National Central Cooling Co PJSC

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Comprehensive	National Central Cooling Co PJSC (Tabreed) provides a high level of transparency around its climate-policy lobbying. It identifies several concrete policy instruments it works on, including the Department of Energy’s District Cooling Regulations and District Cooling Applicability Regulations, the District Cooling Technical Code and Metering Code launched in February 2021, as well as its contributions to the UAE Energy Strategy 2050, the UAE Carbon Net-Zero Strategy 2050 and the UAE Water Security Strategy 2036. The company also explains how it seeks to influence those policies: it engages directly with the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy, participates in the Technical Panel Review Process for the district-cooling codes, and supplies historical performance data and future projections to feed into the Integrated Energy Strategy. Finally, Tabreed is explicit about the outcomes it pursues, aiming for a 20 % improvement in operational energy efficiency, stronger demand-side management provisions, and reduced freshwater consumption through infrastructure investments—all of which are tied to the national net-zero and energy-efficiency strategies. Together, these disclosures demonstrate comprehensive insight into what the company lobbies for, how it does so, and the specific changes it wants to achieve.	4

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
None	National Central Cooling Co PJSC does not disclose any governance processes for lobbying activities, focusing instead on general corporate governance frameworks. For example, it states that “Tabreed’s corporate governance system is well developed, adopts local and international best practice and meets all relevant requirements of UAE legislation,” and explains that “The Board is empowered to establish Board committees and to delegate powers to such committees as necessary or appropriate,” with committees such as the Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Finance Committee and Projects Committee overseeing areas like financial risk management and project execution. The company also notes that “Tabreed formed the Insider Information and Dealings Committee” to regulate insider transactions, but we found no evidence of any policy, oversight structure, or named individual responsible for governing direct or indirect lobbying or ensuring alignment of lobbying activities with climate-related or other policy goals.	0