AIA Group Ltd

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Comprehensive	AIA Group Ltd is highly transparent about its climate-policy lobbying. It names at least three specific initiatives it has sought to influence: the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s “Consultation on Climate-related disclosures,” New Zealand’s “Climate-related Disclosures and Other Matters Amendment Act 2021 (CRD Act),” and the “XRB Climate Related Disclosures Framework.” For each, the company explains how it intervened, describing direct written submissions and participation in formal consultations, and it identifies the decision-makers it addressed, such as the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the policymakers developing the CRD Act and the XRB framework in New Zealand. The stated objectives of those interventions are also explicit. AIA says it “supported the disclosure requirements advocating for more consistent and comparable disclosure on carbon and climate-risk reporting,” and that it “supports with minor exceptions” both proposed assurance provisions under the CRD Act and the XRB framework, seeking an occupational licensing regime for assurance providers and an expanded scope of mandatory assurance. By clearly linking the policies, the engagement channels, the official targets and the concrete changes it seeks, the company provides a comprehensive picture of its climate lobbying activities.	4

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
None	AIA Group Ltd’s disclosures illustrate comprehensive oversight of its climate strategy—for example, noting that “The Group General Counsel chairs the ESG Committee and the Climate and Net-Zero Steering Committee, and serves as the highest-ranking official responsible for ESG-related issues” and detailing how “engagement activities at AIA include our AIA-led thematic engagements and collective engagements with collaborative frameworks such as Climate Action 100+.” However, we found no evidence of any process, policy or formal mechanism that governs its direct lobbying activities or aligns its advocacy through trade associations with its climate objectives, nor does the company disclose any oversight, monitoring or review steps specific to lobbying alignment with its climate goals.	0