Comments about InfluenceMap
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I hope this puts and end to the business world's forked tongue
diplomacy on climate change." Tessa Tennant, Sustainable Finance
Pioneer
Investigating how companies and their trade associations lobby
in the EU and at national level is enormously complex and
time-consuming. I applaud the efforts of InfluenceMap who are
trying to do something very difficult: open up the world of
lobbying to allow scrutiny in the public interest." Ben
Fagan-Watson, Policy Studies Institute, University of
Westminster
Influence Map is an invaluable new tool for financial analysts,
investors, regulators and civil society. In a way that is
enormously healthy for markets and for democracies, sunlight has
been poured into the normally shadowy world of corporate lobbying.
Their analysis adds to a growing body of evidence that high carbon
companies are lobbying against urgently needed climate policy, not
least through trade associations. Catherine Howarth, Chief
Executive, ShareAction
There is a lack of detailed analysis available in this area and
sadly great companies sometimes do bad things by lobbying against
government action to avoid dangerous climate change. We at CDP
applaud the work of InfluenceMap seeking to expose this
unacceptable use of corporate resources." Paul Dickinson, Executive
Chairman, CDP
It's encouraging to see corporate leaders like Unilever and
Nestle proactively pushing for a low carbon regulatory regime.
Companies are increasingly realizing the positive role their
communications can play in climate politics, and it's right that
corporate leadership in this space is recorded and recognized."
Nigel Topping, CEO, We Mean Business
Thanks to Influence map, large investors now have the evidence
they need to show that many companies in their portfolio are
actively working against their published intention to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. The only credible action is for investors
to disclose what engagement actions and resolutions they will now
implement to put an urgent stop to this destructive behaviour"
Julian Poulter, CEO, Asset Owners Disclosure Project
