Sir John Browne, Chief Executive, BP (headquartered in United Kingdom):

"We're part of society and we have some responsibility to contribute to its positive development. That covers issues such as human rights and employment and, for my industry in particular, the question of global warming."

[from 1997 speech by Sir John Browne, quoted in "Green light for partnership," The Shield Magazine: The international magazine of the BP Group, Issue One (1998), pp. 34-35]