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.
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Thordore Colbert, Executive Vice President of Boeing, is the Vice Chair of AIA (as of February 2023)
Theodore Colbert
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Thordore Colbert, Executive Vice President of Boeing, is the Vice Chair of AIA (as of February 2023)
Theodore Colbert
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Senior executive of a subsidiary of Boeing is a board member of CalChamber (as of June 2022)
Mark S. Bertrand
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Senior executive of a subsidiary of Boeing is a board member of CalChamber (as of June 2022)
Mark S. Bertrand
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
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Boeing may be a dues paying member of the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Listed as a Brass Sponsor to the 2022 Florida Chamber Annual Meeting & Future of Florida Forum, but unclear if company is an annual dues-paying member of the group (Florida Chamber of Commerce, Facebook, October 2022)
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Ingrid Piedrahita Morales, a community investor at Boeing, is a member of the Florida Chamber Foundation's Board of Trustees (Florida Chamber Website, October 2022)
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Boeing may be a dues paying member of the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Listed as a Brass Sponsor to the 2022 Florida Chamber Annual Meeting & Future of Florida Forum, but unclear if company is an annual dues-paying member of the group (Florida Chamber of Commerce, Facebook, October 2022)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
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Ingrid Piedrahita Morales, a community investor at Boeing, is a member of the Florida Chamber Foundation's Board of Trustees (Florida Chamber Website, October 2022)
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Boeing is a direct member of the Chamber (as of February 2023)
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Boeing is a member of the US-Iraq Business Council
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Senior Exec. is the chairman of the US section of the Hong-Kong US Business Council
Raymond L. Conner
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Boeing is a member of the US -Japan Business Council
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Senior exec. is a board member of the US-Japan Business Council
WIll Shaffer
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Boeing is a member of the US-Turkey Business Council
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Exec. is on the board of directors of the Brazil-US Business Council, which operates under US Chamber of Commerce
Donna Hrinak
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Boeing is a member of the US Bahrain Business Council
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Boeing is a direct member of the Chamber (as of February 2023)
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Boeing is a member of the US-Iraq Business Council
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Senior Exec. is the chairman of the US section of the Hong-Kong US Business Council
Raymond L. Conner
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Boeing is a member of the US -Japan Business Council
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Senior exec. is a board member of the US-Japan Business Council
WIll Shaffer
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Boeing is a member of the US-Turkey Business Council
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Exec. is on the board of directors of the Brazil-US Business Council, which operates under US Chamber of Commerce
Donna Hrinak
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Boeing is a member of the US Bahrain Business Council
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Boeing's CEO, David Calhoun, is a direct member of Business Roundtable (as of August 2022)
David Calhoun
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Boeing is a member of Business Roundtable
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Boeing's CEO is on Business Roundtable's Board of Directors.
Dennis A. Muilenburg
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Boeing CEO is on Executive Committee
James McNerney, Jr
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Boeing's CEO, David Calhoun, is a direct member of Business Roundtable (as of August 2022)
David Calhoun
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Boeing is a member of Business Roundtable
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Boeing's CEO is on Business Roundtable's Board of Directors.
Dennis A. Muilenburg
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Boeing CEO is on Executive Committee
James McNerney, Jr
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Boeing is a direct member of NAM and appears to no longer have a seat on its Board of Directors (as of February 2023)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
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Senior Executive of Boeing is a Board Member of NAM.
Timothy J. Keating
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Boeing is a direct member of NAM and appears to no longer have a seat on its Board of Directors (as of February 2023)
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Senior Executive of Boeing is a Board Member of NAM.
Timothy J. Keating
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
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Boeing is a direct member of BCA (as of February 2023)
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Boeing is one of over 100 direct members of BCA
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Boeing is a direct member of BCA (as of February 2023)
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Boeing is one of over 100 direct members of BCA
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Boeing is a strategic partner of IATA (as of February 2023)
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Boeing is a strategic partner of IATA.
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Boeing is a strategic partner of IATA (as of February 2023)
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Boeing is a strategic partner of IATA.
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Two subsidiaries of Boeing, Boeing Business Jets and Boeing Global Services, are members of GAMA (as of February 2023)
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Two subsidiaries of Boeing, Boeing Business Jets and Boeing Global Services, are members of GAMA (as of February 2023)
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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.
