This briefing explores key trends in company performance identified by InfluenceMap’s assessments for the October 2024 iteration of the CA100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark.
A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data from the Carbon Majors database.
This briefing contains an overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to fossil fuels from Q1 2025.
A new report by InfluenceMap analyzes the corporate clients of the Big Six PR and advertising agency holding companies – Dentsu, Havas, IPG, Publicis, Omnicom, and WPP.
How automaker lobbying threatens the global transition to electric vehicles
New research finds that US truck manufacturers are actively lobbying to weaken and delay key US climate policies promoting zero-emission trucks, while simultaneously running PR campaigns that appear to promote the decarbonization of the sector.
New InfluenceMap research identifies an opportunity for the world’s largest asset owners to address the climate crisis: driving government climate policy.
New research demonstrates that the world’s largest companies lack transparency around their biodiversity-related advocacy, while retaining membership of industry associations actively opposing critically needed policy.
A new report by InfluenceMap shows how the oil & gas and utilities industries are leveraging a common fossil fuel playbook to prolong the use of fossil gas in buildings globally.
European companies backing robust, science-based regulation on CO2 emissions under the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy are also performing better on stock markets when compared with their peers that are opposing the same policy, according to analysis of InfluenceMap's policy position scores and fina...
This briefing contains an overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to fossil fuels for the month of December 2023.
How taxpayer's funding is being spent on diesel subsidies worth almost £260m
This report assesses global corporate advocacy on carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the context of the energy transition. It examines the high-level positions of 21 national governments on CCS and maps out linkages between corporate and government messaging on the issue.
This report maps how European energy corporations are influencing climate and energy investment policy globally. Using LNG advocacy in Europe and Africa as a case study, it demonstrates how industry's attempts to influence policy risks locking in fossil fuels across the entire value chain, from upst...
FinanceMap's assessment of the EU fund landscape in the context of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and ESMA's fund naming guidelines.
FinanceMap's assessment of Canada's Big Five Banks shows that the firms have not made significant progress on climate goals despite their Net Zero Banking Alliance membership and commitments.
This research details an active effort from the US oil and gas industry capitalize on the war in Ukraine to advocate for long-standing policy asks relating to the continued expansion of oil and gas. The research looks at the month following the invasion of Ukraine on the 24th February 2022. This has...
The five Big Tech companies (Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook & Microsoft) account for more than 25% of the value of the S&P500 and 20% of its Q3 2020 profits.
This briefing outlines the strategies and tactics of the Canadian oil sands group Pathways Alliance to limit climate action.
New research demonstrates that industry associations representing key sectors and some of the largest companies in the world are lobbying to delay, dilute and rollback critically needed policy aimed at preventing and reversing biodiversity loss in the EU and US.
How the meat and dairy industry is influencing the EU's agenda to reduce the climate footprint of diets and livestock
This briefing highlights evidence of corporate engagement by the Japanese and Korean steel industries to weaken the ambition of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (EU CBAM).
20 companies linked to more than 40% of global fossil CO₂ emissions
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Fossil Fuel Lobbying Against the Electrification of Buildings Threatens Planet and Public Health
InfluenceMap maintains the world’s leading database of corporate and industry association lobbying of climate policy around the globe. Our research and reports have been informing investors, the media and the corporate sector since 2015. InfluenceMap is a data provider to the Climate Action 100+ investor process.
InfluenceMap maintains the FinanceMap platform which is the most comprehensive publicly available metrics and analysis of the asset management sector through a climate lens, both on portfolios and corporate stewardship.
Carbon Majors is a database of historical production data from 122 of the world’s largest oil, gas, coal, and cement producers. This data is used to quantify the direct operational emissions and emissions from the combustion of marketed products that can be attributed to these entities.
In the midst of this pivotal global event, understanding corporate influence has never been more crucial. This portal contains the two new InfluenceMap tools, as well as easy links to our recent reports, for media, policymakers, business, and civil society groups attending and covering the meeting.
The CA100+ Investor Hub contains LobbyMap’s profiles and metrics for the 166 target companies under the Climate Action 100+ investor initiative, a list that accounts for up to 80% of corporate industrial greenhouse gas emissions globally. The platform holds additional resources covering the companies’ key industry associations, assessments of their corporate lobbying reviews, and briefings on relevant shareholder resolutions.
The Automotive Climate Tool combines InfluenceMap's leading analysis of the climate policy engagement for twelve of the world’s largest automakers, with industry-standard data from S&P Global on their forecasted zero-emission production out to 2029. It highlights how the climate strategies of the world’s largest automakers are undermining a 1.5°C-aligned transition
InfluenceMap's work has been made possible by the vision shown by a range of foundations and charities. We would welcome additional expressions of support - please email us at info@influencemap.org.
