Signify NV – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Strong	Signify describes an integrated governance system that actively manages both direct and indirect climate-related lobbying and assigns clear oversight, indicating strong governance. The company states that “These direct and indirect engagement activities are managed in a central manner by Signify's Sustainability team, and supervised by our Board of Management,” demonstrating that lobbying alignment is overseen by the highest executive body. A dedicated “Public and Governmental Affairs team defines and steers our climate change strategy and stakeholder engagement activities,” while the company’s “Responsible Advocacy Policy” provides “clear ground rules for our advocacy work” and requires political neutrality. To govern indirect lobbying, Signify commits that “for all of the associations in which we are members… we commit to regularly review their public engagements on issues like energy efficiency, climate policy, and the global energy transition, to identify and take action on any potential misalignment with our own advocacy.” This review pledge, alongside monthly information flows such as the “Connect to Markets” program that keeps “our staff responsible for engagement with local policy makers” aligned with corporate climate strategy, shows a defined monitoring process. The disclosure therefore covers policy, oversight, and mechanisms for ensuring alignment across both direct lobbying and trade-association activity; however, the company does not disclose the detailed outcomes of its association reviews or any third-party audit of lobbying, leaving limited transparency on how corrective actions are implemented or verified. View Sources	B

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Strong

Signify describes an integrated governance system that actively manages both direct and indirect climate-related lobbying and assigns clear oversight, indicating strong governance. The company states that “These direct and indirect engagement activities are managed in a central manner by Signify's Sustainability team, and supervised by our Board of Management,” demonstrating that lobbying alignment is overseen by the highest executive body. A dedicated “Public and Governmental Affairs team defines and steers our climate change strategy and stakeholder engagement activities,” while the company’s “Responsible Advocacy Policy” provides “clear ground rules for our advocacy work” and requires political neutrality. To govern indirect lobbying, Signify commits that “for all of the associations in which we are members… we commit to regularly review their public engagements on issues like energy efficiency, climate policy, and the global energy transition, to identify and take action on any potential misalignment with our own advocacy.” This review pledge, alongside monthly information flows such as the “Connect to Markets” program that keeps “our staff responsible for engagement with local policy makers” aligned with corporate climate strategy, shows a defined monitoring process. The disclosure therefore covers policy, oversight, and mechanisms for ensuring alignment across both direct lobbying and trade-association activity; however, the company does not disclose the detailed outcomes of its association reviews or any third-party audit of lobbying, leaving limited transparency on how corrective actions are implemented or verified.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Comprehensive	Signify NV provides extensive, specific and consistent detail on every aspect of its climate-policy advocacy. It names the concrete measures it seeks to influence, including the “new amending Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)” with its "headline energy efficiency target for 2030 of at least 32.5%,” the “Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD),” the “Fit for 55” package, and broader platforms such as the European Green Deal and related national Recovery & Resilience Plans. The company also spells out how it lobbies: it is “engaged in direct talks with EU institutions and globally,” issues “position papers, infographics, and studies,” “participates in international/EU policy debates,” and works indirectly through “trade associations, alliances, think tanks and research centers,” with identified targets that include EU institutions, the EU Commission, Heads of State and policymakers at forums such as COP26, COP27 and the Clean Energy Ministerial. Finally, Signify is explicit about the concrete outcomes it seeks, calling for “an overall EE objective of minimum 55% in 2030,” a push to “move globally to an EE ambition level of 3% annual EE-improvement rate,” “greater ambition concerning art. 7 of the EED,” and measures to “increase the rate, depth and quality of building renovations” and “unlock funding to ensure large-scale deployment of connected street-lighting.” This level of disclosure demonstrates comprehensive transparency around the policies it lobbies, the mechanisms it employs, and the specific results it wants to see enacted.	A