WASHINGTON—Several major U.S. companies, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and IBM Corp., on Friday said their CEOs will remain in an influential presidential advisory group despite objecting to President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.
Citing the need to stay engaged with the administration, business leaders said they would remain in their advisory roles to continue working to influence White House policies.
Trump on Thursday said he would pull the United States from the landmark 2015 global agreement to fight climate change, drawing anger and condemnation from some world leaders and heads of industry.
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger reacted by leaving White House advisory councils after Trump’s move.
“Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world,” Musk said in a Twitter post on Thursday. He was a member of the business advisory group, known as the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum. He also belonged to Trump’s manufacturing jobs council.
