Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | Skanska AB provides detailed and specific disclosure of its climate-policy lobbying. It identifies three concrete policies it has engaged on—the Swedish move toward a mandatory carbon declaration for buildings, the EU’s Level(s) sustainability reporting framework for the built environment, and the climate-change-mitigation provisions of the EU Taxonomy—giving enough information to understand the scope and jurisdiction of each initiative. The company is equally clear about how and where it lobbies: it notes that “Skanska Sweden are supportive of this and have been an active reference for the policy maker,” naming the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning as the direct target; it “funds and is an active member in Green Building Councils (GBCs) in all of our local markets,” where senior executives hold board positions and work with governments and local authorities; and it is “engaging via World Green Building Council to give sector-related response in consultation processes” for the EU Taxonomy. Finally, Skanska spells out the outcomes it seeks: the introduction of a mandatory carbon declaration, the adoption of the Level(s) framework to raise building-performance standards, and unqualified support for the EU Taxonomy’s climate-mitigation criteria, “Support with no exceptions,” all presented as steps to align the construction sector with the Paris Agreement. This breadth and specificity across policies, mechanisms and desired outcomes demonstrate a very high level of transparency in the company’s climate-related lobbying activities. | 4 |