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Join our next webinar - 'Transparency on Climate Lobbying: What Should Companies Do?'

🗓️ Thursday, 24 July 0900 EDT / 1400 BST

To hear the case for policy engagement in reporting & transition plans & the limits of voluntary initiatives in this space.

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InfluenceMap's India Platform InfluenceMap's initial analysis of 20 of India's most climate significant companies and eight of India’s most influential industry associations revealed a clear opportunity for corporate India to step...

InfluenceMap’s 🆕 India platform just went live -

Early analysis shows that although corporate India is broadly more supportive of science-aligned policy than its global peers, this top line support is not being translated into active policy engagement to drive the energy transition.

Read more 👀👇

Weak UK laws let fossil fuel giants sway climate policies Oil and gas firms were able to water down or change Conservative policies without scrutiny, new report finds

Read the coverage in @opendemocracy.net

www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...

Climate and Energy Lobbying in the UK **InfluenceMap’s analysis indicates that there is a major transparency gap between the climate lobbying taking place in the UK, and that which is disclosed by companies and the Government.**

🚨 🇬🇧 New from InfleunceMap: How major lobbying transparency gaps are enabling efforts to delay UK climate & energy policy.

This new analysis finds that the true advocacy picture on many climate policies is often obscured by lax reporting and disclosure regulations, leading to derailment and delay 👇

FinanceMap Newsletter EU Fund Names Shift After Implementation of Climate Criteria

Just published 📩 new analysis of the EU fund market & changes in response to new ESMA guidelines.

It shows:

🔻 the number of funds with “ESG” and “Sustainable” in their names respectively decreased by 28% and 27%

🔺 but the number of funds using “Transition”-related names has grown by 10%

The Power Behind the Plan: Japan’s Energy and Climate Policy Assessing Electric Power Industry Influence on the 7th Strategic Energy Plan and 1.5°C Pathways

📣🎌 New research from InfluenceMap's Japan team reveals the considerable impact of utility sector lobbying on the 7th Strategic Energy Plan.

The industry is found to be drawing on global fossil fuel industry narratives to oppose coal phase out.

Read more here: influencemap.org/briefing/The...

Impact An independent think tank producing data-driven analysis on how business and finance are impacting the climate crisis

🎉This year marks 10 years since InfluenceMap was founded.

To celebrate, we’re highlighting our mission, achievements & impact over the past decade.

While climate policy is facing increasingly coordinated opposition, InfluenceMap’s data and insights are key for separating rhetoric from reality

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Methane Bulletin This online briefing is the fourth in InfluenceMap’s regular series expanding on recent corporate engagement with global methane policy captured on the [https://methane.influencemap.org/ Methane Platf...

Methane a potent greenhouse gas but ....

Oil and Gas Lobby Escalates Global Campaign Against Methane Regulations

via @influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
influencemap.org/briefing/Met...

Oil and Gas Lobby Behind ‘Concerted’ Attempt to Weaken EU Methane Policy, Research Finds The fossil fuel industry is ramping up efforts to weaken a key EU policy aimed at tackling the potent greenhouse gas methane, according to a new report by research group InfluenceMap. Published today,...

🧵 New research highlights how oil and gas companies and lobby groups across the EU and US used a range of tactics aimed at weakening the EU’s regulation on methane.

My latest @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/06/10/o...

Oil and Gas Lobby Behind ‘Concerted’ Attempt to Weaken EU Methane Policy, Research Finds The fossil fuel industry is ramping up efforts to weaken a key EU policy aimed at tackling the potent greenhouse gas methane, according to a new report by research group InfluenceMap. Published today,...

New InfluenceMap analysis of oil and gas lobbying reveals methane regulations are being targeted as part of a push within the EU for ‘simplification’.

Read more in @desmog.com: www.desmog.com/2025/06/10/o...

Sign up now to attend InfluenceMap’s next webinar

🗓️ Thursday June 12, 9:15 ET/ 14:15 BST

Including discussion of how existing methane regulations stack up against scientific pathways to 1.5°C & industry attempts to weaken potential policy solutions 👇

Register at us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Comparing reported advocacy and direct advocacy for each of the banks showed:

🟢NatWest & Lloyds supported science-aligned policy privately, but were less clearly supportive in public statements
🛑 Barclays publicly reported greater support for policies than in direct communications with government

🌱🏭It showed that Barclays, HSBC & Lloyds consistently directed more financing to fossil fuel companies than to green companies by significant margins from 2020 to 2024 -

but that NatWest bucked this trend, financing green companies over fossil fuel companies at an average ratio of 1.5 to 1.

Big Four UK Banks: Falling Short on Climate Action? FinanceMap’s assessment of the UK's largest banks finds that their climate-related activities are not in line with their commitments to net zero by 2050.

Last week, InfluenceMap published its latest climate assessment of the Big Four UK Banks - Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds & NatWest.

