Lobbying Governance
| Overall Assessment | Analysis | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate |
INWIT discloses some mechanisms to govern how it lobbies, but the level of detail remains limited. It has adopted a dedicated "Policy Responsible Lobbying" that "defines the guidelines that regulate INWIT’s lobbying activity in compliance with ethical principles, transparency and legality, in order to represent corporate interests before public decision-makers and contribute to a fair and informed decision-making process," indicating a formal policy framework. The company also makes an explicit climate-related commitment, stating that it has "a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement," and describes a process whereby its Stakeholder Forum is used to make sure "external engagement activities are consistent with your climate commitments and/or climate transition plan," suggesting the policy is intended to cover climate-aligned engagement. Oversight of lobbying interfaces is described through the creation of an "Institutional Integration Steering Team" that "periodically…provides an update to the General Manager on the critical issues found in the operational processes, the related solutions identified and the progress of the defined action plan," which shows at least one concrete internal monitoring step. However, the disclosure does not spell out how the Board, the Sustainability Committee or any named executive systematically reviews lobbying positions for climate alignment, nor does it mention reviewing or managing the company’s indirect lobbying through trade associations; likewise, no standalone lobbying-alignment report or audit is referenced. Overall, the presence of a policy, a stated Paris alignment commitment and a steering team that reports to senior management indicate moderate but incomplete governance, while the absence of detailed procedures, board-level sign-off or trade-association review shows that the approach is still relatively limited.
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