Climate & Energy Policy

Supporting the Wind Production Tax Credit Extension

On September 18, 2012, members of BICEP and other major brands, including several Fortune 500 firms, wrote to Congressional leaders encouraging them to extend the Production Tax Credit (PTC),, a key provision supporting renewable energy. The letter sends a message to policymakers that a broad cross-section of U.S. companies are increasingly relying on inexpensive and abundant American wind energy to power their businesses.

Supporting EPA’s Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

On March 28, 2011 BICEP Companies authored a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the United States Senate to oppose any efforts to block or delay the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. While BICEP ultimately believes that Congress should pass comprehensive climate legislation, until such legislation is signed into law BICEP argued that the EPA’s legitimate authority should not be constrained. Download the letter...

Clean Energy Standard (CES)

In March 2011, Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released a white paper seeking public comments on President Obama’s proposed clean energy standard. In accordance with its key principles, BICEP submitted its response calling for a clean energy standard while reiterating the need for comprehensive climate and energy legislation. Download BICEP's response...

California BICEP Companies Urge No on Prop. 23

On September 29, 2010 BICEP’s California based companies, Levi Strauss & Co., eBay Inc., Symantex, Clif Bar & Company, and The North Face took a public stand against California’s Proposition 23 ballot initiative. Proposition 23, which would have delayed AB 32, California’s landmark pollution and clean energy law, they argued would have seriously harmed the clean-energy job market in California and the US. Thanks to business, investor and public pressure against this initiative, Proposition 23 ultimately failed and California is now looking to implement AB 32. Read more...

BICEP Companies Urge the Adoption of Strict Mileage Standards

On September 24, 2010 as part of BICEP’s campaign for increased mileage standards in passenger vehicles and trucks, BICEP took out an advertisement in Politico. The ad highlighted the potential to create jobs here in the US while reducing the billions of dollars sent overseas for oil each year. Download the ad...