Kinross Gold Corp – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

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Limited	Kinross Gold discloses that its oversight structure for climate-related outreach includes senior executives and a board committee, noting that “stakeholder engagement involves many functions including… government relations” and that the ESG Executive Committee, “composed of senior executives responsible for government relations, safety and sustainability, and global human resources… along with the Vice-President, ESG are responsible for the ensuring alignment of our engagement activities and our climate change strategy.” The company adds that the Board’s Corporate Responsibility and Technical Committee (CRTC) “has primary oversight of the assessment and mitigation of ESG risks, including climate change,” and that the ESG Committee “reports to the Senior Leadership Team monthly and provides quarterly updates to the CRTC.” This indicates that at least one formal body and named executives have a mandate to align engagement—implicitly including policy engagement carried out by the government-relations function—with the company’s climate strategy, suggesting some governance of lobbying alignment. However, the disclosures remain high-level: we found no evidence of a dedicated lobbying or public-policy governance policy, no description of concrete procedures for reviewing lobbying positions or trade-association memberships, and no mention of audits, escalation steps, or actions taken to correct misaligned advocacy. The company also “has a public commitment… to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement,” but does not specify how this commitment is operationalised for direct or indirect lobbying. Consequently, while there is limited oversight language, the transparency and detail needed to demonstrate a robust lobbying-governance process—particularly with respect to trade associations—are not disclosed. View Sources	D

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Limited

Kinross Gold discloses that its oversight structure for climate-related outreach includes senior executives and a board committee, noting that “stakeholder engagement involves many functions including… government relations” and that the ESG Executive Committee, “composed of senior executives responsible for government relations, safety and sustainability, and global human resources… along with the Vice-President, ESG are responsible for the ensuring alignment of our engagement activities and our climate change strategy.” The company adds that the Board’s Corporate Responsibility and Technical Committee (CRTC) “has primary oversight of the assessment and mitigation of ESG risks, including climate change,” and that the ESG Committee “reports to the Senior Leadership Team monthly and provides quarterly updates to the CRTC.” This indicates that at least one formal body and named executives have a mandate to align engagement—implicitly including policy engagement carried out by the government-relations function—with the company’s climate strategy, suggesting some governance of lobbying alignment. However, the disclosures remain high-level: we found no evidence of a dedicated lobbying or public-policy governance policy, no description of concrete procedures for reviewing lobbying positions or trade-association memberships, and no mention of audits, escalation steps, or actions taken to correct misaligned advocacy. The company also “has a public commitment… to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement,” but does not specify how this commitment is operationalised for direct or indirect lobbying. Consequently, while there is limited oversight language, the transparency and detail needed to demonstrate a robust lobbying-governance process—particularly with respect to trade associations—are not disclosed.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
None	Kinross Gold provides very limited transparency around its climate-related lobbying. The company notes that it “participates in several conferences which provide opportunities for industry to collaboratively develop effective policies” and that, “through our memberships and participation in a range of international and national industry organizations, we engage on a range of topics relating to climate change,” yet it does not identify any specific climate laws or regulations it has sought to influence, nor does it confirm that it refrains from such activity. The disclosures also do not describe the mechanisms used—such as meetings, submissions, or letters—nor name the policymakers or jurisdictions that might be targeted; participation in bodies like the World Gold Council and the National Mining Association is mentioned only in general terms. Finally, the company does not spell out any concrete policy positions or outcomes it wishes to achieve beyond broad support for climate action. As a result, stakeholders are left without meaningful insight into whether, how, or why Kinross Gold seeks to shape public climate policy.	E