A new batch of industry associations has been uploaded onto the InfluenceMap system and the relationship scores recalculated accordingly.
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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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Wirth is a member of the API's board of directors and executive committee. (Up-to-date as of May 2021)
Michael Wirth, Chairman and CEO
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Chevron is on the Board of the API
John Watson
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Wirth is a member of the API's board of directors and executive committee. (Up-to-date as of May 2021)
Michael Wirth, Chairman and CEO
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Chevron is on the Board of the API
John Watson
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Chevron executive Karen Knutson is a member of the Chamber's Board of Directors. (up-to-date, September 2021)
Karen Knutson, Vice President and General Manager, Government Affairs
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Chevron is a member of the US chamber of commerce (Chevron, Climate Change Review, 2020).
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Chevron is a member of the US-Iraq Business Council
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Chevron is a member of the US-Japan Business Council
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Chevron is a member of the US-Turkey Business Council
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Chevron is a member of the Brazil-US Business Council
not specified
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Exec. is on the board of directors at the Brazil-US Business Council, which operates under the US Chamber of Commerce
Clay Neff
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Executive of Chevron is a member of the board of the U.S.-UK Business Council
Todd Levy
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Chevron is a member of the Chamber
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Chevron is a member of the Chamber
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Chevron executive Karen Knutson is a member of the Chamber's Board of Directors. (up-to-date, September 2021)
Karen Knutson, Vice President and General Manager, Government Affairs
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Chevron is a member of the US chamber of commerce (Chevron, Climate Change Review, 2020).
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Chevron is a member of the US-Iraq Business Council
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Chevron is a member of the US-Japan Business Council
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Chevron is a member of the US-Turkey Business Council
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Chevron is a member of the Brazil-US Business Council
not specified
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Exec. is on the board of directors at the Brazil-US Business Council, which operates under the US Chamber of Commerce
Clay Neff
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Executive of Chevron is a member of the board of the U.S.-UK Business Council
Todd Levy
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Chevron is a member of the Chamber
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Chevron is a member of the Chamber
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron Australia exec. is on the board of APPEA (Up to date as of September 2021)
Kate Callaghan
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron Australia exec. is on the board of APPEA
Kate Callaghan
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron Australia executive is on the board of APPEA
Kate Callaghan
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Executive of subsidiary of Chevron is on the board of APPEA
Peter Fairclough
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron Australia exec. is on the board of APPEA (Up to date as of September 2021)
Kate Callaghan
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron Australia exec. is on the board of APPEA
Kate Callaghan
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron Australia executive is on the board of APPEA
Kate Callaghan
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Executive of subsidiary of Chevron is on the board of APPEA
Peter Fairclough
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
President of Chevron Canada Limited is a board member of CAPP
Belaji Krishnamurthy
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
The President of a Chevron subsidiary is on the board of governors of CAPP
Frank Cassulo, President of Chevron Canada Energy
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of subsidiary of Chevron was one of the board of governors of CAPP
Jeff Gustavson
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
President of Chevron Canada Limited is a board member of CAPP
Belaji Krishnamurthy
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
The President of a Chevron subsidiary is on the board of governors of CAPP
Frank Cassulo, President of Chevron Canada Energy
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of subsidiary of Chevron was one of the board of governors of CAPP
Jeff Gustavson
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Several senior executives of Chevron sit on the board of directors of AFPM. (Correct as of October 2021)
Mark Lashier; Michael Coyle; Andrea Carruyo
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron lists its membership to AFPM in its 2020 Lobbying Report. Chevron previously had six employees that hold committee chair positions, but evidence suggests the company no longer holds any committee positions according to ACC's 2020 annual report. Senior exec of Chevron (Michael Coyle) and CEO of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (Mark Lashier) continue to sit on the executive committee of AFPM. (AFPM annual review, 2020).
