Kesko Oyj

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Strong	Kesko provides a relatively detailed picture of its climate-policy engagement. It identifies the main policy areas it tries to influence in Finland, such as changing “car taxation” to accelerate the uptake of newer, lower-emission vehicles, maintaining “incentives for low-emission company cars,” introducing “a fixed-term scrapping fee,” ensuring a nationwide public charging network for electric and hybrid cars, and supporting stronger “energy-efficiency-related draft laws” for buildings. These descriptions name several concrete legislative or regulatory themes and specify the jurisdiction (Finland) and time frame (the 2023-2027 parliamentary term), demonstrating moderate transparency on the policies it lobbies. The company also explains how it lobbies: it engages directly with “Finland’s parliament” on traffic-sector measures and, indirectly, through its membership of the Green Building Council Finland (FIGBC) committees that “give statements regarding real-estate-related draft laws.” By disclosing both direct parliamentary engagement and indirect advocacy via an industry body, and naming the targets of those efforts, Kesko provides a clear view of its lobbying mechanisms. Finally, it sets out the specific results it seeks—updating Finland’s vehicle fleet, accelerating adoption of low-emission cars, re-introducing the scrapping incentive, expanding charging infrastructure, and achieving “life cycle carbon neutrality of the real estate sector in Finland”—which shows a high degree of clarity about its desired policy outcomes.	3

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Limited	Kesko’s disclosures indicate a limited governance framework for climate-related lobbying. It discloses a public commitment to align its engagement activities with the Paris Agreement, stating “Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?…Yes”, and notes that its anti-corruption activities include “the rules for lobbying”. However, the company does not disclose any process for monitoring or managing its lobbying activities—whether direct advocacy or through industry associations such as the Confederation of Finnish Industries or Svensk Handel—against its climate objectives, nor does it identify any individual or formal body responsible for reviewing or aligning these activities. We found no evidence of a review procedure for association positions, board sign-off on lobbying plans, or a dedicated audit of climate-related lobbying, indicating that oversight and alignment of its lobbying to climate goals is currently limited.	1