Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Lobbying Overview: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC), formerly Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), exhibits limited positive and negative engagement with science-aligned climate policy in 2023-25.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) has limited top-line messaging on climate policy. The company supported limiting temperature rise to well below 2°C and the goals of the Paris Agreement in its 2024 CDP disclosure.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: The company’s 2024 Annual Report, released in February 2025, did not take a clear position on carbon tax policies. The company stated support for Canada’s Federal Output-Based Pricing System in its 2023 CDP Climate Change Questionnaire response, while also advocating for a tax deduction for capital expenditures that reduce GHG emissions. In the same response, CPKC stated support for cap-and-trade programs in Quebec and Nova Scotia. InfluenceMap was unable to detect any further engagement with climate change regulations.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) participated in a December 2023 Memorandum of Understanding between the Canadian Government and the rail sector in which the company agreed to work to decarbonize the rail sector in Canada. CPKC stated in its July 2025 Alberta lobbying disclosure that the company lobbied for increased funding and policies for the expansion of hydrogen.
Industry Association Governance: Canadian Pacific Kansas City has not published an industry association review and has not disclosed a recent list of its industry association memberships. CPKC is a member of the Business Council of Canada, an industry association with both positive and negative climate policy engagement.
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.
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 Q4 2024.