Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: Carrefour demonstrates active policy engagement that is partially aligned with policy pathways aiming to deliver the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. Carrefour broadly supports transitioning consumers to more sustainable diets and the UN Global Plastics Treaty, but InfluenceMap detected limited engagement on specific legislation between 2023-25. Carrefour is a member of The French Association of Large Companies (AFEP) which states top-line support for climate policy but takes broadly negative positions on policy reforms under the Fit for 55 package.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Carrefour communicates support for climate policy in its top-line messaging. In its 2024 Climate Plan, published in July 2025, Carrefour stated support for the UNFCCC process to limit global warming below 1.5°C. In its 2024 CDP disclosure, the company appeared supportive of the need for government regulation to respond to climate change. The company took a clear, detailed position on the science of climate change and how the land-use sector contributes to it in it 2023 Universal Registration Document, published in March 2024.
Engagement with Climate-Related Policies: Carrefour appeared to have limited engagement with specific climate policies in 2023-25. The company seemed to broadly support the EU Renewable Energy Directive in its 2024 Universal Registration Document, published in March 2025.
Positioning on Land Use Policy: Carrefour broadly supports land-use related policy. The company appeared supportive of the need to transition consumer diets in its 2024 Climate Plan, published in July 2025, as it recognized the impacts of meat and dairy products. In its 2024 Universal Registration Document 2024, published in March 2025, Carrefour supported making diets more sustainable by substantially substituting meat for plant based food. Carrefour strongly supported the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free products in a joint statement reported on by the Financial Times in November 2024, in which the company advocated against the delayed implementation of the policy.
Positioning on Circular Economy Policy: Carrefour supports circular economy related policy. The company has stated consistent support for a legally binding and ambitious UN Global Plastics Treaty through the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty, for example in joint articles published in August 2025 and June 2025.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Carrefour has limited but broadly positive engagement with the energy transition, but InfluenceMap did not detect engagement on specific policies in 2023-25. The company has repeatedly stated broad support for a transition to a low-carbon economy, most recently in its 2024 Universal Registration Document, published in March 2025, and its 2024 Climate Plan, published in July 2025.
Industry Association Governance: Carrefour has disclosed its membership to all the industry association memberships tracked by InfluenceMap in its 2024 Universal Registration Document, published in May 2025. However, the company's disclosure on its industry associations is limited to top-line climate statements without reference to specific climate policies. Carrefour has not published a review of its industry association memberships and climate policy engagement. The CEO of Carrefour, Alexandre Bompard, is a member of the board of The French Association of Large Companies (AFEP), which supports climate action at a high-level but is broadly unsupportive of specific policies. Carrefour’s CEO is also on the Board of Directors and a Co-Sponsor of the Forest Positive Coalition of Action of the Consumer Goods Forum, an association that engages with broadly positive positions on climate policy.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the company’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q3 2025.