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Enterprise car rental company leaves Alec after public outcry
Source: The Guardian
Enterprise car rental company leaves Alec after public outcry
Company follows lead of Ford and others in exiting rightwing
American Legislative Exchange Council after consumers
condemned membership
Sam Thielman in New York
Wednesday 21 September 2016 21.57 BST
The car rental giant Enterprise says it has resigned its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec), an anti-regulation lobby group that has pushed against climate change legislation, effective immediately. The announcement follows last month’s revelation by the Guardian of the publicly environmentally friendly company’s contributions to the group.
Enterprise is the largest car rental company in the world and owns Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National and Alamo. It has sought recognition for its tree-planting programs, aimed at offsetting carbon emissions, and its increasingly large fleet of clean vehicles.
But association with Alec was too much for many consumers, who told the company on social media and in petitions that they would take their business elsewhere. A petition demanding the company withdraw its support from the lobbyist group had reached 89,000 signatures at the time of writing.
A spokeswoman, Laura Bryant, said the company valued communication with its customers and that “(t)o that end, we have been carefully listening to those customers and partners who have expressed sincere concern about our ALEC membership.
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Company follows lead of Ford and others in exiting rightwing
American Legislative Exchange Council after consumers
condemned membership
Sam Thielman in New York
Wednesday 21 September 2016 21.57 BST
The car rental giant Enterprise says it has resigned its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec), an anti-regulation lobby group that has pushed against climate change legislation, effective immediately. The announcement follows last month’s revelation by the Guardian of the publicly environmentally friendly company’s contributions to the group.
Enterprise is the largest car rental company in the world and owns Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National and Alamo. It has sought recognition for its tree-planting programs, aimed at offsetting carbon emissions, and its increasingly large fleet of clean vehicles.
But association with Alec was too much for many consumers, who told the company on social media and in petitions that they would take their business elsewhere. A petition demanding the company withdraw its support from the lobbyist group had reached 89,000 signatures at the time of writing.
A spokeswoman, Laura Bryant, said the company valued communication with its customers and that “(t)o that end, we have been carefully listening to those customers and partners who have expressed sincere concern about our ALEC membership.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/21/enterprise-alec-resigns-car-rental
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