Truworths International Ltd – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Truworths International Ltd provides a defined mechanism for aligning its climate advocacy by stipulating that “any key advocacy engagements or engagement opportunities are shared with and tabled at the Sustainability Committee and taken to the board for approval in order to ensure consistency with Group strategy and policy,” indicating a formal board sign-off process for its direct engagement activities. However, the company does not disclose a dedicated climate-lobbying policy or an individual responsible for lobbying oversight, and we found no evidence of oversight over indirect lobbying through trade associations or of a dedicated audit or external review of its climate-lobbying alignment. When asked, “Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?” the company responded “No, and we do not plan to have one in the next two years,” further reflecting limited transparency on climate lobbying governance. View Sources	C

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Moderate

Truworths International Ltd provides a defined mechanism for aligning its climate advocacy by stipulating that “any key advocacy engagements or engagement opportunities are shared with and tabled at the Sustainability Committee and taken to the board for approval in order to ensure consistency with Group strategy and policy,” indicating a formal board sign-off process for its direct engagement activities. However, the company does not disclose a dedicated climate-lobbying policy or an individual responsible for lobbying oversight, and we found no evidence of oversight over indirect lobbying through trade associations or of a dedicated audit or external review of its climate-lobbying alignment. When asked, “Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?” the company responded “No, and we do not plan to have one in the next two years,” further reflecting limited transparency on climate lobbying governance.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
None	Truworths International provides virtually no transparency around climate-related lobbying. The only policy engagement it references is participation in the South African Retail – Clothing, Textile, Footwear and Leather (R-CTFL) Master Plan and a request for customs-duty rebates on imported fabrics, an initiative framed around local industrial support rather than any climate objective. It does not identify a single climate law, regulation, or proposal it has attempted to influence, gives no information about how it engages with policymakers, and states no climate-policy positions or outcomes it is pursuing. Consequently, there is no meaningful disclosure of climate lobbying activities.	E