METRO AG

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Strong	METRO AG gives a detailed picture of its climate-policy advocacy. It names several identifiable regulations or initiatives it engages on, including the EU review of the "F-Gas regulation", Germany’s "Energiewende" and associated renewable-energy legislation, "food waste-related regulation" at sub-national level, and the federal climate initiative "Wirtschaft macht Klimaschutz." The company also explains how it lobbies and whom it targets: it works "via its active membership in the Association of European Retailers EuroCommerce," sends staff "through its representative offices in Brussels and Berlin," participates in formal "consultations," produces "joint position papers," and communicates "via social media with the account 'METRO_Politics'," addressing specific bodies such as the EU Commission and German policymakers. On outcomes, METRO discloses its policy positions, for example supporting the F-Gas review "with minor exceptions", backing clean-energy legislation while calling for a framework that balances efficiency with consumer costs, and advocating that "Measures along the entire value chain are needed" in forthcoming food-waste rules because only a "minor part of food waste" occurs in the retail/wholesale sector. Although these positions stop short of spelling out precise amendments or numeric targets, they articulate at least two clear objectives and the rationale behind them, resulting in a strong overall level of transparency.	3

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Limited	METRO AG articulates a broad “responsible lobbying” approach, stating that “our approach on environmental matters is in line with METRO’s approach to responsible lobbying” and highlighting that in 2021 “we have published a transparent list of the specific topics / legislation and organisations that we have supported.” It also affirms a “public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.” However, the company does not disclose any formal processes for monitoring or managing lobbying activities, does not identify any specific individual or formal body responsible for oversight of its lobbying, and provides no evidence of mechanisms to ensure alignment of its direct or indirect lobbying with its climate change strategy.	1