A. Siegel lamented last week that Nike Just Can’t Seem to Do It:

Despite Nike “fundamentally disagree[ing] with the US Chamber of Commerce’s position on climate change,” unlike Duke Energy, Alstom, PG&E, PNR Resources and others, Nike Just Can’t Do It.

In response to this pressure — as well as a series of other high-profile departures from climate science denying U.S. Chamber of Commerce — Nike has just partially jumped ship by resigning from the Board of Directors.

Here is Nike’s full statement:

Nike US Chamber Statement1 –

Two questions remain:

1. When will Nike formally end its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce?

2. Which of the following 17 corporations — which are on the record in support of federal climate legislation yet sit on the Chamber’s Board of Directors — will be the next to part ways with the chamber?

Alcoa
Caterpillar Inc.
Deere & Company
Dow Chemical Company
Duke Energy
Eastman Kodak
Entergy
Fox Entertainment Group
IBM
Lockheed
Nike Inc.
PepsiCo
Rolls Royce North America Inc.
Siemens Corporation
Southern Company
The Robertson Foundation
Toyota Motor North America Inc.
Xerox

Update: Solve Climate also saw this coming, writing on Monday: Exelon Latest to Leave US Chamber of Commerce; Is Nike Next?

Update 2: Writing for DeSmogBlog over a week ago, Brendan Demelle challenged Nike to leave the Chamber: “Nike should take a queue from PG&E and exit the Chamber’s roster immediately, and hopefully others will follow.”

Update 3: Think Progress has more.