Shree Cement Ltd

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Shree Cement provides a reasonable level of transparency on how it seeks to influence climate-related policy. It identifies one concrete policy focus—the Government of India’s “Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme”—and notes that this framework is part of the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency, but it does not name any other specific laws or regulations it has lobbied. The company is clearer about its methods and targets, describing “active participation and engagement with Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Cement Manufacturer's Association (CMA),” holding the position of “Co-chair of CMA,” serving on the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board’s Environment Excellence Committee, and, most notably, stating that “We are members of the technical expert committee for the cement sector constituted by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Government of India for Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme.” These disclosures show both direct (committee membership, technical discussions, audits) and indirect (industry-association work) mechanisms aimed at specific government bodies. Regarding outcomes, the company explains that its engagement with the PAT Scheme is intended to “improve energy efficiency and achieve desired reductions in specific energy consumption” and recognises that this “helps reduce the carbon emissions,” but it does not lay out detailed amendments, numeric targets, or other concrete policy changes it is pursuing. Overall, the disclosures give a moderate view of its climate-policy lobbying, with strong detail on who and how it lobbies, but more limited information on which additional policies it targets and the precise results it seeks.	2

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Shree Cement discloses a basic governance structure to keep its climate-related public engagement in line with corporate goals, stating that “the ESG committee with director on board is responsible to review these engagement and ensure that necessary steps are taken to reach the Company’s short term targets on climate change,” while “our Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) also engages with internal and external stakeholders in alignment to the company's overall climate change strategy.” Oversight responsibility is further described at board level, as “SCL’s Board has the overall responsibility of guiding and steering the climate change vision,” and the minutes of the twice-yearly ESG Committee meetings are “recorded and presented to the board,” which indicates a formal review loop. The company additionally makes “a public commitment … to conduct [its] engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement,” and notes that it only “partner[s] with the organizations for engagement on climate related activities whom we understand would help us meet our climate change strategy,” suggesting a rudimentary alignment screen for indirect engagement. However, the disclosures do not spell out concrete procedures for assessing or correcting the climate-policy positions of trade associations, nor do they describe any direct-lobbying sign-off, escalation, or auditing mechanisms, so the depth of monitoring remains unclear. Overall, the presence of named oversight bodies and a stated alignment process indicates moderate governance, but the lack of detailed monitoring, public reporting, or explicit coverage of trade-association lobbying leaves significant gaps in transparency and robustness.	2