Lobbying Governance
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| Limited |
IMI PLC provides only a brief outline of how it tries to keep its policy engagement aligned with its climate ambitions, without detailing a formal governance framework. The company notes that it "provide[s] comment through our professional membership of bodies such as the Institute for Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA) and others as appropriate" on policy measures such as the Energy Efficiency Directive and SECR, in response to the request to "Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy". This shows an intention to align indirect lobbying with its decarbonisation roadmap, but the description stops at a high level and does not spell out any monitoring or escalation mechanism. While the Board and a newly created Sustainability Committee have clear oversight of sustainability matters—"The Board holds ultimate responsibility for IMI’s Sustainability agenda" and has established a Committee "to oversee the development and execution of our Sustainability strategy"—the disclosure does not link these bodies to the review or approval of lobbying positions. Moreover, IMI concedes that it has "No" public commitment "to conduct [its] engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement" and does not plan to establish one in the next two years. The absence of named responsibility for lobbying alignment, a defined review cycle, or any mention of actions taken to address misalignment means the governance described is rudimentary and mainly aspirational, indicating limited lobbying-governance transparency.
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