China Everbright Environment Group Ltd

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	China Everbright Environment Group provides a reasonable level of transparency on its climate-related lobbying. It names three specific technical standards it helped shape – “Standard for Assessment on Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Plant (CJJT 137-2019)”, “Technical Code for Projects of Landfill Gas Collection Treatment and Utilisation”, and “Standard for Powdered Activated Carbon for Purification of Flue Gas from Waste-to-energy” – making it clear which policies were the focus of its engagement. The company also describes how it lobbied, noting that it “worked together with the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China to formulate technical standards for the waste-to-energy industry” and that it “participated in the development of technical standards for the industry”, thereby identifying both the mechanism (collaboration/participation in standard-setting) and the main governmental target. With respect to the outcomes sought, the disclosures state that the purpose of these engagements was “to facilitate the healthy and sustainable development of the industry” and to support the “low-carbon transition of the WTE industry in China”, indicating a general pro-climate orientation but without detailing specific policy changes or quantitative objectives. Overall, the company is clear about which policies it engaged on and how it engaged, but it is less precise about the concrete policy results it is pursuing.	2

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
None	China Everbright Environment Group Ltd provides detailed oversight structures for sustainability, noting that “the Board is the overall authority over the Group’s policies, strategies and performance in relation to sustainability” and that under the Chairman, the Safety and Environmental Management Committee oversees sustainability objectives. However, the company does not disclose any internal governance mechanisms, oversight bodies or review processes for lobbying activities. Instead, it states that “it is the Group’s policy to avoid making any kind of political contribution” and reports that “in 2021, the Group did not make payment to any lobbying, interest representation, or political campaigns or organisations,” which indicates non-engagement rather than a formal lobbying governance framework. The company also confirms that it has no public position to align engagement with the goals of the Paris Agreement (“No, but we plan to have one in the next two years”), and no evidence is provided of any monitoring, alignment or accountability measures specific to direct or indirect lobbying.	0