An InfluenceMap Report September 2021
Track engagement on individual climate policies
Explore the relationships between companies and industry associations
The diagram below charts the Total Score and global Engagement Intensity for the 50 companies operating in Australia that are most significant to climate change (please see FAQs for how these companies were chosen). The higher the Total Score, the more the company lobbies to support Paris-Aligned climate policy. The Total Score expresses how supportive or obstructive the company is towards climate policy aligned with the Paris Agreement, incorporating an analysis of its trade association links. The Engagement Intensity (0-100) expresses the intensity of this activity, whether positive or negative. This diagram shows the global Engagement Intensity rather than how companies are lobbying in Australia specifically, which is shown in the second diagram.
InfluenceMap maintains the world’s leading database of corporate and industry association lobbying of climate policy around the globe, covering around 300 companies and 150 industry groups globally. Full details of what our metrics mean are contained within the info icons. A full explanation of our methodology can be found here.
The above diagram shows the global Engagement Intensities for each company. In order to determine which companies are the most engaged within Australia, InfluenceMap analyzed how many Australian-specific engagements each company had. The diagram below shows the top 15 companies most engaged with Australian climate policy, and which sector they belong to.
Below is a ranking table with the 50 companies included in this research. A summary profile and full access to the data underlying the assessments can be accessed via the links in the table
What do our scores mean?The organizational score represents the degree to which the organization influencing climate policy and legislation. Corporations also have relationship scores reflecting their links with influencers like trade associations. Both are combined to place the corporation in a performance band. Full details can be found here. Update August 2021: If limited evidence had been collected either on a company's direct policy engagement (Organization Score) or industry association links (Relationship Score) this is signified with an ‘n/a’ (not available). If limited evidence has been collected in both areas, the Total Score is also given as n/a. Full details and links back to any primary evidence that has been collected can still be located on the company’s profile. |
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Engagement IntensityThe engagement intensity (EI) is a metric of the extent to which the company is engaging on climate change policy matters, whether positively or negatively. It is a number from 0 (no engagement at all) to 100 (full engagement on all queries/data points). Clearly energy companies are more affected by climate regulations and will have a higher EI than, for example retailers. So an organization’s score should be looked at in conjunction with this metric to gauge the amount of evidence we are using in each case as a basis for scoring. On our scale, an EI of more than 35 indicates a relatively large amount of climate policy engagement. |
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ExxonMobil | 45 | Energy | North America |
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Royal Dutch Shell | 57 | Energy | Europe |
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Toyota Motor | 32 | Automotive | Asia |
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B
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Apple | 23 | Information Technology | North America |
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D+
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BP | 50 | Energy | Europe |
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E+
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Chevron | 37 | Energy | North America |
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D
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BHP | 34 | Materials | Oceania |
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Rio Tinto Group | 32 | Materials | Europe |
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D
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Mitsubishi Corporation | 9 | Industrials | Asia |
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C-
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Holcim | 34 | Materials | Europe |
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ConocoPhillips | 27 | Energy | North America |
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E+
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Glencore International | 23 | Materials | Europe |
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C
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AGL Australia | 29 | Utilities | Oceania |
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C-
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Origin Energy | 37 | Energy | Oceania |
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D-
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Santos | 16 | Energy | Oceania |
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Wesfarmers | 12 | Retailing | Oceania |
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Anglo American | 14 | Materials | Europe |
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Woodside | 32 | Energy | Oceania |
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D
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South32 | 9 | Materials | Oceania |
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D+
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Boral Limited | 7 | Materials | Oceania |
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F
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Peabody | 18 | Materials | North America |
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E+
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Yancoal | 9 | Energy | Oceania |
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Whitehaven Coal | 12 | Energy | Oceania |
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D
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Viva Energy | 14 | Energy | Oceania |
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Woolworths Ltd | 5 | Consumer Staples | Oceania |
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Alcoa | 8 | Materials | North America |
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National Australia Bank | 11 | Financials | Oceania |
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C+
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 6 | Financials | Oceania |
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C+
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Westpac Banking Corporation | 12 | Financials | Oceania |
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D+
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Coles Group | 2 | Consumer Staples | Oceania |
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C-
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Bluescope Steel | 27 | Materials | Oceania |
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D+
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Qantas Airways | 6 | Airlines and Logistics | Oceania |
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C
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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group | 9 | Financials | Oceania |
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F
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Sunset Power International (Delta Electricity) | 11 | Utilities | Oceania |
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C
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AMP | 5 | Financials | Oceania |
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C
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Telstra | 8 | Telecommunications | Oceania |
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Ampol Limited (formerly Caltex Australia) | 6 | Energy | Oceania |
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E+
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Virgin Australia | 5 | Airlines and Logistics | Oceania |
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n/a
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Metcash | 1 | Consumer Staples | Oceania |
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C
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Suncorp | 6 | Financials | Oceania |
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C
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Insurance Australia Group | 7 | Financials | Oceania |
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D
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Fortescue Metals Group | 10 | Materials | Oceania |
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D+
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Adbri (Adelaide Brighton) | 4 | Materials | Oceania |
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E+
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Alinta Energy | 16 | Energy | Oceania |
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D-
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Orica Ltd | 6 | Materials | Oceania |
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C
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Macquarie Group | 15 | Financials | Oceania |
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C-
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Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) | 4 | Telecommunications | Asia |
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Banpu | 5 | Energy | Oceania |
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Lendlease | 3 | Financials | Oceania |
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D+
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EnergyAustralia | 17 | Energy | Oceania |
