Societe BIC SA

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Comprehensive	Societe BIC provides extensive, specific information about every aspect of its climate-policy lobbying. It names a suite of concrete measures it has engaged on, including the EU “CLP” classification and labelling regulation, the proposed “PPWR” packaging and packaging-waste regulation, the “ESPR” Eco-design of Products Regulation, and the French “AGEC” decrees on the circular economy, as well as expressing its position toward the Paris Agreement. The company also spells out how it lobbies and who it targets: it “actively collaborated with 2 EU professional federations” such as AIM and TIE, worked through CEFIC, EWIMA and MEDEF, conducted “several meetings with Members of the European Parliament, Permanent Representatives, and the European Commission,” submitted written comments and proposed amendments, and was “assisted by a lobbying firm,” thereby detailing both direct and indirect mechanisms and the specific EU and French institutions addressed. Finally, BIC is explicit about the outcomes it seeks, advocating—for example—reasonable product-labelling rules that avoid unnecessary on-product labels and favour “the digitalization of mandatory information,” “minor exceptions” to single-use-plastic measures to align with French standards, and amendments to “redefine the thresholds for allowing self-regulation,” allocate resources for sectoral ecolabels, and extend bans on destroying unsold products across Europe. This level of disclosure demonstrates a comprehensive, coherent, and consistent account of its climate-related lobbying objectives, methods, and policy focus.	4

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Limited	Societe BIC SA discloses a structured oversight for its general advocacy activities, noting that “CEO Gonzalve Bich and the members of the Executive Committee are responsible for steering and monitoring all lobbying activities on a regular basis” and that advocacy is “monitored by BIC’s Legal Department, governed by the Anti-Corruption Policy and the BIC’s Code of Conduct, which names the people to be notified in the event of breaches.” However, the company does not disclose any process for aligning its lobbying—direct or through trade associations—with climate objectives, nor does it publish any dedicated climate lobbying review or policy, and it explicitly states, “No, and we do not plan to have one in the next two years” regarding a Paris-aligned engagement commitment. This indicates that, while BIC has clear accountability structures for general lobbying oversight, it provides no evident governance of climate-related lobbying activities.	1