Michael Coyle; Mark Lashier
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior exec of Chevron (Michael Coyle) and CEO of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (Mark Lashier) are on executive committee of AFPM (AFPM, 2021).
Michael Coyle; Mark Lashier
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron executive is Chair of the AFPM's Cybersecurity Subcommittee. (2018 Annual Report, p.41)
Kenny Mesker
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP executive is Chair of the Waxes Subcommittee. (2018 Annual Report, p.41)
Terry Truitt
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP executive is on the AFPM's Board of Directors.
Mark Lashier
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron executive is Chair of the AFPM's Legal Committee. (2018 Annual Report, p.41)
Trevor Black
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron executive is Chair of the AFPM's Manufacturing Committee. (2018 Annual Report, p.41)
Alan Davis
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Chevron is on the executive committee of the AFPM's Board of Directors.
Michael Coyle
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Several senior executives of Chevron sit on the board of directors of AFPM. (Correct as of October 2021)
Mark Lashier; Michael Coyle; Andrea Carruyo
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron lists its membership to AFPM in its 2020 Lobbying Report. Chevron previously had six employees that hold committee chair positions, but evidence suggests the company no longer holds any committee positions according to ACC's 2020 annual report. Senior exec of Chevron (Michael Coyle) and CEO of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (Mark Lashier) continue to sit on the executive committee of AFPM. (AFPM annual review, 2020).
Michael Coyle; Mark Lashier
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior exec of Chevron (Michael Coyle) and CEO of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (Mark Lashier) are on executive committee of AFPM (AFPM, 2021).
Michael Coyle; Mark Lashier
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron executive is Chair of the AFPM's Cybersecurity Subcommittee. (2018 Annual Report, p.41)
Kenny Mesker
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP executive is Chair of the Waxes Subcommittee. (2018 Annual Report, p.41)
Terry Truitt
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP executive is on the AFPM's Board of Directors.
Mark Lashier
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron executive is Chair of the AFPM's Legal Committee. (2018 Annual Report, p.41)
Trevor Black
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Chevron executive is Chair of the AFPM's Manufacturing Committee. (2018 Annual Report, p.41)
Alan Davis
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Chevron is on the executive committee of the AFPM's Board of Directors.
Michael Coyle
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Senior Executive of Chevron is a vice-chair of IOGP's Management Committee.
Kim McHugh
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Senior Executive of Chevron is a vice-chair of the IOGP's Management Committee. (up to date Jan 2021)
Craig May
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Chevron is a vice-chair of IOGP's Management Committee.
Kim McHugh
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Chevron is a vice-chair of the IOGP's Management Committee. (up to date Jan 2021)
Craig May
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive of Chevron is a board member for the US Chamber of ICC (Up to date as of September 2021).
Karen Knutsen
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive of Chevron is a board member for the US chapter of ICC (Up-to-date. Jan 2020)
Maria pipa carp
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive of Chevron is a board member for the US Chamber of ICC (Up to date as of September 2021).
Karen Knutsen
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive of Chevron is a board member for the US chapter of ICC (Up-to-date. Jan 2020)
Maria pipa carp
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of WSPA (Up to date as of September 2021).
not specified
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Chevron is a member of WSPA
not specified
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Chevron is a member of WSPA (Up to date as of September 2021).
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of WSPA
not specified
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Chevron CEO is a Direct Member (Up to date September 2021)
Mike Wirth
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Chevron CEO is a Direct Member
John S. Watson
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Chevron CEO is a Direct Member (Up to date September 2021)
Mike Wirth
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Chevron CEO is a Direct Member
John S. Watson
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron remains one of 24 direct members at AIGN but appears to no longer have a representative on the board as John Torkington is no longer an employee at Chevron Australia, as of August 2021.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is one of 24 direct members at AIGN. John Torkington, Chevron Australia's Climate Team Manager, sits on the board of AIGN. (Up to date as of December 2020).
