Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Strong | Fletcher Building provides a detailed picture of its climate-related lobbying. It names a broad range of concrete policies it has worked on, including the draft National Adaptation Plan, the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, the National Waste Strategy, Building for Climate Change, the Corporate Emissions Reduction Transparency disclosure scheme and the “Whole-of-Life Embodied Carbon Assessment – Technical Methodology,” all within the New Zealand jurisdiction. The company also explains how it engages, citing “public submission as part of [the] consultation process” and participation in a “cross-industry working group with the ministry,” and it identifies the policymaking targets as national ministers and officials running these consultations. Finally, it is explicit about what it is trying to achieve: it argues that “A National Adaptation Plan that covers policies or potential policies over the next six years does not provide sufficient certainty for planning and decision-making over longer timeframes,” states that it “supports aspects of the ETS reforms … [and has] proposed alternative means for assessing the allocation of ETS units to trade-exposed industries,” and has “requested improved clarity around technical details of lifecycles including module D and biogenic carbon.” By disclosing these specific desired changes and the reasoning behind them, the company demonstrates a high level of transparency on the outcomes it seeks and achieves an overall strong level of disclosure on its climate lobbying activities. | 3 |