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
| Influencemap Performance Band | Organization | Engagement Intensity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C- | Ampol Limited (formerly Caltex Australia) | 6 | Energy | Oceania |
| D | Toyota Motor | 32 | Automobiles | Asia |
| D- | Glencore International | 24 | Metals & Mining | Europe |
| F | Peabody | 18 | Metals & Mining | North America |
| C+ | Westpac Banking Corporation | 12 | Financials | Oceania |
| D+ | Coles Group | 2 | Consumer Staples | Oceania |
| F | Sunset Power International (Delta Electricity) | 11 | Utilities | Oceania |
| N/A | AMP | 4 | Financials | Oceania |
| C | Suncorp | 7 | Financials | Oceania |
| C | Insurance Australia Group | 7 | Financials | Oceania |
| C | Holcim | 44 | Construction Materials | Europe |
| C | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group | 9 | Financials | Oceania |
| C- | BP | 59 | Energy | Europe |
| B- | National Australia Bank | 11 | Financials | Oceania |
| B | Apple | 28 | Information Technology | North America |
| D- | Chevron | 45 | Energy | North America |
| C+ | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 6 | Financials | Oceania |
| N/A | Metcash | 1 | Consumer Staples | Oceania |
| C | Macquarie Group | 16 | Financials | Oceania |
| D+ | South32 | 10 | Metals & Mining | Oceania |
| D | Anglo American | 17 | Metals & Mining | Europe |
| D- | Santos | 18 | Energy | Oceania |
| D+ | BHP | 36 | Metals & Mining | Oceania |
| E+ | Yancoal | 9 | Metals & Mining | Oceania |
| E | Whitehaven Coal | 16 | Metals & Mining | Oceania |
| D- | Woodside | 35 | Energy | Oceania |
| D | ExxonMobil | 49 | Energy | North America |
| C+ | AGL Australia | 31 | Utilities | Oceania |
| C- | Origin Energy | 38 | Energy | Oceania |
| D | Rio Tinto Group | 37 | Metals & Mining | Europe |
| C- | Wesfarmers | 12 | Retailing | Oceania |
| C | Woolworths Ltd | 5 | Consumer Staples | Oceania |
| C- | Bluescope Steel | 30 | Metals & Mining | Oceania |
| C- | Qantas Airways | 8 | Transportation | Oceania |
| C | Telstra | 8 | Telecommunications | Oceania |
| D- | ConocoPhillips | 36 | Energy | North America |
| C- | Shell | 62 | Energy | Europe |
| E+ | Virgin Australia | 5 | Transportation | Oceania |
| D- | Banpu | 5 | Energy | Oceania |
| C- | Fortescue Metals Group | 18 | Metals & Mining | Oceania |
| C- | Adbri (Adelaide Brighton) | 8 | Construction Materials | Oceania |
| D+ | Boral Limited | 8 | Metals & Mining | Oceania |
| C- | Lendlease | 5 | Construction Materials | Oceania |
| N/A | Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) | 3 | Telecommunications | Asia |
| E+ | Alinta Energy | 16 | Energy | Oceania |
| D+ | Orica | 11 | Industrials | Oceania |
| D | Viva Energy | 12 | Energy | Oceania |
| D+ | Mitsubishi Corporation | 16 | Industrials | Asia |
| D | Alcoa | 9 | Metals & Mining | North America |
| D+ | EnergyAustralia | 15 | Energy | Oceania |
