Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | Burberry provides a moderate level of transparency on its climate-policy lobbying. The company identifies the broad areas it engages on—renewable energy generation, electricity-grid access, climate-related targets, and biodiversity—but it does not name the specific laws, regulations or bills it seeks to influence, instead referring only to categories such as “clean energy procurement options” and work on “electricity grid access for renewables” in Australia. It describes several indirect lobbying channels—membership of RE100, The Fashion Pact and the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, and participation in a “US State Department-led effort” at COP25—yet the disclosures do not spell out the concrete mechanisms (e.g., letters, meetings) or the precise governmental bodies engaged beyond these general references. By contrast, Burberry is relatively explicit about the outcomes it is pursuing: it supports “providing incentives for a swift transition to renewable energy,” “ensuring credible and legally recognised renewable electricity tariffs and power purchase agreements are available,” “ensuring government energy roadmaps are clearly communicated,” and “creating an enabling environment for the rapid phase-out of non-renewable energy sources,” all framed as contributions to meeting the Paris Agreement. Taken together, these disclosures show clear intent and desired results but leave important gaps in the naming of individual policies and in detailing how and with whom the company actually lobbies. | 2 |