Industria de Diseno Textil SA

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Strong	Inditex provides a solid level of transparency around its climate-policy advocacy. It identifies concrete regulatory initiatives it has engaged on, notably the European Commission’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) project and the wider EU “Single Market for Green Products” agenda, and links these to its work on apparel and footwear footprint rules. The company also describes several distinct ways it seeks to influence policy, including signing the public statement “Uniting Businesses and Governments to recover better,” holding “dialogues with governments in key countries” on renewable-energy and energy-efficiency infrastructure, serving on the Technical Secretariat that drafted and submitted the first PEF Category Rules for public consultation, and collaborating with the Sustainable Apparel Coalition in an EU-backed footwear pilot—explicitly naming the European Commission and national governments as its targets. Finally, Inditex is clear about the outcomes it pursues: it urges governments to adopt “more ambitious science-based targets,” to “divest from fossil fuels” and foster low-carbon innovation, and it supports creation of “a shared methodology to calculate the environmental impact of clothing and footwear” so that the PEF scheme can underpin greenhouse-gas accountability and consumer transparency. Together, these disclosures give a strong picture of what the company is lobbying for, how it does so, and which authorities it seeks to influence.	3

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Limited	Industria de Diseno Textil SA indicates that “The Committee also oversees and reviews, at least annually, the company’s public policy agenda, its position on significant public policy matters, political contributions and lobbying activities,” and identifies the “North America Operating Unit Vice President of Public Policy, Federal Government Relations & Political Engagement” as responsible for the management of its public policy agenda and political engagement, demonstrating formal oversight and a dedicated individual for its lobbying activities. The company further states that “Our engagement activities are selected on a case-by-case basis taking into account our Global Energy, Water and Biodiversity Strategy frameworks, sustainability targets (sustainability roadmap commitments, SBTs)” and that “The Sustainability Committee oversees and evaluates the processes of relations with the different stakeholders of the Company and its Group concerning climate change issues,” indicating that climate-related stakeholder engagement falls under the remit of existing sustainability bodies. However, the company does not disclose any process to explicitly align its lobbying efforts—direct or through trade associations—with its climate objectives, nor any dedicated review or reporting mechanism for climate-policy alignment of its lobbying activities.	1