Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | Aena SME SA provides a high level of transparency around its climate-policy lobbying. It names a broad suite of individual measures it has worked on, including EU initiatives such as the “Fit for 55 package” (covering the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, ETS for Aviation and the Energy Taxation Directive), the “Refuel Aviation Regulation,” EU Directive 2014/94 on alternative-fuel infrastructure, the Spanish “Sustainable Mobility Law,” the “Climate Change Law,” the “Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030,” and regional air-quality plans for Catalunya and the Community of Madrid (“Plan Azul+”). The company also discloses how it seeks to influence these files: it submits “allegation reports” and “position papers,” presents amendments that have been “agreed with members of the European Parliament,” participates in the “Interministerial Group for the coordination of the framework of national action of alternative energies for transport,” and works directly with specific governmental bodies such as the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda and “La Generalitat de Catalunya.” These descriptions clearly identify both the mechanisms used and the policymaking targets. Finally, Aena is explicit about the policy outcomes it pursues, for example advocating “mandatory national targets for the deployment of sufficient alternative fuels infrastructure,” requesting “flexibility mechanisms” in Refuel EU, and helping craft measures in the Catalunya air-quality plan such as “Technological renewal of vehicles and equipment” and “Aeronautical operation optimization and improvement.” It notes that it “supports [the Fit for 55 files] with no exceptions” and that the proposed positions have been checked for alignment with the Paris Agreement, demonstrating clarity about both the substance and intent of its lobbying. | 4 |