One word answer? Yes. They are also trying to avoid government agency interference in their operations as well as positioning themselves for portions of government largesse.
Or was that merely a rhetorical question?
We live in a corporatist society where big government, big business and big banks are all in partnership with each other.
Nigel Farage of the United Kingdom Independence Party explained it when he spoke at CPAC earlier this year.
The big people benefit from climate change policy and the little folks don’t.