John Torkington
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron remains one of 24 direct members at AIGN but appears to no longer have a representative on the board as John Torkington is no longer an employee at Chevron Australia, as of August 2021.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is one of 24 direct members at AIGN. John Torkington, Chevron Australia's Climate Team Manager, sits on the board of AIGN. (Up to date as of December 2020).
John Torkington
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron Oronite and Chevron Phillips are corporate members of CEFIC (Up to date as of September 2021).
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A subsidiary of Chevron is a Direct Corporate Member of CEFIC (Up-to-date, 03/2019)
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron Oronite and Chevron Phillips are corporate members of CEFIC (Up to date as of September 2021).
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A subsidiary of Chevron is a Direct Corporate Member of CEFIC (Up-to-date, 03/2019)
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of NAM (2021 semi-annual trade association memberships)
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of NAM (2021)
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of National Association of manufacturers. Evidence piece is Chevron's 2018 Trade Association membership disclosure from 2018 - yet to release 2019 version.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
No longer listed as a board member of NAM.
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of NAM
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of NAM (2021 semi-annual trade association memberships)
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of NAM (2021)
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of National Association of manufacturers. Evidence piece is Chevron's 2018 Trade Association membership disclosure from 2018 - yet to release 2019 version.
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
No longer listed as a board member of NAM.
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of NAM
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron Australia is one of 77 direct members of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy.(Up to date as of September 2021).
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron Australia is one of 77 direct members of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy.(Up to date as of September 2021).
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a strategic partner of IATA (Up to date as of April 2022)
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a strategic partner of IATA (Up-to-date, 03/2019)
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a strategic partner of IATA (Up to date as of April 2022)
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a strategic partner of IATA (Up-to-date, 03/2019)
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of ACC
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron Oronite and Chevron Phillips Chemicals, are members of the ACC (Chevron climate lobbying report, 2020)
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of ACC
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron Oronite and Chevron Phillips Chemicals, are members of the ACC (Chevron climate lobbying report, 2020)
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron has stated on its corporate website that it holds membership to the American Legislative Exchange Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
InfluenceMap has not found disclosure regarding Chevron's membership with ALEC from 2020 and 2021.
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Meeting
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of ALEC
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of ALEC
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron has stated on its corporate website that it holds membership to the American Legislative Exchange Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
InfluenceMap has not found disclosure regarding Chevron's membership with ALEC from 2020 and 2021.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Meeting
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of ALEC
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is a member of ALEC
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is an operator member of OGUK (Correct as of September 2021)
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A senior executive of Chevron is a board member of OGUK (No longer board member - Correct as of September 2021)
Greta Lydecker
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron is an operator member of OGUK (Correct as of September 2021)
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A senior executive of Chevron is a board member of OGUK (No longer board member - Correct as of September 2021)
Greta Lydecker
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Chevron is a member of the NPC (up-to-date, September 2021)
Mike Wirth
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Chevron is a member of NPC
John S. Watson
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Chevron is a member of the NPC (up-to-date, September 2021)
Mike Wirth
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Chevron is a member of NPC
John S. Watson
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron Phillips Chemicals, jointly owned by Chevron, is an indirect member of MEDEF through the association PlasticsEurope which is a member of France Chimie. (Up to date as of September 2021).
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chevron Phillips Chemicals, jointly owned by Chevron, is an indirect member of MEDEF through the association PlasticsEurope which is a member of France Chimie. (Up to date as of September 2021).
