JB Hunt Transport Services Inc – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	JB Hunt discloses that its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee "shall … oversee and monitor the Company’s policies, activities, and expenditures with respect to government lobbying and advocacy and political contributions," demonstrating that a formal, independent Board-level body is charged with supervising lobbying activity. The company also states that it has "a public commitment … to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement" and explains that "all policies are strategically researched and implemented with energy efficiency and return of investment in mind" and that ideas submitted through its ELEVATION programme are assessed to ensure they "fall in line with the company pillars. Since Sustainability is a company pillar, it is kept at the forefront of this process." These disclosures indicate a recognised process and stated intention to align external engagement with climate objectives, alongside clear oversight responsibility, which together point to a moderate level of lobbying-governance transparency. However, the company does not disclose any concrete monitoring mechanism specific to climate lobbying, makes no reference to how it assesses the positions of trade associations or other indirect lobbying channels, and provides no evidence of reviewing, correcting or exiting misaligned advocacy; therefore the depth and scope of its climate-lobbying governance remain limited. View Sources	C

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Moderate

JB Hunt discloses that its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee "shall … oversee and monitor the Company’s policies, activities, and expenditures with respect to government lobbying and advocacy and political contributions," demonstrating that a formal, independent Board-level body is charged with supervising lobbying activity. The company also states that it has "a public commitment … to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement" and explains that "all policies are strategically researched and implemented with energy efficiency and return of investment in mind" and that ideas submitted through its ELEVATION programme are assessed to ensure they "fall in line with the company pillars. Since Sustainability is a company pillar, it is kept at the forefront of this process." These disclosures indicate a recognised process and stated intention to align external engagement with climate objectives, alongside clear oversight responsibility, which together point to a moderate level of lobbying-governance transparency. However, the company does not disclose any concrete monitoring mechanism specific to climate lobbying, makes no reference to how it assesses the positions of trade associations or other indirect lobbying channels, and provides no evidence of reviewing, correcting or exiting misaligned advocacy; therefore the depth and scope of its climate-lobbying governance remain limited.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
None	J.B. Hunt Transport Services makes virtually no transparent disclosure of its climate-related lobbying. While it refers to specific regulations—the California Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Fleets rule, Clean Truck Check emissions monitoring, and Transport Refrigeration Unit emissions requirements—it only describes how it complies with these rules and never states that it tried to influence their content or passage. The company provides no information about direct or indirect lobbying mechanisms, such as meetings, letters, trade-association work, or consultations, and it does not identify any policymaking bodies or officials it might have approached. It also offers no insight into the policy outcomes it might support, oppose, or seek to amend. As a result, stakeholders receive no meaningful detail on whether or how the company engages in climate-policy advocacy.	E