About bp
bp is a world leading international oil and gas company that is executing a strategy to become an integrated energy company. bp delivers energy products and services to customers around the world and is doing so against a plan that will help drive the transition to a lower carbon future including renewable power, biofuels and hydrogen. bp has operations in Europe, North and South America, Australasia, Asia and Africa.
bp supports several multiyear research programs with universities and research institutions around the world on subjects ranging from environmental policy, through carbon sequestration and advanced materials, to electric vehicle technology.
The Carbon Mitigation Initiative at Princeton University has been supported by bp since its inception in 2000 and brings together the world’s best scientists and policy research with the energy industry to better understand climate and energy science, technology, and policy.
The research program has already had major impact on the world’s understanding and policy setting around climate change as well as influencing the development of bp’s low carbon technologies and business.
Previous Sponsor
Ford Motor Company was a sponsor of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative from 2000 to 2009. Ford Motor Company designs, develops, manufactures, and services cars and trucks worldwide. As a founding member of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative at Princeton University, Ford was engaged in the study of fundamental scientific, environmental and technical issues related to carbon management.