Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | easyJet provides a high level of transparency on its climate-related lobbying. It names a wide range of specific measures it engages on, including the EU Emissions Trading System, ReFuelEU Aviation Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate, the Energy Taxation Directive, the UK ETS, the forthcoming UK SAF mandate, the EU ‘Fit for 55’ package and related ticket-tax proposals, as well as national levies such as the Dutch flat-rate departure tax. The company also explains how it seeks to influence these files: its “CEO and members of our team are regularly discussing the Fit for 55 package and the Single European Sky … with the European Commission and Parliament representatives,” it holds direct meetings with the UK Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, participates in the UK Government’s Jet Zero Council and its working groups, co-commissions studies, and issues joint statements with NGOs and other airlines. Finally, easyJet is explicit about the outcomes it pursues—calling for “all flights departing from European airports to be covered by climate laws,” for carbon pricing and SAF mandates to be extended to every EEA and UK departure, for “taxes to reflect emissions to incentivise airlines to emit less carbon,” for a portion of ETS revenues to be ring-fenced for aviation decarbonisation, and for policies that accelerate zero-carbon aircraft and hydrogen infrastructure. Together, these disclosures demonstrate comprehensive visibility into the policies, channels and objectives of the company’s climate lobbying activity. | 4 |