Jones Lang LaSalle Inc – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Jones Lang LaSalle discloses a structured process for evaluating whether policy-engagement activities support its climate strategy, stating that "the policy and related practices are managed by the Global Sustainability team with oversight from the Global Sustainability Board." The company explains that "our stakeholder engagement activities are overseen by the Global Sustainability team who lead our strategic engagement activities including participation in industry-level working groups and organizations" and that any activity judged not to be "in alignment with our strategy" is "escalate[d] to the Board who will make the final decision on whether to move forward." Its evaluation checklist explicitly tests whether a proposed position "is congruent with JLL-stated sustainability goals and positioning," whether JLL has taken a consistent public stance before, and whether there is "internal stated opposition," providing a concrete mechanism for monitoring alignment. This indicates clear internal oversight and a defined decision-making pathway that covers both direct advocacy and involvement in external associations, and the company also makes a "public commitment to conduct engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement." However, JLL does not disclose the outcomes of any periodic reviews, does not provide evidence that it has amended, challenged, or exited specific trade associations over climate-policy misalignment, and offers no dedicated climate-lobbying alignment report or third-party audit. View Sources	C

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Moderate

Jones Lang LaSalle discloses a structured process for evaluating whether policy-engagement activities support its climate strategy, stating that "the policy and related practices are managed by the Global Sustainability team with oversight from the Global Sustainability Board." The company explains that "our stakeholder engagement activities are overseen by the Global Sustainability team who lead our strategic engagement activities including participation in industry-level working groups and organizations" and that any activity judged not to be "in alignment with our strategy" is "escalate[d] to the Board who will make the final decision on whether to move forward." Its evaluation checklist explicitly tests whether a proposed position "is congruent with JLL-stated sustainability goals and positioning," whether JLL has taken a consistent public stance before, and whether there is "internal stated opposition," providing a concrete mechanism for monitoring alignment. This indicates clear internal oversight and a defined decision-making pathway that covers both direct advocacy and involvement in external associations, and the company also makes a "public commitment to conduct engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement." However, JLL does not disclose the outcomes of any periodic reviews, does not provide evidence that it has amended, challenged, or exited specific trade associations over climate-policy misalignment, and offers no dedicated climate-lobbying alignment report or third-party audit.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Comprehensive	Jones Lang LaSalle provides extensive and precise information about its climate-related lobbying. It identifies multiple concrete policies it has worked on, including the "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission File No. S7-10-22: Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors," the "California Zero Emissions Buildings Market Development Act," enabling legislation for the "Energy Star’s Charter Tenant project," and state-level initiatives such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and clean-transportation measures in Massachusetts. The company also explains how it engages: it has "submitted comments to the U.S. SEC," signed a letter to G20 leaders ahead of COP26, undertaken "direct engagement with the EPA and the Real Estate Roundtable," testified before Congress, and pursued limited state-level advocacy, thereby specifying both the mechanisms used and the policymaking bodies targeted. Finally, JLL is explicit about the changes it seeks, supporting outcomes such as "halving global emissions by 2030," "achieving net-zero emissions no later than 2050," studying pathways to cut building emissions under the California Act, strengthening energy-efficiency standards through the Energy Star initiative, and securing "disclosure of Scopes 1, 2, and 3" with an "appropriate safe harbor" and a revised "materiality threshold" in the SEC rule. This level of detail across policies, methods and desired results demonstrates a high degree of transparency in the firm’s climate policy advocacy.	A