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)
The Chairman of CJ Corporation, Sohn Kyung-shik, is the Chairman of the Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF). (KEF website, last accessed April 2023)
Sohn Kyung-shik (손경식)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
The Chairman of CJ Corporation, Sohn Kyung-shik, is the Chairman of the Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF). (KEF website, last accessed April 2023)
Sohn Kyung-shik (손경식)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
The Vice-CEO of CJ Corporation, Kim Geun-young, is a board member of the Environment and Climate Committee of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) (KCCI website, last accessed April 2023)
Kim Geun-young (김근영)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
The Vice-CEO of CJ Corporation, Kim Geun-young, is a board member of the Environment and Climate Committee of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) (KCCI website, last accessed April 2023)
Kim Geun-young (김근영)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CJ Corporation is a member of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA). (KITA website, last accessed April 2023)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CJ Corporation is a member of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA). (KITA website, last accessed April 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.
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Climate Lobbying Overview: CJ Corporation appears to have very limited engagement with climate policy, and weak disclosure of its climate policy positioning and engagement. However, the company is a member of several industry associations, actively and often negatively engaging with climate policy in South Korea.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: InfluenceMap found limited evidence of clear top-line messaging on climate policy by CJ Corporation. In its 2021 ESG Report published in August 2022, the company appeared to support global and national targets for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: InfluenceMap found no evidence of CJ Corporation’s engagement with climate-related regulations.
Positioning on Energy Transition: InfluenceMap found no evidence of CJ Corporation’s engagement with the transition to a low-carbon energy mix.
Industry Association Governance: CJ Corporation did not disclose a list of its industry association memberships, nor the details of the company’s role and climate change positions within industry associations. However, the company holds membership to the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), the Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF) and the Korea International Trade Association (KITA).