PotlatchDeltic Corp

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	PotlatchDeltic provides a moderate level of transparency on its climate-related lobbying. It identifies one concrete legislative vehicle—the USDA Farm Bill—and describes how its recommendations focus on climate-adaptation and mitigation in U.S. forestry. The company explains that it “continued to work on climate-related policy initiatives surrounding forests and wood products,” and further notes that it works through industry associations and direct advocacy to influence Farm Bill negotiators, clearly signalling the policymaking audience it targets. It is also explicit about the changes it is seeking, including encouraging equitable participation by underserved forest owners, reauthorizing and improving conservation programs, expanding landscape-scale projects to meet climate-mitigation goals, and increasing research and funding for forest-product and environmental markets, all of which are framed as aligned with the Paris Agreement. However, it names only this single piece of legislation and does not confirm whether other climate policies are also being lobbied, limiting the depth of its disclosure on the range of policies engaged.	2

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
None	PotlatchDeltic provides no evidence of a formal process to ensure its external advocacy aligns with its climate commitments: it notes only that “PotlatchDeltic’s business can be impacted by federal, state, and local public policy. Our Public Affairs team works with management to actively engage in the political process through public policy and legislative advocacy,” without detailing any monitoring, review, or approval procedures tied to climate goals. We found no evidence of a named individual or committee overseeing lobbying alignment, no mechanism for assessing or managing indirect engagement through trade associations, and the company explicitly confirms it has “no public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement” and does not plan to adopt one, indicating an absence of formal climate-related lobbying governance.	0