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Medios AG discloses that "we fulfill our transparency obligations via the publicly accessible lobby register of the German Bundestag" and that "we do not employ anyone ourselves to represent our interests, but have commissioned external third parties to inform us about current political projects and decisions." However, the company does not disclose any internal governance structures or oversight bodies responsible for reviewing or aligning these lobbying activities with its corporate or climate objectives, nor does it describe any policy framework for ensuring alignment of its political engagement—including through third parties—with broader climate-policy goals. We found no evidence of a named individual or committee overseeing lobbying, a defined process for monitoring or managing direct or indirect lobbying, or any climate-specific lobbying alignment mechanisms.
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Medios AG offers only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. It does name two identifiable pieces of EU climate-related legislation it is preparing for—the EU Taxonomy Regulation and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive—stating, for example, "From next year, the reporting requirements of the CSRD and thus the publication of a sustainability statement in accordance with ESRS will in all likelihood become legally binding for us." Beyond this, however, it does not explain whether or how it has tried to shape these measures. The company sets out an indirect approach to advocacy, noting that it is listed in the German Bundestag lobby register, belongs to associations such as the UN Global Compact and the Federal Association of German Pharmacy Cooperatives, and that "We do not employ anyone ourselves to represent our interests, but have commissioned external third parties to inform us about current political projects and decisions." While this clarifies the mechanism it relies on, it does not identify the specific government bodies or policymakers it seeks to influence. Finally, the disclosure confines itself to broad ambitions—“We want to create sustainable economic value by making good corporate governance, social responsibility and environmental commitment an integral part of our core business”—without spelling out the concrete policy changes or regulatory outcomes it is pursuing. As a result, the company provides only a partial picture of its lobbying activity and intentions.
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