We have expanded the list of climate policies we assess company engagement with to incorporate land-use related policy, referring to legislative or regulatory measures to enhance and protect ecosystems and land where carbon is being stored. Assessments under this category are currently underweighted in terms of their contribution to the overall company metrics. This weighting will be progressively increased over the next 6 months.
We adjusted the terminology used to describe the queries running down the left-hand side of our scoring matrix and added additional explanatory text to the info-boxes. This has no impact on the scores and methodology. It has been done following user feedback to improve clarity.
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
American Tower is a member of the U.S-Africa Business Center and the U.S.-India Business Council, both of which are part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (updated May 2022)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
American Tower is a member of the U.S-Africa Business Center and the U.S.-India Business Council, both of which are part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (updated May 2022)
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In this section, we depict graphically the relationships the corporation has with trade associations, federations, advocacy groups and other third parties who may be acting on their behalf to influence climate change policy. Each of the columns above represents one relationship the corporation appears to have with such a third party. In these columns, the top, dark section represents the strength of the relationship the corporation has with the influencer. For example if a corporation's senior executive also held a key role in the trade association, we would deem this to be a strong relationship and it would be on the far left of the chart above, with the weaker ones to the right. Click on these grey shaded upper sections for details of these relationships. The middle section contains a link to the organization score details of the influencer concerned, so you can see the details of its climate change policy influence. Click on the middle sections for for details of the trade associations. The lower section contains the organization score of that influencer, the lower the more negatively it is influencing climate policy.
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Climate Lobbying Overview: American Tower demonstrates limited engagement on climate policy in the United States. Although the company sets emissions reduction targets for its own operations, it does not disclose a clear position on either the IPCC-demanded response to climate change or the Paris Agreement. American Tower is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has engaged highly negatively on US climate policy.
Top-Line Messaging on Climate Policy: American Tower does not appear to communicate any top-line messaging on climate policy. On its corporate website, American Tower describes the company’s actions to reduce its operational emissions without disclosing a position on the IPCC-demanded response to climate change. Similarly, the company uses the Paris Agreement as a benchmark for its own emissions reduction targets without clearly advocating in support of the deal.
Engagement with Climate-Related Policy: InfluenceMap was not able to locate evidence of American Tower's position or engagement on climate-related policies.
Positioning on Energy Transition: American Tower does not appear to disclose a clear position on the energy transition.
Industry Association Governance: American Tower lists its membership to several trade associations on its corporate website, but does not disclose any details on each organization’s climate change policy positions. The company is a member of Business Roundtable, which engages on U.S. climate policy with mixed positions, as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which remains opposed to U.S. climate policy.