Advance Climate Action by Giving When You Get Your Paycheck

Congress plays a key role in making environmental and energy decisions—and they need help, not from special interests, but from a nonpartisan, science-based climate policy group like EESI. You can be part of the solution, too, through workplace giving!

In light of the global pandemic and civil unrest that has gripped our country, it is a critical time to build sustainable, resilient communities and invest in climate mitigation efforts. It is crucial that we advance policy solutions that will allow us to overcome this period of immense turmoil and economic downturn in a sustainable and equitable way.

Workplace giving is an easy way to be part of the solution. You’ll feel great knowing you are protecting clean air and defending clean energy with every paycheck.

An increasing number of workplaces are making it easier for their employees to contribute to sustainability efforts. In some workplaces, you can choose to start a paycheck-based pledge at any time, while in others—especially in the public sector—fall is the time to start a new pledge! Check with your human resources department to see if EESI is listed. If we are not, you may have the ability to designate a nonprofit of your choice, regardless—just list the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (our full name) as your nonprofit of choice!

If you are an employee or retiree of the military or federal government, you can designate donations to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute easily online by writing in our full name (not just our acronym, unfortunately) or our Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) number, 10627.

Your workplace gift goes a long way at EESI. By pledging to give, for example, $10 per paycheck, you can help EESI advance sensible and sustainable solutions. You and others like you help make all this possible:

• $10 per paycheck could fund a web article on a key environmental or climate policy topic sent out to thousands in our biweekly newsletter, Climate Change Solutions.
• $15 per paycheck can make possible one week of pay for our student interns, empowering the upcoming generation of climate leaders.
• $21 per paycheck could pay for livecasting and recording one of our briefings on a key environmental or energy topic and uploading it to our website and YouTube.

EESI receives no Congressional funding.

People like you have helped EESI make a significant impact, but our country urgently needs to build a more sustainable, resilient economy. You can help increase efforts to provide policymakers with compelling stories that showcase climate solutions.

We recognize that these are uncertain times, but the urgency of addressing climate change in an equitable way continues. By donating to EESI through your workplace, you can be part of the solution. Thank you.

 

Authors: Grace Linhares and Susan Williams