💰🛢️The research shows that all 4 financed expansionary oil & gas companies in the last five years, out of line with the IEA’s Net Zero by 2050 Scenario. 🧵

Big Four UK Banks: Falling Short on Climate Action? FinanceMap’s assessment of the UK's largest banks finds that their climate-related activities are not in line with their commitments to net zero by 2050.

🚨New from InfluenceMap 🚨

Big Four UK Banks: Falling Short on Climate Action?

The largest banks in the UK continue to finance expansionary oil & gas companies through a lack of robust exclusion policies, threatening their own net-zero targets 👇

Read more: influencemap.org/report/Big-F...

🚨 Last chance to sign up 🚨

Today, InfluenceMap is hosting a webinar focused on the #CarbonMajors Database - its latest findings and how it can be used to hold polluters accountable.

⏰ 10:15 ET/ 15:15 BST Today

Sign up to attend (or to receive a recording) here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This thursday, our Executive Director Dylan Tanner will be speaking at The Financial Times' Climate & Impact Summit.

Talking about 'The Rising Cost of Technology—Balancing Innovation, Equity, and Climate Action'

There's still time to sign up 👇 #FTClimateImpact

climateandimpact.live.ft.com/home

Our latest research reveals a huge shift in large EU companies supporting science-aligned climate policy over the last 5 years.

📈Companies with science-aligned advocacy is on the up:
3% ➡️ 23%
📉Companies with misaligned advocacy has dropped:
34% ➡️ 13%

Read the briefing: tinyurl.com/IMEUCP

European Companies Increasingly Support Strong Climate Action: Report - EcoWatch In a “profound shift,” a new analysis by think tank InfluenceMap has found that companies in the EU increasingly support climate action.

“Those vocally organising to oppose the energy transition achieve outsized importance across public debate. However... there is a larger, quieter majority that are supportive of decarbonisation and driving progress through climate policy.” ~ Venetia Roxburgh, @influencemap.bsky.social

European firms ramping up lobbying for climate action, report finds Research shows companies ‘aligned’ with strategies to meet climate goals have risen from 3% in 2019 to 23% in 2025

“Those vocally organising to oppose the energy transition achieve outsized importance across public debate. However... there is a larger, quieter majority that are supportive of decarbonisation and driving progress through climate policy.”

- InfluenceMap EU Program Manager, Venetia Roxburgh

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NEW DATA: 23% of large EU companies now advocate in support of climate policy in the EU, up from 3% in 2019.

Our latest briefing shows that industry lobbyists pushing against further climate progress are unrepresentative of wider business sentiment.

➡️👀 influencemap.org/briefing/Eur...

There's still time to sign up to tomorrow's webinar "Climate Policy & Competitiveness in Europe"

Bringing together experts & business insiders to unpick the EU's most discussed narrative - & share our latest findings on trends in positive advocacy.

Sign up here 🇪🇺 influencemap.org/event/Drivin...

Join our next webinar ➡️ Climate Policy & Competitiveness in Europe.

Wednesday May 14, 3:15pm CEST

🇪🇺💼 Featuring a breakdown of our latest research on business sentiment on climate in the EU, and industry insights on advocacy & the bloc's climate policy agenda.

influencemap.org/event/Drivin...

🎧New episode of Cities 1.5

Vivek Parekh from climate think tank @influencemap.bsky.social exposes the fossil fuel industry’s tactics to stop building electrification.

Henrique Goes shares how clean construction is creating good green jobs while helping the planet.

Listen here: lnk.to/S5E9

Join our next webinar: 'How Companies Can Support Building Decarbonization in the US' this Thursday May 8, 11:00 EDT

Bringing together our analysts & @advancedenergyunited.org's @sarahsteinberg.bsky.social to discuss FF narratives and the electrification build out👇

influencemap.org/event/How-Co...

New this week 👀🦘🏭 Analysis of corporate Australia shows fossil fuel companies are increasingly outliers in their engagement on climate & energy policy

🟢Positive leaders include Fortescue & Smart Energy Council
🔴While laggards include Inpex, Chevron & ExxonMobil

tinyurl.com/FMIAIM2

“I’ve been looking at Australia for a long time & this is the first climate-related policy where I can pick out a good news story here - which is the key shift of these metals & mining sectors that are widely expected to be opposed."

InfluenceMap's @tholen.bsky.social tells @roycerk2.bsky.social 👇

NEW 🚨🇦🇺 Analysis of corporate lobbying on the Future Made in Australia plan (FMIA) shows cross-sector support outweighs fossil-fuel opposition👇

This includes support from previously oppositional sectors - mining, minerals & utilities.

Read the briefing: tinyurl.com/FMIAIM2

🎏 New Report 🎏 How major players in the seafood sector are prolonging damage to ecosystems via advocating against biodiversity policies

🪸Showing how the advocacy of the 30 largest companies is often at odds with their top line commitments & threatens ecosystems 👇

influencemap.org/report/Ocean...

There's still time to sign up for our next webinar "How Companies & Investors Can Support Building Decarbonization in the EU" on March 27th!

Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...