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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Comprehensive	Chemours provides a highly detailed and open account of its climate-related lobbying. It names multiple specific policies it seeks to shape, including the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, U.S. EPA rule-making under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, the EU revision of the F-Gas Regulation, and the EU REACH proposal to restrict PFAS, as well as its links to the EU Green Deal. The company also lays out the channels it uses and the decision-makers it targets: it describes submitting data in the European Chemicals Agency public consultation, “lobbying in support of the U.S. ratification and implementation of Kigali,” engaging directly with the U.S. EPA on the AIM Act, and working with “the European Parliament” and “the Council of the EU,” thereby clarifying both the mechanisms—public consultations, formal rule-making processes, and direct advocacy—and the governmental bodies involved. Finally, Chemours articulates the precise outcomes it is pursuing: it supports the phasedown of HFCs, seeks “time-unlimited derogations for fluoropolymers,” advocates exemptions for fluoropolymers and certain f-gases from the proposed PFAS ban, and looks for revisions to the F-Gas Regulation that balance environmental and socio-economic goals. By specifying the policies, the advocacy methods, the targets, and the concrete results it hopes to achieve, Chemours demonstrates a comprehensive level of transparency around its climate policy lobbying.	4

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Chemours integrates its climate change strategy into its core business and uses its Corporate Responsibility Leadership Team (CRLT) alongside line management to govern policy engagement. In the company’s words, “Our climate change strategy is fully integrated into our business strategy and as such regularly reviewed and discussed via line management which ensures full awareness in the line,” and the CRLT “ensures that the company’s direct and indirect activities are consistent with our overall climate change strategy” by operating within “a governance structure in place to assess the situation and/or signal any improvements to be made … in our policy engagement.” The Chemours board likewise “has active responsibility for and oversees broad corporate policy and overall company performance” and “oversees our sustainability strategy, standards, goals, and performance.” Chemours further confirms “Yes” in response to the question, “Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?” While these elements indicate moderate oversight of climate-related policy advocacy, the company does not disclose a dedicated lobbying-governance policy, a formal climate-lobbying review or audit, or explicit criteria for evaluating and managing trade association alignments with its climate objectives.	2