Tesco PLC

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Strong	Tesco provides clear details on its engagement with transport and fuel duty regulation, including a direct consultation with the UK Department of Transport on the Modern Transport Bill and a campaign to extend the rolling duty differential on road fuel gases with the UK Treasury. It also discloses both the mechanisms—“consulted directly with the UK Department of Transport” and participation in a campaign led by Gasrec to “make the case to the UK Treasury”—and the targets of these efforts. Tesco identifies specific outcomes sought through those engagements: promoting the charging infrastructure required to support the transition to greater use of electric vehicles, promoting retail centre charging points, and extending the rolling review period for fuel duty differentials. However, beyond these transport-related initiatives, most of its climate lobbying disclosures are framed in broad terms—collaboration in industry forums and high-level support for decarbonization objectives—without naming additional policies, mechanisms, or targets. This combination of detailed transport lobbying activity alongside more general sustainability-focused dialogue demonstrates a strong level of transparency for the specific issues addressed, while indicating room for Tesco to disclose a wider range of policy engagements with similar specificity.	3

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Tesco PLC demonstrates moderate governance over climate-related policy engagement by channeling its positions through internal committees and aligning with a Paris Agreement commitment. For instance, the company states, "We participate regularly in the most important industry platforms addressing the corporate climate agenda," and that "The views expressed in these initiatives always reflect the position of the group as agreed in the Steering Committees for Own Operations and Supply Chain Decarbonisation, as well as the Group Climate Committee," which indicates a clear committee-based sign-off process for its indirect engagement. It also confirms a public commitment to align its engagement with global climate goals, answering "Yes" to conducting activities "in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement." However, Tesco does not disclose any process for reviewing its direct lobbying activities, any standalone climate lobbying audit or report, nor name a specific individual responsible for overseeing lobbying alignment beyond its committee structures, indicating gaps in a comprehensive lobbying governance framework.	2