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InfluenceMap empowers investors, media, and NGOs with data-driven and clearly communicated analysis on critical issues related to the climate crisis. Find us at - influencemap.org
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📢 Our latest #FossilFuel Bulletin just landed: Key trends: ⛽ N. American oil & gas are calling for expansion amid tariff announcements 🏭 The EU fossil fuel industry have placed a target on hydrogen policy, but some renewables firms are fighting back Read it here: influencemap.org/briefing/Fos...

Join our next webinar: 'How Companies & Investors can Support Building Decarbonization in the EU' March 27, 13:15 GMT. Bringing together our analysts & Shneider Electric's Loïc Delorme to discuss FF delay tactics & best practice for supportive companies👇 Sign up here: tinyurl.com/Electric2703

State-owned coal, oil and gas companies dominated the list of the highest emitting firms.

Half of global fossil CO2 emissions in 2023 were linked to just 36 companies, a new update to the Carbon Majors database shows. "A global turnaround must start with these key players," says PIK director Johan Rockström. 👇 carbonmajors.org/briefing/The... @influencemap.bsky.social

Did you know? Half of global fossil CO2 emissions in 2023 were linked to just 36 companies. A 🆕 update to the Carbon Majors database shows the disproportionate contribution of a small number of high emitting companies to the GHG emissions damaging the planet. 🏭👉 carbonmajors.org/briefing/The...

InfluenceMap’s latest report analyzes the common playbook used by oil, gas & utilities to delay building electrification. It shows how policies & public discourse were targeted by regionally tailored industry talking points - in the US, Australia and the EU. Read more in @theguardian.com ⬇️

🔌⚡New InfluenceMap Report: The Global Campaign Against Building Electrification. 🔎 How the Fossil Fuel industry has deployed its pro-gas playbook around the world, threatening the planet and public health. Read the report: influencemap.org/report/Build...

🛬🚘Our latest Transport Bulletin is out— detailing how many transport & aviation companies continue to advocate against policies to reduce GHG emissions. In this edition: - Airlines fight Dublin airport flight cap - Automakers welcome Trump’s rollbacks & more influencemap.org/briefing/Tra...

Aviation industry delegates outnumbered those from green groups by 10 to one at the last conference of the UN’s aviation environmental protection committee, analysis has found #climatecrisis 1/n Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Last month at #Davos, after President Trump directed the Department of Energy to resume reviewing new LNG applications, InfluenceMap presented evidence of oil & gas industry advocacy & misleading arguments deployed to achieve this outcome. Read more: tinyurl.com/IMDAVOS

Our latest analysis of industry influence on methane policy is out now, covering: 🔸Denmark’s passage of the world’s first ratified tax on agricultural emissions 🔸A post-election uptick in negative industry advocacy on the EPA’s Methane Fee & more influencemap.org/briefing/Met...

⚠️✴️ We’ve just published our latest insights on corporate advocacy trends for the steel sector in the second half of 2024. This bulletin covers advocacy in the EU, Australia, India and Japan - with evidence of continued engagement in all areas to slow the pace of decarbonization. Key takeaways 👇🧵

Banks' NZBA membership status does not change asset owners’ ability to engage with them. Asset owners can continue to use the same stewardship tactics as before to push the banks to make progress on their net-zero goals... InfluenceMap in ESG Investor 👇

💥 Our Executive Director Dylan Tanner will be speaking at the Sustainability Expo in London next week, February 5th at 1350 - sharing insights into how policy can be leveraged for sustainability in business. ✒️ Register now to attend: sustainability-expo.com/london/

Join Our next webinar: Tracking Corporate Climate Policy Advocacy in a Shifting Landscape This Wednesday 9:15 ET / 14:15 GMT 🔎 Come along for an opportunity to learn more about the LobbyMap platform and how it can be used in the evolving US context Sign up here: tinyurl.com/SignUpIM

LNG, predominantly formed of methane, has significant global warming potential, and it’s continued use is exacerbating climate change. Yesterday Our FF Program Manager Vivek Parekh presented at #Davos - sharing how industry are engaging with - or ignoring - these facts in their policy advocacy 👇

📣 🏔️ Are you a journalist at #Davos? Join our Fossil Fuels Program Manager Vivek Parekh at the SDG Tent this Wednesday, 9:00 AM CET, for a Press Briefing on: "The Economic and Climate Risks of LNG as part of the Energy Transition". hubculture.com/hubs/12/even...

