Ibstock PLC – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Ibstock discloses only a brief outline of how it governs climate-related engagement, noting that “CEO has overview of ESG policy decisions within Ibstock and is connected at Senior level to those organisations which actively engage with policy for our sector.” The company therefore identifies a specific senior individual who oversees alignment between its climate strategy and external policy engagement and indicates that this oversight is intended to ensure “that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy” and “consistent with your climate commitments and/or climate transition plan.” However, the disclosure does not set out any concrete monitoring mechanisms, frequency of review, or criteria for assessing the positions of trade associations, nor does it describe actions taken to address misalignment, so the extent of governance beyond high-level CEO oversight remains unclear. View Sources	C

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Moderate

Ibstock discloses only a brief outline of how it governs climate-related engagement, noting that “CEO has overview of ESG policy decisions within Ibstock and is connected at Senior level to those organisations which actively engage with policy for our sector.” The company therefore identifies a specific senior individual who oversees alignment between its climate strategy and external policy engagement and indicates that this oversight is intended to ensure “that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy” and “consistent with your climate commitments and/or climate transition plan.” However, the disclosure does not set out any concrete monitoring mechanisms, frequency of review, or criteria for assessing the positions of trade associations, nor does it describe actions taken to address misalignment, so the extent of governance beyond high-level CEO oversight remains unclear.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
None	Ibstock PLC provides no substantive disclosure of climate-related lobbying activities. The company cites collaborations such as the "East Coast Hydrogen pipeline" project and work with "Ceramics UK on the Demonstrating Hydrogen for the Ceramics Sector project," but these are described as research or industry partnerships, not engagements with policymakers. It does not name any specific climate laws, regulations, or government proposals it has tried to influence, nor does it describe meetings, submissions, association advocacy, or any other mechanism aimed at shaping public policy. Likewise, while the company reiterates internal ambitions, including a "40% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030" and exploration of "hydrogen and synthetic gas" for its own operations, it does not link these goals to any external policy outcomes it is seeking through lobbying. As a result, there is no evidence of transparency around what policies the company lobbies, how it lobbies, or the outcomes it seeks.	E