Stanley Black & Decker Inc – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Strong	Stanley Black & Decker Inc has established a governance process that integrates climate strategy stakeholders directly into its engagement activities by “placing some of our key climate change strategy stakeholders in the position to engage directly” to ensure consistency with company positions. It extends this alignment to indirect lobbying by collaborating with trade bodies such as the Power Tool Institute and European Power Tool Association, providing “human resources and expertise in drafting position papers and representing these associations in meetings with key legislators”. Oversight of this process is entrusted to specific executives, including the fact that “Our Senior Director of Sustainable Products Heads up the Power Tool Institute Environment Committee” and our “Global Director of Product Compliance is a Member of the European Power Tool Association Circular Economy Working Group monitoring and influencing position papers”. While these measures indicate strong monitoring and accountability of both direct and association-led advocacy, the company makes clear that “we do not plan to have one [public commitment to the Paris Agreement] in the next two years”, and we found no evidence of a publicly disclosed climate-lobbying audit or review, suggesting the framework could be enhanced through a formal external assessment or a Paris Agreement–aligned commitment. View Sources	B

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Strong

Stanley Black & Decker Inc has established a governance process that integrates climate strategy stakeholders directly into its engagement activities by “placing some of our key climate change strategy stakeholders in the position to engage directly” to ensure consistency with company positions. It extends this alignment to indirect lobbying by collaborating with trade bodies such as the Power Tool Institute and European Power Tool Association, providing “human resources and expertise in drafting position papers and representing these associations in meetings with key legislators”. Oversight of this process is entrusted to specific executives, including the fact that “Our Senior Director of Sustainable Products Heads up the Power Tool Institute Environment Committee” and our “Global Director of Product Compliance is a Member of the European Power Tool Association Circular Economy Working Group monitoring and influencing position papers”. While these measures indicate strong monitoring and accountability of both direct and association-led advocacy, the company makes clear that “we do not plan to have one [public commitment to the Paris Agreement] in the next two years”, and we found no evidence of a publicly disclosed climate-lobbying audit or review, suggesting the framework could be enhanced through a formal external assessment or a Paris Agreement–aligned commitment.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Comprehensive	Stanley Black & Decker provides extensive, specific disclosure of its climate-related lobbying. It names multiple identifiable policy proposals it has worked on, including the European Commission’s “Circular Economy” package, the “EcoDesign and Energy Efficiency requirements,” the “Product Environmental Footprints of the EU Battery Regulation,” and draft “energy efficiency limits for electrical motors.” The company is equally clear on how and where it lobbies, describing “meeting attendance, proposal reviews, and adding thought and ideas to the standard proposals,” work “through the European Power Tool Association and Orgalim,” collaboration with “Recharge, the European Association for advanced Rechargeable Batteries,” and direct engagement with “the European Commission” and other legislators. Finally, it spells out the results it seeks, such as ensuring “products perform better, last longer in the field, and are easier to service and maintain,” supporting standards that improve durability, up-gradability and recyclability, and aiming for “a seamless transition to the new requirements at minimal cost and maximum benefit to our customers and the environment.” Together, these disclosures demonstrate a high level of transparency across the policies addressed, the mechanisms employed, and the concrete outcomes the company pursues.	A