Lobbying Governance
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| Moderate |
Softcat PLC has established a governance process to align its climate strategy with its external engagement activities, requiring that "any initiatives we support or choose to collaborate on need to also support the transition towards a low-carbon economy and a 1.5C world," and emphasizing that "the ambitions set out in our sustainability strategy are the driving force behind all our engagements with trade associations and industry coalitions such as We Mean Business." This alignment is reviewed at the highest level, as "our Board also reviews the engagement activities that we partake in to ensure there is cohesion between the two," supported by a public commitment that "we've had our emissions targets approved by SBTI and have publicly committed to achieving carbon net-zero across our supply chain by 2040." While these disclosures indicate governance of indirect lobbying through trade associations with clear Board oversight, we found no evidence of a prescribed review or monitoring framework for direct lobbying activities or any publicly available audit assessing the alignment of its lobbying efforts with its climate objectives.
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