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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: Chevron has stated top-line support for climate action including the Paris Agreement and a net-zero emissions target in the second half of the century, rather than 2050. The company has communicated broad-based support for climate-related regulations, however, appears to not support a number of specific regulations. The company also appears to have lobbied actively to maintain the role of gas in the future energy mix. Chevron retains memberships to several industry associations engaged in obstructive climate lobbying.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Chevron’s high-level communications appear to support climate action. Chevron’s 2020 Sustainability Report, published in September 2021, supported efforts to limit globaltemperature increase below 2°C, although the company did not specify the timeframe for achieving it. Similarly, Chevron has supported achieving net-zero 'in the second half of the century', rather than by 2050, in its updated Climate Change Resilience Report in October 2021. Chevron did set a net-zero by 2050 'aspiration', however this timeline does not yet appear to have crossed over to Chevron's lobbying efforts. In the same report, the company supported the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Chevron appears to take a mixed position on the need for climate policies. In an investor presentation from September 2021, Chevron declared support for “well-designed climate policies”. However, the company’s corporate website, accessed in January 2022, supported a market-based response to climate change over government regulations. Chevron supports carbon pricing, as revealed in the corporate website when accessed in February 2022.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Between 2020 and 2021, Chevron appears to have disclosed its positions on climate regulations only in broad terms. In the company’s Climate Change Resilience Report from March 2021, Chevron stated support for "well-designed" emissions regulation that sets "appropriate methane metrics," without further details on what it entails. In an October 2021 release entitled 'Chevron supports well-designed methane policy', Chevron again stated it supported "well-designed and properly enacted methane regulation" that set "appropriate methane metrics".
In January 2022, Chevron submitted an oppositional position to the US Environmental Protection Authority’s (EPA) proposed methane standards, which included supporting American Petroleum Institute’s (API) submission contesting the legal authority of the EPA to regulate methane emissions from existing sources. In November 2021, the company’s additional ‘Lower-Carbon’ website supported the development of a global carbon market. In its 2020 Sustainability Report, Chevron called for national policies to build a global carbon market. However, the company appears to have lobbied against a bill and related regulations that aim to introduce a cap and trade mechanism in California, as reported by ProPublica in November 2019. Evidence from earlier years show that Chevron had opposed the US Renewable Fuel Standards Program in 2019, as well as a number of US methane emission measurement requirements and Australia’s National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Legislation in 2018.
Chevron disclosed in its federal lobbying disclosures for 2021 that it had lobbied on a number of other climate related policies, including Build Back Better, the Department of the Interior's review of the federal oil and gas programs, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Leasing Program, and the EPA's social cost of carbon. However, InfluenceMap cannot find any disclosure from Chevron on what it's position and lobbying has been on these policies.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Chevron appears to support thelong-term need for oil and gas in the energy mix. In January 2022, Chevron’s CEO, Mike Wirth, opposed the decision of a US federal judge that invalidated the results of an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, and in doing so, called for the need for “continued development and investment in the United States energy economy”. Further, in an August 2021 interview with the Washington Post, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth stated that oil and gas will continue to play a role in the energy mix in the next 20years, citing an increased global demand for energy. In the same interview, Wirth also appeared to criticize the California government’s target of phasing out gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, stating that dialogues on related technical and economic issues “will bring some reality to the ambition.” A July 2021 report by Unearth revealed that Chevron has backed government policy to facilitate a ‘gas-led recovery’ in Australia in a consultation submission in November 2020, and lobbied the UK government for “a greater recognition of the role of gas in transition” in February 2020.
Additionally, in its 2021 Climate Change Resilience Report, the company appeared to criticize subsidies for clean technologies, such as solar and wind, claiming that it would create “harmful market distortions”. Chevron’s 2020 Sustainability Report also revealed that the company does not support sectoral and regional approaches to decarbonization, and instead recommends “broad economy wide solutions”. Industry Association Governance: Chevron has disclosed a list of memberships it holds in key industry associations in its 2020 Sustainability Report, released in 2021. However, the report neither discloses a detailed assessment of alignment with its industry associations, nor how it tries to influence their climate policy. Nevertheless, Chevron is represented on the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute which has consistently and negatively lobbied on US climate policy. Chevron’s report also does not disclose the company’s membership to several key industry associations actively and negatively engaging on climate change, including APPEA in Australia.
A detailed assessment of the company's industry association review can be found on our CA100+ platform here.