Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | InterContinental Hotels Group PLC provides extensive and specific information about its climate-policy lobbying. It names multiple concrete policy vehicles it has engaged on, including providing feedback to the Transition Plan Taskforce Disclosure Framework, working to “expand energy efficient commercial building tax deduction in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” supporting the UK Government’s Tourism Recovery Plan, and commenting on the International Sustainability Standards Board’s draft climate-reporting standards. The company also describes a variety of direct and indirect mechanisms and clearly identifies the policymaking targets: it “joined the TPT Sandbox to provide ‘ongoing feedback’” to HM Treasury, holds the Co-Chair role on the UK Government’s Tourism Industry Council that “acts as a sounding board and point of dialogue between Ministers and the industry,” and “worked closely with the US Congress” as well as the US Department of Energy and industry associations to shape federal legislation and decarbonisation programmes. Finally, IHG is explicit about the outcomes it seeks, such as aligning its own transition plan “with the gold-standard requirements for transition plans,” securing an enlarged tax deduction so hotel owners can afford energy-efficiency upgrades, and advocating policies that give “greater access to renewable energy and incentives for owners.” Together, these disclosures demonstrate a high level of transparency across the policies lobbied, the methods used, and the concrete results the company is aiming to achieve. | 4 |