Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | Cleanaway Waste Management provides a moderate level of transparency on its climate-related lobbying. It identifies two concrete Australian policies it engages on—the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting scheme (NGERs) and “The Safeguard Mechanism and National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Safeguard Mechanism) Rule 2015”—making it clear which legislative frameworks are the focus of its efforts. The company explains that it “engage[s] with policymakers to revise emissions factors and oxidation factors based on scientific measurements and evidence,” showing that it does use direct interaction as its route of influence, although it does not spell out whether this occurs via formal submissions, meetings, or other channels, nor does it name the specific government bodies or officials it contacts. The desired outcomes are described with reasonable specificity: it seeks changes to technical parameters within the reporting rules and advocates for “a mechanism that achieves emissions reductions without inequitable market impacts,” signalling both the environmental objective and the economic safeguard it wants built into the policy. This level of detail on policies and objectives, combined with only high-level information on how and to whom it lobbies, results in an overall moderate disclosure of its climate-policy lobbying activities. | 2 |