Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | Hudbay Minerals provides a reasonable but not exhaustive picture of its climate-policy lobbying. It identifies the key measures it engages on by name, notably Canada’s proposed "Clean Fuel Standard" and "carbon tax related policy,” and indicates continuing interaction around mandatory carbon reporting rules, giving readers a clear sense of the regulations that prompt its advocacy. The company also explains how it lobbies: it participates in a "MAC working group to work with industry on putting together cohesive concerns about the proposed [Clean Fuel Standard]" and contributes to a "climate change working group" that prepares "draft letters to the federal government in Canada," demonstrating both an industry-association channel and direct written submissions to the federal government as specific targets. On desired outcomes, Hudbay is explicit about only one objective—mitigating the compliance cost of the Clean Fuel Standard, noting "We are discussing with the government how this can be best handled in trade exposed commodity sectors such as minerals particularly in northern and non-grid connected locations"—while offering no similarly detailed position on carbon-tax design. Overall, the disclosures give a moderate level of transparency: the main policies, lobbying avenues, and at least one concrete policy ask are set out, but a fuller articulation of objectives across all engagements is still missing. | 2 |