The Global Standard on Responsible Climate Lobbying is an investor-led disclosure standard.
It is designed to improve transparency around companies’ climate lobbying governance, management and practice.
The Global Standard At-A-Glance
Commitment & governance
- Engage with your board and senior management to assign responsibility for climate change lobbying – direct and indirect through trade associations
- Make a public commitment to align lobbying with the goal of restricting global temperature rise to 1.5⁰C
Assess and address your lobbying
- Review your direct and indirect climate change lobbying positions and activities
- Assess how aligned these positions are with the 1.5⁰C goal
- Take action to address any misalignments identified, including taking escalation steps with trade associations
Publish your report
- Publicly disclose your report annually
- Include your spending contributions to trade associations
Indicators
Indicators
Indicators
Key Resources
CA100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark, Indicator 7
Indicator 7 of the CA100+ Benchmark assesses climate policy engagement and related disclosures in line with the Global Standard
What Does 1.5⁰C Aligned Lobbying Look Like?
Guidance to support companies in determining what 1.5°C-aligned lobbying looks like, with examples of aligned and misaligned lobbying across different sectors
Mobilising Trade Associations as a Force for Good
Volans and World Business Council for Sustainable Development playbook for companies to align their indirect policy advocacy with the Paris Agreement
Corporate Climate Policy Engagement Reporting Template
A template to support companies with their climate policy engagement reporting, from the We Mean Business coalition
The development of the Global Standard
The Global Standard builds on the work of initiatives such as Climate Action 100+, the We Mean Business Coalition, and individual investor networks including the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change, Ceres, the Investor Group on Climate Change, the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change, and Principles for Responsible Investment. It also draws on work from InfluenceMap.
The Global Standard was developed with the input of more than 150 stakeholders over two years, with two rounds of public consultation. The summaries of responses from consultation one is available here, and consultation two is available here.
How investors can use the Global Standard
To support a necessary improvement in practice and transparency on corporate climate lobbying, investors can engage with their portfolio companies to seek annual disclosures in alignment with the Global Standard.
Investors can also seek support from investor associations such as:
- Asia Investor Group on Climate Change
- Ceres
- Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
- Investor Group on Climate Change
- Principles for Responsible Investment.
Supporters of the Global Standard on Responsible Climate Lobbying
