Danu Insight is a climate-tech non-profit organisation focused on changing how companies and investors address systemic climate risks. Using advanced data science and AI, we deliver detailed and actionable insights into corporate lobbying activities and company communications regarding climate risk.
There is a lack of index-scale market data on whether companies publicly disclose their climate lobbying activities and whether they have internal governance processes to manage these efforts. This gap makes it difficult for institutional investors and other stakeholders to accurately assess climate-related financial, reputational, and regulatory risks and ensure that lobbying activities support rather than undermine net-zero goals.
Better metrics and public reporting frameworks are vital. Many companies lobby for positions that contradict their stated climate commitments or belong to trade associations that quietly oppose climate policies. This misalignment increases the risk of reputational and regulatory damage for companies and investors and can also slow climate progress overall.
Crucially, robust oversight and governance structures that keep climate lobbying aligned with corporate values remain missing for most of the world’s largest companies. Without a defined process to review or manage climate lobbying, businesses may unknowingly support policies in one region that contradict climate commitments in another. This inconsistency hampers effective climate strategies and leaves investors uncertain about the true extent of their exposure to climate risks.
Faced with limited data on corporate lobbying transparency and governance, we analysed over 8,500 companies within a large institutional investor's portfolio. Our approach involved creating a system for gathering company documents and disclosures and deploying fine-tuned Large Language Models (LLMs) with custom scoring frameworks for analysis.
As a result, we have produced the Climate Lobbying Index, which contains publicly available scores and qualitative analysis on the climate lobbying transparency and governance processes of over 8500 companies. The data can be found under the "Companies" tab above and more information about our process and scoring frameworks under "Methodology".
As well as this database, we produced Silent Influence. Are Companies Being Transparent About Climate Lobbying?, a report which summarises our key findings and recommendations for companies, policymakers and investors. The report can be found here.