Worldline SA/France

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Strong	Worldline provides a high level of transparency about its climate-related public-policy engagement. It names three identifiable policy instruments it seeks to shape—the French “law n° 2015-992 of August 17, 2015 relating to the energy transition for green growth,” the existing “ISO 14001” environmental-management standard and the forthcoming “ISO 14068” carbon-neutralisation standard—showing clear disclosure of the specific regulations and standards it lobbies. The company also explains how it exerts influence: its Global Environment Manager “represents the ISO14001 certification for France at the AFNOR” and serves as an expert on the “E2C committee ‘Systems and tools of environmental management in support of Sustainable Development and the fight against climate change,’” demonstrating two concrete mechanisms—committee representation and technical expert participation—directed at named targets such as AFNOR and ISO working groups. Finally, Worldline is explicit about the policy outcomes it seeks, stating its support for “the implementation and development of the ISO14001 standard,” its work on shaping “the future ISO 14068 standard,” and its backing for the French energy-transition law, making clear the specific changes it wishes to see adopted. Together, these disclosures illustrate strong transparency across policy focus, lobbying channels and desired results.	3

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
None	Worldline provides detailed governance structures for its environmental and energy topics: "Worldline has set a specific governance to manage the Environmental and Energy topics. The CSR Officer, reporting directly to the CEO, is in charge of Social, Environmental and Energy topics," supported by multiple managers and quarterly and annual review bodies. However, the company does not disclose any governance structures specific to policymaker engagement or lobbying activities. The only references to engagement relate to internal processes—"Worldline engagement activities are all managed through CSR officer"—and explicitly, there is no public commitment to align engagement with climate policy: "Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement? [...] No, and we do not plan to have one in the next two years." We found no evidence of any oversight body, sign-off process, or named individual responsible for aligning lobbying or policy advocacy with the company’s climate strategy, indicating that lobbying governance has not been disclosed.	0