Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | ANZ Group Holdings Ltd provides a moderate level of transparency around its climate-policy lobbying. It identifies two concrete policy processes it sought to influence—the “Aotearoa New Zealand Climate Standards” being developed by the New Zealand External Reporting Board and the government’s “Aotearoa New Zealand Emissions Reduction Plan” overseen by the Ministry for the Environment—showing it is clear about which pieces of legislation it engaged on. The bank also spells out how and to whom it lobbied, noting it was a “regular participant in External Reporting Board consultation on the development of the standards” and that it “participated in a written submission made by the NZ Bankers Association” to the Ministry, thereby revealing both direct and industry-association channels and naming the specific governmental bodies targeted. Finally, it states the outcomes it sought, declaring “support with no exceptions” for each of the two policies and confirming that its stance “is aligned” with the Paris Agreement, which makes its policy position and objective unambiguous even though it does not go into detail about specific amendments or targets. Together these disclosures give a clear, though not exhaustive, picture of the company’s climate-related lobbying activities. | 2 |