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| Limited |
AbbVie offers a basic but incomplete picture of its climate-related lobbying. It reports that it has “a strong relationship” with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and “regularly discuss[es] policy and support for energy initiatives,” which pins down both the mechanism—direct discussions—and the policymaking target. Beyond noting engagement on clean-energy generation, however, the company does not identify any specific law, regulation, or bill it has tried to influence. Nor does it spell out the concrete policy changes or measurable outcomes it is advocating, referring only generally to support for renewable technologies and energy initiatives. This leaves only limited insight into the precise policies addressed and the results the company is seeking through its lobbying activities.
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| Moderate |
AbbVie has established an ESG Council “chaired by our Vice Chairman, External Affairs and Chief Legal Officer and composed of senior cross functional leaders” that “meets at minimum once per quarter” and “maintains sub-committees aligned to AbbVie’s material topics which included Environmental Sustainability”; this council “ensures strategic, enterprise-aligned delivery on AbbVie’s ESG Framework” and “would have oversight and decision making ability in a situation where engagement with a trade associate may not align with the goals of the Paris Agreement,” indicating a mechanism to oversee indirect lobbying alignment. AbbVie also reports that its Board of Directors and its Public Policy and Sustainability Committee “provide oversight on matters related to climate-related risks and strategies, with annual updates from executive management on environmental strategy, action plans, objectives, and progress against established sustainability goals.” However, the company “does not have a documented public commitment for our engagement activities to ensure that they are in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement” and confirms that “we do not plan to have one in the next two years,” and it provides no detailed process for reviewing or managing direct lobbying activities beyond this general ESG oversight.
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