Air Canada

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Comprehensive	Air Canada provides a consistently detailed picture of its climate-policy advocacy. It identifies a range of specific measures it engages on, including the Clean Fuel Regulation, the British Columbia Low-Carbon Fuels Standard, ICAO’s global Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), and “Canada’s Aviation Climate Action Plan 2022-2030,” each described with its jurisdiction and the company’s position. The carrier also explains how it seeks to influence these policies, noting that “Comments were submitted in 2022 through the NACC and IATA,” that it is “closely involved in advocacy within the CFR consultations,” and that it provides direct feedback to Transport Canada while sitting on the IATA Sustainability and Environment Advisory Council to guide ICAO work—clearly naming both its channels (industry associations, formal consultations, written submissions) and its targets (Government of Canada, Transport Canada and other Canadian policymakers). Finally, Air Canada is explicit about the outcomes it pursues: it lobbies “to incentivize and enable the production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in Canada,” urges adoption of ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices into domestic law, seeks adjustments to the CORSIA baseline, and informs government about “constraints related to the development of a SAF supply chain in Canada and related potential cost increase of the imposition of a carbon intensity and volumetric requirements,” all of which it states are “aligned” with the Paris Agreement and the goal of “10 % SAF usage by 2030.” Taken together, these disclosures demonstrate a comprehensive level of transparency regarding the company’s climate-related lobbying activities.	4

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
None	Air Canada does not disclose a governance process for ensuring its lobbying activities align with its climate change strategy. It highlights its involvement in policy development, noting that "Air Canada is engaged with Transport Canada through the Aviation & Noise Environmental Committee" and its input via trade bodies, stating it "pays annual membership to the NACC, A4A, IATA as well as the Aviation Climate Taskforce (ACT)". These disclosures focus on engagement but provide no details of an internal mechanism—such as a policy, review procedure or pre-approval process—to monitor or manage its lobbying against its climate objectives. Although the company explains that its "corporate sustainability team oversees the overall disclosure framework" and that the "Audit, Finance and Risk Committee monitors the development" and reviews sustainability disclosures, the company does not disclose any individual or formal body that oversees lobbying alignment specifically. We found no evidence of a commitment to engage in line with the Paris Agreement—"No, and we do not plan to have one in the next two years"—underscoring the absence of structured climate-lobbying governance.	0