Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Strong | Carrefour discloses a wide range of climate-related policy engagements, naming concrete initiatives such as the “French national pact committed to phasing out plastic packaging by 2025,” the European Commission project to create an Organization Environmental Footprint, the “SoS Cerrado Manifesto,” the Brazilian Forest Code and its push for “zero-deforestation beef.” This demonstrates clear transparency on which pieces of legislation or regulatory frameworks it seeks to influence. The company is similarly explicit about the objectives it pursues, stating its support for “the adoption of effective policies and commitments to eliminate deforestation and conversion of native vegetation,” its aim to “establish a common method for calculating a multi-criteria environmental footprint for all organizations,” and its goal of creating a zero-deforestation beef sector by 2030, all of which reflect specific, measurable policy outcomes. By contrast, the description of how Carrefour undertakes this lobbying is far thinner: apart from noting that it was “invited by the European Commission to submit a project” and that it holds “discussions with the government, NGOs and producers” in Brazil, the disclosures rarely detail the concrete mechanisms—such as meetings, written submissions, or consultations—or identify the particular ministries or legislators addressed. Overall, Carrefour is highly transparent in stating what policies it engages on and what it wants to achieve, but it offers only limited insight into the channels and targets of that engagement. | 3 |