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See the Fortune 100 Companies Doing the Most to Stop Climate Change

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Nicolas Rapp and Brian O'Keefe
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May 22, 2017, 11:00 AM ET
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Turbines stand at the Colorado Highlands Wind Farm in Fleming, Colorado, U.S., on Thursday, May 5, 2016. Wind technicians are forecast to be the country's fastest-growing occupation through 2024, outpacing health care and technology fields, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Photographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMatthew Staver—Bloomberg/Getty Images

President Trump has made it clear that boosting business is his priority, not combating climate change. In March Trump signed an executive order to undo Obama’s Clean Power Plan, and he’s vowed to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. But the biggest companies in the U.S. continue to embrace clean energy policies. So says a new report by Calvert Research, CDP, Ceres, and World Wildlife Fund called “Power Forward 3.0.” The study found that 240 companies in the 2016 Fortune 500 had climate-related goals, up from 215 a few years ago. And the biggest companies led the way, as 56 companies in the Fortune 100 reported results. Here, the CO2-equivalent savings by those 56 companies of projects that were completed, initiated, or approved in 2015.

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A version of this article appears in the June 1, 2017 issue of Fortune with the headline “Piling up CO2 Savings.”

In an earlier version of this graphic, weights were incorrectly labeled as tons instead of pounds.

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