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Bilfinger SE provides only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. The disclosures touch on broad policy areas – energy-efficiency legislation in the Netherlands, the expansion of offshore wind and hydrogen, and support for CCS/CCU infrastructure such as the “Porthos” project – but they do not name any specific bills, regulations or rulemakings the company has tried to influence. The narrative refers to contacts with government bodies such as the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and the EU Innovation Fund, suggesting potential targets of engagement, yet it offers no detail on how those entities were approached, whether through meetings, consultation submissions, letters or trade-association activity. Likewise, the company describes desired high-level outcomes like scaling hydrogen, improving insulation standards and enabling the storage of “2.5 million tonnes of CO₂ annually” through Porthos, but it stops short of stating concrete policy changes it is advocating for, the positions it supports or opposes, or the reasons behind them. As a result, while Bilfinger acknowledges involvement in climate-transition projects and mentions collaboration with public authorities, it does not provide the specificity needed to demonstrate transparent climate-policy lobbying.
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Bilfinger SE provides only limited information on how it governs climate-related lobbying. The company states that it has "a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement", indicating an intention to align its policy advocacy with climate goals, but it does not explain how this commitment is operationalised. Although broader climate responsibilities are assigned to the Executive Board, with "responsibility for dealing with the opportunities, risks and impact of climate change" lying at that level, and the Supervisory Board "deals with sustainability topics, including climate change, at least twice a year", these references relate to general sustainability oversight rather than to the monitoring or management of lobbying activities. There is no disclosure of a process for reviewing the company’s own lobbying positions or those of its trade associations, no description of mechanisms such as an internal lobbying audit, and no named individual or committee explicitly charged with ensuring lobbying alignment. As a result, the available evidence shows only a high-level pledge but lacks detail on governance structures, monitoring procedures, or accountability specific to lobbying.
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