Climate Lobbying Overview: Boeing appears to have mixed engagement with climate policy for the aviation sector in 2021-23. Boeing appears to support policies promoting sustainable aviation fuels but also retains memberships to several industry associations actively opposing stringent regulatory intervention on climate, including policy relating to international aviation.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Boeing stated support for the goals of the Paris Agreement in its 2022 sustainability report, while in its 2021 Annual Report, released in 2022, Boeing endorsed "our industry’s commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050". Boeing further echoed this support in a August 2022 US consultation response and an October 2022 press release supported the adoption of a 2050 CO2 net-zero aspirational goal for international aviation at ICAO. In 2021, Boeing communicated top-line support for the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), under which airlines must buy offsets for emissions beyond average baseline emissions of 2019, and/or use ‘CORSIA eligible’ fuels (a voluntary scheme until 2027).
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: In 2021-23, Boeing has had mixed engagement with specific climate regulations in the EU and US. A February 2021 Reuters article suggested that Boeing had actively opposed legal efforts to increase the stringency of the CO2 standard for aircraft in the US from the EPA. An August 2022 Boeing consultation response appeared to support the FAA adopting ICAO-equivalent CO2 standards in the US while advocating against higher standards and opposing their application to military & modified in-service aircraft.
A May 2021 joint letter to policymakers, signed by Boeing, further stated support for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blenders tax credit under the Sustainable Skies Act. Boeing’s 2022 CDP response further stated “support with minor exceptions” for US renewable energy policy, including a US SAF blenders tax credit and the Renewable Fuels Standard, however the exceptions supported are unclear. According to a November 2022 Arab News article, Boeing also supported incentives for green hydrogen and renewable fuels under the US Inflation Reduction Act. A February 2023 joint letter, signed by Boeing, further appeared to urge policymakers to support Washington’s proposed SAF blenders tax credit.
In it’s 2022 CDP response, Boeing appeared unsupportive of an emissions trading scheme under Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act, emphasizing competitiveness and carbon leakage concerns.
Regarding EU policy, a July 2021 Clean Skies for Tomorrow Insight Report, endorsed by Boeing, appeared to support an EU SAF mandate and a November 2021 EU consultation from Boeing Europe appeared to reiterate this support. Furthermore, an October 2022 press release, stated support for a “Sustainable Aviation Fund” under ReFuelEU Aviation, without expressing a clear position on SAF mandates under the policy. In the same press release, Boeing also appeared supportive of SAF allowances under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, a provision with unclear emissions' reduction potential.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Boeing appears to have limited recent engagement on measures to decarbonize aviation, although it appears to broadly support policies that increase production of SAFs. In October 2021, Boeing published a joint letter with several other major aviation manufacturers, in which it broadly called for “appropriate regional policy mechanisms and positive incentives” that stimulate the production of SAFs and green hydrogen in the aviation sector. Similarly, Boeing’s Hydrogen Fact Sheet, released in February 2023, expressed support for SAFs in the short-term, with clear support for a switch to synthetic fuels and electric-and hydrogen-powered aircraft in the medium to long-term. A May 2022 Boeing Twitter post further appeared to support increased SAF use in response to high oil prices. A January 2023 Op-Ed in Fortune from Boeing's Chief Sustainability Officer, Chris Raymond, also appeared to promote increased SAF use globally, while being unclear about which types of fuels are supported or their sustainability criteria. However, in an October 2022 AviationWeek article, Raymond appeared to support weaker sustainability criteria for bio-based SAFs than enforced in the EU, stating that “we just need some level of sustainability criteria around those feedstocks”.
Industry Association Governance: Boeing publicly discloses a limited list of its memberships to industry associations on its website without disclosing its direct engagement with them on climate change, their climate policy positions, nor the company’s role within each association. Boeing has also not published a review of its alignment with its industry associations. Boeing remains a member of the National Association of Manufacturers and US Chamber of Commerce, both of which are actively lobbying against US climate policy. Boeing is also a strategic partner of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) which has consistently opposed ambitious climate policy for international aviation.
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 Q1 2023.