Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | Teleflex provides a moderate level of transparency on its climate-related lobbying. The company outlines how it engages on policy matters, explaining that it contacts “congressional members, staff, and committee members” directly, works through trade associations such as AdvaMed and MedTech Europe, and employs a third-party adviser, giving readers a clear picture of the channels it uses and the public-sector audiences it targets. However, when describing what it lobbies for, the disclosure focuses largely on broad themes such as “environmental initiatives,” “circular economy,” and its own net-zero commitment rather than identifying specific climate bills, regulations, or rulemakings it has tried to shape. The outcomes it seeks are spelled out in detail for healthcare issues—like reforms to Medicare reimbursement and removal of prior-authorization hurdles for the UroLift™ product—but, for climate policy, the narrative is confined to internal emissions-reduction goals and does not specify any external legislative or regulatory changes the company advocates. This leaves only a general indication that Teleflex supports stronger environmental policy without clarifying which laws it aims to influence or the concrete results it wants from that engagement. | 2 |