Automatic Data Processing Inc – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Automatic Data Processing Inc. provides limited insight into how it governs climate-related advocacy, noting that "our Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors has oversight of environmental sustainability" and is "supported by the ESG Steering Committee on these matters and routinely updates our Board." This identifies a formal body with some oversight of climate engagement, and the company further discloses a "public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement." However, the disclosure does not clarify whether this oversight extends specifically to direct or indirect lobbying activities, nor does it describe any concrete mechanisms—such as periodic reviews, alignment checks for trade-association memberships, or escalation procedures—to ensure that lobbying positions are consistent with the company’s climate goals. We found no evidence of a detailed process for monitoring or managing lobbying alignment, so the governance framework appears limited and largely high-level. View Sources	D

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Limited

Automatic Data Processing Inc. provides limited insight into how it governs climate-related advocacy, noting that "our Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors has oversight of environmental sustainability" and is "supported by the ESG Steering Committee on these matters and routinely updates our Board." This identifies a formal body with some oversight of climate engagement, and the company further discloses a "public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement." However, the disclosure does not clarify whether this oversight extends specifically to direct or indirect lobbying activities, nor does it describe any concrete mechanisms—such as periodic reviews, alignment checks for trade-association memberships, or escalation procedures—to ensure that lobbying positions are consistent with the company’s climate goals. We found no evidence of a detailed process for monitoring or managing lobbying alignment, so the governance framework appears limited and largely high-level.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
None	Automatic Data Processing Inc. does not disclose any engagement with climate-related public policy. The company discusses interactions with the U.S. Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service, and state officials on employment and pay-equity matters, but it does not identify a single climate policy, name any climate-focused lobbying mechanism or target, nor explain what changes it would like to see in climate legislation or regulation. Because the disclosures are confined to non-climate topics, there is effectively no transparency on the firm’s climate-policy lobbying activities.	E