Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | EVN AG provides a highly detailed and candid picture of its climate-policy lobbying. It lists a wide range of specific measures it engages on, including the “Erneuerbares Grün Gas Gesetz,” “Klimaschutzgesetz,” “Erneuerbare Wärme-Gesetz,” “Energieeffizienzgesetz des Bundes,” “EAG,” the “EU-Gaspaket,” the “Dekarbonisierungspaket,” and rules on “Electricity grid access for renewables,” each described with the relevant jurisdiction and thematic focus. The company also explains how it intervenes, citing several concrete mechanisms such as publishing a “Position paper of EVN,” and taking part in “working groups” and “research groups,” and it indicates that these efforts are directed at national policymakers in Austria who are drafting or amending the identified bills. Finally, EVN sets out the concrete outcomes it is seeking: it “supports introducing green gas into the system while opposing a quota and advocating for a system based on market premiums,” calls for “aligned national implementation that includes sector coupling and green hydrogen in public grids,” prefers “incentives and sponsorship” rather than supplier obligations under the energy-efficiency law, and argues that “heat generation plants should be permitted also in the future if they are operated with renewable/green gas.” By consistently linking each engagement to an explicit position and desired legislative change, and by declaring that these stances are “aligned with the Paris Agreement,” the company demonstrates comprehensive transparency across policies lobbied, mechanisms used, and outcomes sought. | 4 |