Kilroy Realty Corp

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Comprehensive	Kilroy Realty Corp provides extensive, specific information about its climate-policy advocacy. It lists a wide range of concrete measures it has engaged on, including California’s “AB 802,” “AB-1347,” the “Los Angeles Existing Buildings Energy and Water Efficiency Ordinance,” benchmarking ordinances in San Diego and Santa Monica, the “proposed all-electric buildings ordinance in San Francisco,” “LA’s Green New Deal – Decarbonization of the built environment,” and the “Electric Vehicle Charging Station Ordinance.” The company also describes multiple direct and indirect lobbying channels and identifies the policymakers it addressed—for example, it “wrote letters in support of this legislation,” “participated in workshops to refine AB 802,” “verbally expressed support in 2019 to the San Francisco Department of the Environment,” “participated on Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Sustainability Taskforce,” and joined the “Building Decarbonization Coalition to multiply our efforts,” while engaging city officials, state legislators and other stakeholders. Finally, Kilroy is explicit about what it seeks to achieve, aiming for the “adoption of California’s AB 802,” incorporation of the Los Angeles Resilience Plan into code, requirements for “state and local government buildings to procure 100% renewable energy,” broader “100% renewables for all buildings,” promotion of all-electric building standards, and successful passage of the EV Charging Station ordinance. This level of detail on the specific policies, methods of engagement, and desired legislative outcomes demonstrates a comprehensive degree of transparency in the company’s climate-related lobbying disclosures.	4

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Kilroy Realty Corp provides limited insight into its climate lobbying governance, primarily outlining how its Board’s Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Committee oversees climate-related risks and opportunities — “Climate-related risks and opportunities are governed by the Board through the Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Committee” — but it does not disclose how lobbying activities are specifically managed or aligned at the board level. The only mechanism described for ensuring that its policy engagement aligns with its climate strategy is that “SVP, Sustainability has frequent engagement with SVP, Development & Government Affairs to ensure alignment with any direct or indirect engagement on climate related policy matters,” which suggests an informal bilateral coordination process. We found no evidence of a formal lobbying policy, no criteria for assessing the positions of trade associations, nor any reporting or third-party review on the alignment of climate lobbying with company goals.	2