Many companies and investors recognize that climate-related policy engagement is critical to limiting the business and financial risks posed by climate change. For years, companies have steadily improved their real-world climate policy engagement activities and their transparency on the topic, often owing to targeted investor stewardship. But InfluenceMap’s analysis under the latest CA100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark reveals that, in 2025, this progress has paused. Simultaneously, FinanceMap analysis shows that while investor stewardship on climate lobbying from the world’s largest asset managers has improved since 2021, only a few managers stand out in driving companies to align their lobbying with 1.5°C. Moving forward, widespread, robust investor stewardship of companies’ climate policy engagement activities is needed.
In this webinar, InfluenceMap—joined by the Church of England Pensions Board and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)—will explore the state of corporate climate advocacy, discuss how investors can engage companies on the topic, and highlight opportunities for investors to combat the lack of progress over the coming year, with a specific focus on Europe.
This webinar is open to all, with a specific focus on asset managers and owners, investor and business convenors, and companies.
Attendees will explore best practice and opportunities for improving investee companies’ corporate climate policy engagement, as well as upcoming moments for stewardship and policy engagement over the coming year.
InfluenceMap
Ciara EllisResearch Manager
Ciara is a Research Manager at InfluenceMap, leading our Investor Research work stream. She works on assessing corporate climate lobbying reviews, and producing shareholder resolution investor briefings. Ciara also leads our mining work stream, with a focus on critical raw material supply chains. Prior to joining InfluenceMap in December 2021, Ciara completed her BSc in Geography at Newcastle University.
Church of England Pensions Board
Sara TaaffeResponsible Investment Analyst
Sara Taaffe is a Responsible Investment Analyst at the Church of England Pensions Board, where she integrates sustainability into how the fund meets its pension commitments. Her work focuses on addressing climate and nature risks through long‑term investment strategy, corporate and sovereign engagement, voting, and capital allocation. Previously, Sara was the Nature Finance Lead at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), where she managed projects to embed nature-related risks and opportunities into financial systems. She has more than ten years' experience across sustainability and economic development and holds an MSc in Psychology of Economic Life from the London School of Economics and a BPhil in Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies from the University of New Brunswick.
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Joe BrooksSenior Programme Manager
Joe facilitates IIGCC's Lobbying Working Group, which supports investors to engage with companies and policymakers on climate and nature policy as well as related lobbying disclosures. Joe also leads on the coordination of IIGCC's involvement in the Climate Action 100+ initiative.
InfluenceMap
Isabella Wolday-MyersSenior Investor Engagement Lead (Europe & CA100+)
Isabella is the Senior Investor Engagement Lead (Europe & CA100+) at InfluenceMap. In addition to leading InfluenceMap's engagement with investors, Isabella scores companies based on their engagement and interaction with climate policy. This entails vigorous research and scrutiny of various organizational reports, media outlets and disclosures—the successful pursuit of which allows her to produce scores based on our bespoke methodology. Before joining InfluenceMap in 2023, she studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), and in her final year, she specialized in issues of environmental and social injustice on the African continent.
