US EditionStudy: 58% of world's richest companies quietly lobby against climate policies
- More than half of the world's largest corporations are at risk of engaging in misleading climate change practices known as "net zero greenwashing," as their lobbying efforts contradict their public commitments.
- The London-based research center InfluenceMap examined the lobbying activities of nearly 300 major public companies and found that these companies consistently lobbied against global climate efforts, undermining their own net-zero emissions goals.
- The United Nations has urged companies to disclose their lobbying and policy engagements and align them with their climate plans, emphasizing the need for public-sector companies to demonstrate alignment with net zero by 2050 and avoid undermining ambitious government climate policies.
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Many corporations promote ‘net zero’ while lobbying for weaker climate action: Report
Many of America’s leading corporations are quietly lobbying against policies to slow planetary heating — even as they tout their own environmental policies, according to a new report by the nonpartisan research group InfluenceMap. The report found that 93 percent of American companies make the claim that they aim to achieve “net zero” climate effects, but they are…
Study: 58% of world's richest companies quietly lobby against climate policies
Pledges by the world's largest corporations to fight climate change frequently do not align with their lobbying efforts, with more than half of companies engaging in misleading practices known as "net zero greenwashing."
Top companies' lobbying undermines their climate pledges, study finds
Glencore , ExxonMobil and Stellantis are among companies lobbying for policies that conflict with their own pledges to cut carbon emissions, a study published by non-profit think tank InfluenceMap on Thursday found.
Top companies' lobbying undermines their climate pledges, study finds
LONDON: Glencore, ExxonMobil and Stellantis are among companies lobbying for policies that conflict with their own pledges to cut carbon emissions, a study published by non-profit think tank InfluenceMap on Thursday (Nov 16) found. The report assessed 293 companies from the Forbes 2000 list and found that
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