Direct Lobbying Transparency
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Limited | Amer Sports provides only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. It identifies one concrete measure it has engaged on – the EU-level “Ecodesign for Sustainable Products” initiative – and otherwise refers generically to “future EU sustainability initiatives,” “decarbonisation,” and “low-carbon manufacturing,” without naming further laws or regulations. The description of how it lobbies is similarly cursory: the company says it engages through “FESI working groups” covering topics such as corporate responsibility, product compliance, trade and winter sports, and it notes collaboration with industry bodies like FESI and Protect Our Winters, but it does not spell out whether this involves written submissions, meetings or other channels, nor does it name the government departments or legislators that are the targets of these efforts. Finally, the company’s objectives remain broad; it states that it “supports” the Ecodesign regulation “with minor exceptions” and aligns its lobbying with the Paris Agreement and a net-zero 2050 ambition, yet it does not explain the specific amendments it seeks or the precise policy outcomes it is pursuing. Taken together, these disclosures leave considerable gaps in understanding the company’s climate-policy lobbying activities. | 1 |