Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Limited | DFDS provides only limited insight into its climate-policy lobbying. It acknowledges involvement with a handful of policy areas, referencing the EU Emissions Trading System, the forthcoming FuelEU Maritime regulation and a push for “electricity grid access for renewables” to enable electric trucks, yet it does not explain how, or even whether, it tried to influence the EU measures and offers no citation of the specific legislation or rule-making procedures tied to its grid-access request. The description of lobbying channels is equally vague: the company says it has “engaged with authorities” and works with “industry bodies, governments and international organisations,” but it never clarifies which ministries, regulators or international bodies were contacted or whether the engagement took the form of meetings, letters, consultations or other actions. DFDS also stops short of detailing the concrete outcomes it seeks. Beyond the broad statement that “proper infrastructure must be put in place to support the use of these solutions” and a warning that ETS compliance costs will be “significant and affect our operations, costs and contractual arrangements,” the company does not set out specific amendments, targets or time frames it is advocating. Overall, the disclosures confirm that some level of engagement occurs but leave most of the substantive details—policies targeted, mechanisms used and results sought—undisclosed. | 1 |