Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | Nutrien provides an unusually detailed picture of its climate-policy advocacy. It names several concrete measures it has engaged on, including the replacement of Alberta’s Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation with the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) Regulation, the federal Clean Fuel Standard, provincial industrial emission-reduction programs in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the Sectoral Decarbonization Approach for the chemical sector being developed by the Science Based Targets initiative. The company also explains exactly how and where it lobbies, stating that it acts by “meeting directly with policymakers, through written requests for submissions from departmental officials, via industry associations as direct representatives in meetings, or by providing policy guidance to association representatives,” and it identifies the targets of those efforts as “the Government of Canada and relevant provinces,” as well as bodies such as Alberta Environment and the SBTi. Finally, Nutrien is explicit about the outcomes it seeks: it wants to resolve “significant uncertainties” and “penalties duplicative to the carbon price” in the Clean Fuel Standard, ensure proper treatment of process emissions, advance “a pragmatic and realistic compliance system that preserves the global competitiveness of the industry,” foster a carbon credit market for agriculture, and secure the “development of an SDA for ammonia production” independent of the broader chemical sector timetable. By clearly linking each engagement to a specific policy, mechanism and desired amendment, the company demonstrates a very high level of transparency regarding its climate-related lobbying activities. | 4 |