Lobbying Governance
| Overall Assessment | Analysis | Score |
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| Limited |
RTL Group SA provides limited disclosures on its lobbying governance and does not specifically address its climate-related lobbying activities. The company reports that the policy ‘Guidelines on donations, sponsoring & memberships’ “addresses the topic of political influence and lobbying, which was identified as material in the double materiality assessment,” and “provides internal procedures and creates transparency externally for the public and potential donation recipients and sponsoring partners,” establishing “a binding framework for the processes, documentation, principles, priorities and topics of the engagement, allocation, and exclusion criteria, as well as for the consideration and follow-up of funding measures.” It further stipulates that “donations, memberships or sponsorships to politicians or political parties, individuals, or institutions whose basic attitude does not conform to free democratic principles, are not allowed,” and that “the Executive Committee is responsible for implementing this policy,” indicating a clear oversight body. However, the company does not disclose any mechanism to monitor or manage lobbying in relation to its climate objectives, nor any individual or committee tasked with reviewing climate-related lobbying, and there is no evidence of active alignment of its direct or indirect lobbying with climate policy goals, indicating that climate-specific lobbying governance is not covered in its disclosures.
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