High Road Strategies, LLC is an industrial, economic and energy consultancy dedicated to advancing policies that promote economic growth, support environmental protection and address societal needs.

Traditional economic and business thinking often assumes that economic goals must be at odds with environmental and social goals. The High Road Strategies approach is based on the belief that economic prosperity and industrial competitiveness are both compatible with and benefit from a commitment to environmental sustainability, an educated, well-paid workforce, strong communities, social equity, and a high quality of life.

For example, High Road Strategies has been helping industry, labor, government, and public interest leaders design, evaluate and improve policies that maintain and enhance industrial competitiveness, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing energy security.

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Check out our study on climate policy and manufacturing available online and in print.
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Competitiveness Impacts of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES)—assessment of the economic impacts of ACES on energy-intensive industries, jointly sponsored by the Environmental Defense Fund, the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP), and the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute (WAI), updating models and analysis in an earlier study.
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Climate Policy and Energy-Intensive Manufacturing—a groundbreaking study sponsored by the National Commission on Energy Policy (Bipartisan Policy Center) completed in June 2009, which assessed the economic impacts of a mandatory economy-wide climate policy on energy-intensive manufacturing industries, and explored options for mitigating these impacts.
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Manufacturing and the Erosion of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base—A project, currently underway, initiated by the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council and the U.S. Business-Industry Council, examining how the decline in American manufacturing contributes to the erosion of the U.S. defense industrial base.

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