NCC Group PLC – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	NCC Group discloses limited governance of its lobbying activities, with formal board and executive-level oversight of public affairs but no processes to align advocacy with its climate objectives. During the year, “the Board has had a number of briefings from the public affairs team, which produced its inaugural Public Affairs Impact Report, which the Board also reviewed, in particular the return on investment within stakeholder engagement, requesting that further work be done in this vital area for NCC,” indicating board-level review of its advocacy efforts. In addition, “our Head of Public Affairs also takes an instrumental lead in shaping and leading on the Board strategy day, ensuring that there is appropriate linkage between this key stakeholder and the Group’s overall strategy,” demonstrating identifiable individual accountability for lobbying oversight. NCC Group outlines channels for its policy engagement, including “working with colleagues to shape what we advocate for,” “building alliances with global think tanks and foundations, trade associations, charities and campaign groups, to pool resources, amplify our messages and maximise impact,” and “direct engagement with regulators, officials and politicians,” which shows both direct and indirect lobbying activity. However, we found no evidence of a policy, review process, or any dedicated mechanism to ensure that these activities are aligned with its climate-related commitments, nor any commissioned climate-lobbying audit or report. View Sources	D

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Limited

NCC Group discloses limited governance of its lobbying activities, with formal board and executive-level oversight of public affairs but no processes to align advocacy with its climate objectives. During the year, “the Board has had a number of briefings from the public affairs team, which produced its inaugural Public Affairs Impact Report, which the Board also reviewed, in particular the return on investment within stakeholder engagement, requesting that further work be done in this vital area for NCC,” indicating board-level review of its advocacy efforts. In addition, “our Head of Public Affairs also takes an instrumental lead in shaping and leading on the Board strategy day, ensuring that there is appropriate linkage between this key stakeholder and the Group’s overall strategy,” demonstrating identifiable individual accountability for lobbying oversight. NCC Group outlines channels for its policy engagement, including “working with colleagues to shape what we advocate for,” “building alliances with global think tanks and foundations, trade associations, charities and campaign groups, to pool resources, amplify our messages and maximise impact,” and “direct engagement with regulators, officials and politicians,” which shows both direct and indirect lobbying activity. However, we found no evidence of a policy, review process, or any dedicated mechanism to ensure that these activities are aligned with its climate-related commitments, nor any commissioned climate-lobbying audit or report.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
None	We found no evidence that NCC Group PLC discloses any climate-related lobbying activities. The information provided focuses exclusively on cyber-security policy engagement—such as contributions to a United Nations cyber-crime convention, advocacy of “Resilience by Design” principles, and participation in the UK National Cyber Security Centre’s Industry 100 initiative—without mentioning any climate or energy transition legislation, the mechanisms used to influence climate policy, or the outcomes the company seeks in the climate sphere. As a result, the company offers no transparency regarding its approach to lobbying on climate policy.	E