China Airlines Ltd – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Strong	China Airlines describes a structured process for governing both its own policy engagement and its participation in trade bodies, indicating strong climate-lobbying oversight. The company explains that "evaluating and deliberating on various public affairs initiatives" is done according to guidelines set by the Social Value Sub-committee and ESG Task Force, with decisions based on whether an initiative "contributes to ESG promotion, corporate policies, or operational goals," showing that climate considerations are embedded in the up-front approval of direct lobbying activities. It further states that "the alignment of the values of participating groups with company goals or policies is regularly reviewed and assessed" and that in 2023 it "continued to assess the alignment of external organizations it participates in ... with the global carbon reduction goals outlined in the Paris Agreement," demonstrating an ongoing mechanism to monitor and, where necessary, correct indirect lobbying through industry associations. Oversight responsibilities are clearly assigned: disclosures are "proofread and examined by the Executive Secretary (Corporate Development Office), Corporate Sustainability Committee, submitted to the Chairman for review and approval, and then reported to the Board of Directors," while climate-governance matters are also "reported to the Risk Committee of the Board of Directors" on a quarterly basis. The company provides examples of aligned direct advocacy such as having "lobbied the industry, government, and academia to create a development strategy for sustainable aviation fuel in Taiwan," reinforcing that its lobbying is intended to support its stated climate goals. What is not disclosed is a standalone, publicly available lobbying-alignment report or third-party audit, and the company does not detail specific criteria for disengaging from misaligned associations; nevertheless, the described review procedures, periodic board reporting, and explicit expectation that "industry associations it participates in" adhere to the Paris Agreement indicate strong governance of both direct and indirect climate-related lobbying activities. View Sources	B

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Strong

China Airlines describes a structured process for governing both its own policy engagement and its participation in trade bodies, indicating strong climate-lobbying oversight. The company explains that "evaluating and deliberating on various public affairs initiatives" is done according to guidelines set by the Social Value Sub-committee and ESG Task Force, with decisions based on whether an initiative "contributes to ESG promotion, corporate policies, or operational goals," showing that climate considerations are embedded in the up-front approval of direct lobbying activities. It further states that "the alignment of the values of participating groups with company goals or policies is regularly reviewed and assessed" and that in 2023 it "continued to assess the alignment of external organizations it participates in ... with the global carbon reduction goals outlined in the Paris Agreement," demonstrating an ongoing mechanism to monitor and, where necessary, correct indirect lobbying through industry associations. Oversight responsibilities are clearly assigned: disclosures are "proofread and examined by the Executive Secretary (Corporate Development Office), Corporate Sustainability Committee, submitted to the Chairman for review and approval, and then reported to the Board of Directors," while climate-governance matters are also "reported to the Risk Committee of the Board of Directors" on a quarterly basis. The company provides examples of aligned direct advocacy such as having "lobbied the industry, government, and academia to create a development strategy for sustainable aviation fuel in Taiwan," reinforcing that its lobbying is intended to support its stated climate goals. What is not disclosed is a standalone, publicly available lobbying-alignment report or third-party audit, and the company does not detail specific criteria for disengaging from misaligned associations; nevertheless, the described review procedures, periodic board reporting, and explicit expectation that "industry associations it participates in" adhere to the Paris Agreement indicate strong governance of both direct and indirect climate-related lobbying activities.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Comprehensive	China Airlines provides a detailed picture of its climate-policy lobbying. It names multiple identifiable policy frameworks it seeks to influence, including the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), the EU Emissions Trading System, the EU Green Deal’s Fit for 55 package, national greenhouse-gas inventory rules in Taiwan and specific Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) targets, as well as air-traffic-management reforms. The company also explains how it tries to influence those policies: it works directly with the Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration, lobbies through the Taipei Airlines Association, participates in ICAO side meetings and Global Market-Based Mechanism working-group sessions, attends APEC Transportation Working Group meetings, and convenes government, industry and academic stakeholders to shape an SAF development strategy—clearly identifying both the channels it uses and the policymaking bodies it addresses. Finally, China Airlines is explicit about the outcomes it wants to secure: the establishment of an SAF supply chain in Taiwan with blend-ratio milestones of 2 % by 2025, 5 % by 2030, 40 % by 2040 and 65 % by 2050; alignment with EU Fit for 55 requirements; optimisation of air-traffic networks and management efficiencies; and achievement of net-zero aviation emissions by 2050 with an interim 26 % reduction in jet-fuel emissions per RTK by 2030. Taken together, these disclosures demonstrate a comprehensive level of transparency across the policies it lobbies, the mechanisms and targets of its engagement, and the specific policy outcomes it seeks.	A