Celanese Corp

Lobbying Governance

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Although Celanese does not engage in any direct political contributions, the Company strives to offer fair, thoughtful and transparent educational advocacy programs to acquaint elected officials about the work we do, the jobs we create and the people behind the innovative solutions we produce. The Company sponsors a voluntary, nonpartisan political action committee called the Celanese Political Action Committee ("CELPAC"). CELPAC supports candidates for federal, state and local office in the U.S., representing both major U.S. political parties, that advocate and pursue government policies that promote the Company's interests. CELPAC is governed by a Board of Directors who regularly evaluates the merits of donations to candidates to align those donations with the Company's goals. For our full political engagement policy and for a list of political contributions, please go to https://celanese.com/about-us/political-engagement-policy.

https://investors.celanese.com/download/companies/celanesecorp/Proxy/Proxy_493550%20(1).pdf

The Committee will review and oversee: [...] 5. Advocacy activities and relationships with government and regulatory authorities in the areas of environmental, health and safety.

https://investors.celanese.com/download/companies/celanesecorp/CorporateGovernance/Environmental,%20Health,%20Safety,%20Quality%20and%20Public%20Policy%20Committee%20Charter.pdf

###### Political Engagement Policy

Although Celanese does not engage in any direct political contributions, the Company strives to offer fair, thoughtful and transparent educational advocacy programs to acquaint elected officials about the work we do, the jobs we create and the people behind the innovative solutions we produce. Eligible company employees can participate in a voluntary, nonpartisan political action committee called the Celanese Political Action Committee ("CELPAC"). CELPAC supports candidates for federal, state and local office in the U.S., representing both major U.S. political parties, that advocate and pursue government policies that promote the Company's interests. CELPAC is governed by a Board of Directors who regularly evaluates the merits of donations to candidates to align those donations with the Company's goals. For our full political engagement policy and for a list of political contributions, please go to https://www.celanese.com/legal/political-engagement-policy/.

https://investors.celanese.com/download/companies/celanesecorp/Proxy/2023%20Proxy%20-%20CE-2023%20DEF14A.pdf

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]At Celanese we take a multi-prong approach to ensuring that our engagement activities are consistent with our climate policy throughout the organization. The Vice President of Global Government Affairs and the EU Director of Government affairs are active members of the ESG Council and trade association positions are vetted through the ESG Council to ensure they are consistent with Celanese policy. This includes trade association positions related to climate policy and carbon border adjustment, energy efficiency targets, permit and tax incentives for renewable energy, and government support of electric vehicles. Our global energy coordinator routinely attends and speaks at trade group/agency sponsored events and conferences where we communicate our highly successful approach and activities. This stakeholder outreach enables us to engage and directly impact best practices related to energy and climate change when and where appropriate. In addition to the global energy coordinator, our global environmental team is actively involved in stakeholder outreach with member trade associations (e.g., ACC, TCC, CEFIC, VCI). Through these activities, we work with regulatory agencies to develop achievable, cost-effective, and sustainable regulatory requirements for the regulated entities. We ensure through our process safety steering committee that all site and corporate actions and activities are well thought-out and consider emerging regulatory requirements.

CDP Questionnaire Response 2022

Attach commitment or position statement(s)[…]Yes, all advocacy has to be consistent with the Celanese climate policy statement.
https://www.celanese.com/-/media/cewebjssapp/project/documents/Climate-Policy.pdf

CDP Questionnaire Response 2022