews every year<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/5&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;40+&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%2300b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Advocacy actions by E2 members every year<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/5&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;200+&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%2300b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Meetings with lawmakers every year<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/5&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2000&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%2300b5f0&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The Year E2 was founded<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>On Diversity &amp; Equity<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title\">A good economy and good environment should be good for all.<\/h3>\n<p>For that reason, E2 supports policies that advance diversity and equity and ensures that the benefits of a clean economy \u2013 jobs, savings, opportunities, health \u2013 are extended to all communities. Environmental justice is considered in every policy on which we work, and diversity and inclusivity are tantamount in everything we do. Internally, we will prioritize making our membership more representative of America as a whole and addressing internal biases that can keep us from fulfilling our goals.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;20405&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle_2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1657721365010{padding-top: 2rem !important;padding-bottom: 2rem !important;background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;full-width-row-content-width mb-n-30&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>NRDC Partnership<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]E2 was founded in 2000 and is partner of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Natural Resources Defense Council.<\/a>\u00a0With more than 500 lawyers, scientists and other professionals and the strength of 2 million members across the country, NRDC is the nation\u2019s most effective environmental action organization.<\/p>\n<p>This affiliation gives E2 access to the resources of NRDC: analytical and policy expertise, government affairs insight and relationships, communications platform and support. 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