Manila Water Co Inc – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
None	Manila Water Co Inc demonstrates a well-defined climate oversight structure, noting that “Our Board holds overall responsibility for the company’s response to climate change, overseeing the identification, assessment, and management of associated risks and opportunities,” and outlining that the Board Risk Oversight Committee (BROC) and the ESG Committee “engages in quarterly board-level discussions on sustainability risks and opportunities including climate-related matters focused on metrics, targets and performance.” However, we found no evidence of any governance process for lobbying or policy engagement. The company does not disclose a policy to align lobbying with its climate goals, no individual or formal body is named as overseeing lobbying activities, and there is no description of procedures for monitoring or managing direct or indirect lobbying or engaging with trade associations. As a result, the company’s disclosures do not address how it governs lobbying in relation to its climate objectives. View Sources	E

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Manila Water Co Inc demonstrates a well-defined climate oversight structure, noting that “Our Board holds overall responsibility for the company’s response to climate change, overseeing the identification, assessment, and management of associated risks and opportunities,” and outlining that the Board Risk Oversight Committee (BROC) and the ESG Committee “engages in quarterly board-level discussions on sustainability risks and opportunities including climate-related matters focused on metrics, targets and performance.” However, we found no evidence of any governance process for lobbying or policy engagement. The company does not disclose a policy to align lobbying with its climate goals, no individual or formal body is named as overseeing lobbying activities, and there is no description of procedures for monitoring or managing direct or indirect lobbying or engaging with trade associations. As a result, the company’s disclosures do not address how it governs lobbying in relation to its climate objectives.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Manila Water provides only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. The company lists general engagement channels—such as “regular correspondence and submission of reports,” “meetings with regulatory offices,” and “public consultations”—but it does not identify which government departments, legislators, or regulators these activities target, so readers cannot see who is being lobbied or at what level. Its disclosures likewise refer broadly to working on “regulatory policy development and alignment on advocacy matters” around effluent standards and the Manila Bay cleanup, yet no specific climate or environmental laws, bills, or regulations are named. Finally, the company does not spell out the concrete policy changes it wants to secure, offering no clear statement of the positions it supports or opposes. As a result, the transparency of its lobbying activities remains limited.	D