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December 19th - Trade association misalignment by companies on climate change is now a top concern of investors. Mining giant BHP released an audit of material differences it has with its key lobbying groups after investor pressure December 19th. The report considers 21 of BHP's trade associations, assesses differences between their climate/energy policy positions and those of BHP and finds material differences between three: the Minerals Council of Australia, the US Chamber of Commerce and the World Coal Association and states it will decide on a course of action by March 31st 2018.
InfluenceMap maintains the world's leading, open source and independent platform for assessing corporate support of climate policy, including trade association links and alignment issues. In this briefing we offer an initial view on BHP's report.