InfluenceMap's latest US briefing reveals the tactics that fossil fuel interests are ramping up to influence climate policy in a second Trump term, & how industry associations will drive this... Read it here ➡️ influencemap.org/briefing/US-...

📢🚨New InfluenceMap insights from our updated US platform reveal the tactics that fossil fuel interests are ramping up in order to influence climate policy in a second Trump term & how industry associations will drive this... 🧵 Read the briefing in full here: influencemap.org/briefing/US-...

New🚨🇯🇵 InfluenceMap analysis finds key Japanese Climate Policy Commitments at risk from industry influence, & suggests that Japan’s choices are likely to be misaligned with science-based policy recommendations from the IPCC - mirroring the suggestions of heavy industry groups 👇

How can voluntary standards, initiatives and regulation drive net zero leadership in 2025? Based on a paper first published in 2021 by Professor Thomas Hale, the Net Zero Tracker launches its latest open source graphic: the ‘Net Zero Conveyor Belt.’ https://buff.ly/3DkXKQj

New Report 🚨 EU Funds: Has Regulation Impacted Climate Performance? It finds 89% of funds using ESG or climate-related names have portfolios which are misaligned with net zero & many are dependent on fossil fuel investments, despite regulation...[1/3] Read in full: influencemap.org/report/EU-Fu...

New Report ➡️ Untapped Potential: Asset Owners & Climate Policy Influence Assessing the climate stewardship & direct policy advocacy of the 30 largest asset owners, the report finds that most are not utilizing their policy influence effectively. 👀🔎 tinyurl.com/IM-Asset

Join InfluenceMap for our next webinar: 'An Introduction to FinanceMap' 10:00AM ET/ 15:00PM GMT, December 5 This webinar will be an opportunity to learn more about the leading data platform for assessing climate and finance. Sign up here 👉 lnkd.in/e8TKCz_e

The Plastics Treaty Negotiations are now underway in #Busan - read @InfluenceMap's briefing on the corporate engagement the treaty has faced: ✴️ 93% of negative engagement is from the petrochemical sector ✴️These entities favor recycling over caps (against IPCC guidance) ⬇️

🚨New InfluenceMap work investigating corporate engagement on The UN #PlasticsTreaty is now live. It reveals: ➡️Intense opposition from the petrochemical and chemical sectors ➡️ Engagement by positive actors could drown them out Read more here: tinyurl.com/IMPlastic

New 🚨 InfluenceMap's COP29 attendee tracker shows only 17% of companies present take science aligned climate advocacy positions. Conversely, 21% of attendees advocate obstructively, as do 1/3 of industry associations present. Access the full database: tinyurl.com/IMCOP

Don't miss our event today at COP29 - 4:20 AZT in the Business Pavilion, E13 We're delighted to be hosting @SenWhitehouse and an amazing business panel to discuss the important role of corporate climate policy engagement in reaching climate goals. tinyurl.com/IMCOP29

Join InfluenceMap’s next webinar on November 20th! InfluenceMap's Ed Collins will dive into key trends in corporate climate policy engagement coming out of COP29 & BNP Paribas' Rachel Crossley will overview how investors can use our data. Sign up here: influencemap.org/event/Introduc…

"Indirect lobbying of governments and institutions by industry associations remains an important way for companies to sabotage climate progress, and it’s flying under the radar." Read our latest in @SDG_Action sdg-action.org/net-zero-sabot…

🔎InfluenceMap’s latest report looks at the clients of the ‘Big Six’ Advertising firms & challenges their ‘green’ image by looking at the support they give - via their ad & PR services - to companies obstructing climate progress. Here are some key things we learned 🧵

InfluenceMap just released our latest report showing how the ‘Big Six’ Advertising firms still work with clients who are lobbying to obstruct policy progress towards the Paris Agreement. It also reveals companies are representing both sides of a policy debate via their agencies.