Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon Technologies) appears to have limited engagement with climate policy. The company offers some top-line support for climate policy, and supports a goal of reaching net-zero by 2050 for the aviation industry, but has engaged on a highly limited basis with specific climate policies. The company is a member of several industry associations that are actively engaged on climate policy, including the Business Roundtable, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the International Air Transport Association.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Raytheon Technologies (Raytheon) has limited top-line messaging on climate policy. In a Business North Carolina article from March 2024, Raytheon subsidiary Collins Aerospace appeared to support a sector-based target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. RTX has used the Paris Agreement as a benchmark for its own emissions reductions, but does not appear to have communicated a broader position on the agreement.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: RTX has very limited engagement with climate policy from 2023-25. In its 2023 CDP response, Raytheon disclosed engagement in support of various pieces of US legislation advancing the uptake of SAFs. In December 2023 comments to the Environmental Protection Agency, Raytheon appeared to oppose key elements of a proposed standard for hydrofluorocarbons.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Raytheon Technologies appears to support the transition to sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) for aircraft, though its position on broader decarbonization measures, such as hydrogen production or the overall energy mix, is unclear. On its corporate website, Raytheon supports the use of hydrogen and drop-in SAFs without specifying the production method, sustainability criteria, or measurable targets for SAF deployment. In March 2024, a Raytheon subsidiary, Collins Aerospace, article appeared to support the electrification of aviation.
Raytheon’s energy policy engagement indicates selective support for low-carbon options alongside measures that maintain high greenhouse gas energy sources. In its Q2 2024 lobbying disclosures, Raytheon cited engagement on energy policy without disclosing a clear position. Additionally, the company advocated for the passage of the 2025 budget reconciliation bill on the basis of its tax provisions without addressing the bill’s climate provisions, which would repeal or phase out several Inflation Reduction Act climate incentives and facilitate fossil fuel infrastructure buildout. Meanwhile, the company continues to support SAF and hydrogen use on its Corporate Website, but without clarifying the need for stringent sustainability criteria for the fuels.
Industry Association Governance: Raytheon Technologies has disclosed a partial list of its memberships to industry associations on its website, and the company does not appear to have published a review of its alignment with its industry associations’ climate policy engagement as of July 2025. Raytheon did not disclose its membership to Airlines for Europe or the International Air Transport Association in its response, which are both engaged on climate-related policy.
A detailed assessment of the company's corporate review on climate policy engagement can be found on InfluenceMap's CA100+ Investor Hub here.
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.