Lobbying Governance
| Overall Assessment | Analysis | Score |
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| Moderate |
Welltower provides some insight into how it governs climate-related advocacy, stating that "Welltower’s ESG Team serves on Nareit’s Real Estate Sustainability Council" and that the company "chooses to have its ESG Team represent the organization… to seek to ensure engagement activities are consistent with the organization’s overall climate change strategy." This indicates the existence of a defined internal group that monitors and participates in indirect lobbying through a key trade association and positions that engagement against the company’s climate strategy. Additional detail that the ESG Team "regularly discusses upcoming and in-progress initiatives with Nareit peers" and "recently joined a series of conversations related to the SEC Climate Change Disclosure Proposal" shows an ongoing process aimed at aligning advocacy with climate objectives. However, the disclosure does not extend beyond this single association, offers no description of how direct lobbying is overseen, and does not identify any formal board-level committee or named executive that reviews or signs off on lobbying alignment. The company also does not disclose any systematic audit or public report evaluating whether its positions or those of its industry partners match its climate commitments. Overall, the evidence points to a moderate but still limited governance approach centred on the ESG Team’s informal oversight rather than a comprehensive, company-wide lobbying governance framework.
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