FinanceMap’s assessment of the world’s largest asset managers finds that only a small group of leading firms is conducting robust stewardship of investee companies’ climate lobbying activities.
This is the fifth online briefing in InfluenceMap’s regular series collating recent corporate engagement with global methane policy, captured on the Methane Platform.
This briefing presents InfluenceMap’s initial analysis of how companies in Brazil are engaging with climate policy.
Updated InfluenceMap analysis of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’s climate negotiations reveals insufficient transparency, and the development of policies disproportionately reflecting industry interests, indicating a strong case of corporate “policy capture.”.
This investor briefing explores the importance of climate policy engagement disclosure and how investors can use LobbyMap's metrics to evaluate the quality, accuracy, and completeness of disclosures.
A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data from the Carbon Majors database.
InfluenceMap's latest Transport Bulletin highlights insights into the advocacy of major companies and their industry associations on global transport policy during the first half of 2025.
The latest Transport Bulletin highlights recent insights into the advocacy of major companies and their industry associations.
New InfluenceMap analysis finds a rift in advocacy by the Technology Sector on the issue of Scope 2 emissions accounting.
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.
Assessing Electric Power Industry Influence on the 7th Strategic Energy Plan and 1.5°C Pathways
New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda dependent on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and the continued reliance on fossil fuels.
FinanceMap’s 2025 assessment of the Canadian Big Five banks’ 2020–2024 lending and underwriting activities finds that the banks show persistent high exposure to the fossil fuel sector, particularly high-cost domestic oil and gas producers, while having limited relative exposure to green companies.
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.
FinanceMap's assessment of the EU fund landscape in the context of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and ESMA's fund naming guidelines.
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.
This briefing makes the case for requiring reporting on corporate climate policy engagement in emerging mandatory disclosure regulations globally.
This briefing offers three key observations on Australian corporate advocacy from the LobbyMap database that are likely to inform climate policy developments in the first year of Labor’s second term in government.
A new briefing analyzing corporate Australia's engagement with the Future Made in Australia plan and positioning on the possible future role of nuclear power generation.
This briefing analyzes the corporate and industry influence on the Korea Emissions Trading Scheme (K-ETS) over the 15-year timeframe, led by the cross-sector industry associations and steel industry to weaken the ambition and effectiveness of the policy.
New InfluenceMap analysis shows how powerful industry associations are strategically opposing state Climate Superfund bills and laws, including in California, that aim to recoup the costs of climate change.
A new report by InfluenceMap shows how the seafood sector is advocating against policies that address marine biodiversity loss, significantly prolonging ecosystem damage primarily caused by overexploitation and habitat destruction.
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.
How the meat and dairy industry is influencing the EU's agenda to reduce the climate footprint of diets and livestock
Has the world’s climate summit lost its way?
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Obstructive industry actors are the most engaged on Brazilian climate policy
Methane risks as an investment factor
A new briefing on corporate use of just transition language
Four facts drawn from InfluenceMap's COP30 misinformation tracker
A Pre-COP30 Briefing
Initial findings from new InfluenceMap research indicate that corporate communications around the term “just transition” are generally misaligned with international framework definitions, suggesting that influential companies and industry groups may be risking both the energy transition and its just...
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA)—which represents major Japanese automakers including Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Suzuki—is expanding its global policy engagement, opposing major climate regulations worldwide and framing this as support for a “multi-pathway” approach to decarboni...
This data sheet highlights key trends in truck manufacturer advocacy on heavy-duty vehicle regulations in the EU, US, and Brazil.
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.
This platform showcases InfluenceMap's initial analysis of corporate climate policy engagement in Brazil, through the assessment of 20 of the largest and most climate-relevant companies and 12 industry associations operating in the automotive, aviation, energy (oil and gas), new energy (renewables and battery), mining, steel, paper and forest products, chemicals, consumer staples, and electric utilities sectors in Brazil.
InfluenceMap’s India platform tracks the real-time climate policy engagement of 20 companies and eight key industry associations in India. The platform provides detailed analysis of key entities, their influencing strategies and the impact of this activity at a policy level. The platform is under development, with this Beta version available for use in the short term.
In the run up to this pivotal global event, understanding corporate influence has never been more crucial. This portal contains InfluenceMap tools, as well as easy links to our recent reports, for media, policymakers, business, and civil society groups attending and covering the meeting.
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