Lobbying Governance
| Overall Assessment | Analysis | Score |
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| Moderate |
Pearson PLC has some defined processes for governing climate-related policy engagement, requiring senior-level sign-off and board committee oversight, but lacks formal mechanisms for aligning indirect lobbying channels or publicly reporting a dedicated climate-lobbying audit. In its policy, Pearson “has policies in place for ensuring that its activities are consistent with its climate strategy,” with “external commentary relevant to climate change issues or contributions to external debate…signed-off by the Senior Vice President (SVP) of Government Relations” and “contributions to formal consultations…subject to sign-off by the SVP-Government Relations &/or the wider Responsible Business Leadership Council.” Oversight of policy engagement is embedded in the reputation and responsibility committee, which “has board input and is chaired by a Non-Executive Director,” and broader oversight of “Pearson’s interaction with policy and political audiences and community partnerships” is included within its corporate governance framework. While Pearson notes that “where a trade association does indirect work on climate change we would participate,” there is no disclosed process to assess or manage alignment across indirect lobbying through trade bodies beyond voluntary participation in forums such as the Publishers Association Sustainability Task Force, and we found no evidence of a publicly available climate-lobbying alignment report or third-party audit.
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