Currys PLC

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Currys PLC provides a fair level of transparency on its climate-policy lobbying. It clearly identifies one specific policy process—the UK Government’s ‘Net Zero Review’—and explains that it contributed to the review through written submissions and a British Retail Consortium round-table with Chris Skidmore and officials from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, but it does not name additional individual bills or regulations. The company is more detailed about how it lobbies: it describes multiple mechanisms, including direct written evidence, formal round-tables, hosting showcase events attended by the UK and Norwegian prime ministers, media engagement, and advocacy through memberships such as EV100, the British Retail Consortium and the UK Electric Fleets Coalition, and it identifies concrete targets of these activities such as “Chris Skidmore and his team.” On the outcomes it seeks, Currys sets out several clear asks—removing VAT on repair services and spare parts to encourage product repair, strengthening regulations on product efficiency and repairability, and calling for “regulatory certainty and oversight of the net-zero agenda” along with greater investment in renewable energy and grid infrastructure—articulating why these changes would support its circular-economy and emissions goals. Together, this provides moderate insight into the company’s climate-related lobbying activities, though disclosure of additional specific policies would further enhance transparency.	2

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Currys PLC has established a process to align its policy engagement with its climate goals, noting that "when we look to engage on policies and regulations, directly or indirectly, we review the policy/regulation in question as part of weekly meetings between the ESG and PR teams to ensure strategic alignment." This demonstrates a concrete mechanism by which the company filters its advocacy to support its “net zero emissions by 2040” target. The oversight of this process appears to sit within its broader sustainability governance structures, as "the Board established the Environment, Social and Governance (‘ESG’) Committee of the Board to approve the Group’s ESG strategy and oversee the delivery of it" and the "Group Sustainability Leadership Team (GSLT)" chaired by Paula Coughlan reviews progress against climate targets. However, while these bodies cover ESG risk and strategy, the company does not disclose how it governs indirect lobbying via trade associations or the criteria used to assess third-party policy engagement, nor does it describe a specific review cycle or reporting framework exclusively dedicated to monitoring lobbying activities. Moreover, there is no detail on a dedicated lobbying audit or a named forum solely responsible for aligning its advocacy with the Paris Agreement or other climate policy objectives.	2