Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | Traton SE offers an unusually full account of its climate-policy lobbying. It explicitly identifies the measures it engages on, including the EU’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, the Charging Infrastructure Master Plan II, forthcoming revisions to the EU CO₂ regulation for heavy-duty trucks, the Euro 7 emissions standard and the planned ETS II, as well as national roll-outs led by Germany’s National Charging Infrastructure Control Center. The company also explains how and where it seeks to influence policy: it maintains a “consistent dialogue with political, scientific, media, and business representatives,” takes part in trade associations, hosts parliamentary events such as the TRATON and ABB E-Mobility evening in Berlin attended by Transport Minister Dr. Volker Wissing, and meets directly with authorities such as CARB in the United States. Finally, Traton SE is clear about the results it pursues—calling for “an efficient pan-European charging network,” “suitable and similarly enforced targets for infrastructure development,” the introduction of “a CO₂-based truck toll,” higher fossil-fuel prices, government purchase subsidies and aligned Euro 7 and CO₂ rules—to speed the uptake of battery-electric heavy vehicles and achieve price parity with diesel transport. Together these disclosures provide a comprehensive view of the company’s objectives, mechanisms and policy focus areas. | 4 |