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Maple Leaf Foods Inc. articulates a clear public commitment to align its external engagement with its climate goals but provides no evidence of governance processes or oversight structures for lobbying alignment. It notes that “we were the first food company in Canada to set science-based targets that are aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and approved by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi),” and confirms it has a “public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement” by answering “Yes.” However, the company does not disclose any procedures for reviewing or managing its lobbying activities, nor does it identify any individual or committee responsible for overseeing alignment of its direct or indirect policy advocacy with its climate commitments.
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Maple Leaf Foods offers only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. It acknowledges engaging “dialog with provincial and federal governments on the development of their unique carbon plans and tax schemes,” which identifies a broad policy category—carbon pricing and offsets—but it does not cite any specific bills or regulations. The company likewise describes its method simply as “dialog” with “provincial and federal governments,” without detailing whether this took the form of written submissions, formal meetings, or consultations, nor does it name individual departments or officials. The most explicit objectives it discloses are a desire to “advocate for consistency and alignment of provincial and federal programs” and a proposal that “national and provincial offset protocols do not restrict farmers from participating in voluntary carbon markets long-term,” along with a general commitment to align with the Paris Agreement. While these statements reveal two concrete outcomes the company seeks, the overall picture remains high-level and lacks the depth needed to demonstrate full transparency around its climate-policy lobbying activities.
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