Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: China Shenhua Energy (Shenhua Energy) demonstrates both positive engagement with climate-related policies and negative engagement on the energy transition through its parent company, China Energy Group. The company supports emissions trading and recycling of biodegradable materials in China, but it appears to have actively promoted a long-term role for coal in the energy mix.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Shenhua Energy has limited top-line communication on climate policy. In its 2024 ESG Report, published in March 2025, the company recognized some of the science of climate change. However, it has not explicitly supported the Paris Agreement, the emissions reduction pathways aligned with IPCC science, or the role of government policy in responding to climate change.
Engagement with Climate-Related Policies: Shenhua Energy appears broadly supportive of circular economy and emissions trading policy in China. In its policy proposal submitted at the Two Sessions in March 2024, China Energy Group advocated for policy measures to support recycling of biodegradable materials. In a March 2024 press release, China Energy Group supported China’s national carbon market to aid decarbonization. InfluenceMap has not found evidence on Shenhua Energy’s engagement on other climate policy strands in the last two years.
Positioning on Energy Transition: The company strongly opposes the transition away from coal in the energy mix. According to a July 2025 Kesolar article, Shenhua Energy advocated for measures to promote the “clean” use of coal, thereby enabling the future role for coal in the energy mix. According to an August 2024 press release, the chairman of China Energy, Liu Guoyue, directly promoted measures to enable the future role for coal in the energy mix to Ningxia's Party Committee and government. In its 2023 ESG report, published in March 2024, Shenhua Energy advocated for a continued role of coal to maintain stable energy supply and ensure national energy security. In an October 2023 blog post, Liu Guoyue also advocated for the expansion of coal investment, trade, and the global coal market through multilateral energy cooperation platforms like the "Belt and Road Initiative".
Industry Association Governance: As of July 2025, Shenhua Energy does not appear to have disclosed its industry association memberships. It responded to the 2023 CDP Climate Change Information Request but has not disclosed its response to the public. The company is a member of the China Electricity Council (CEC), which has actively advocated for fossil fuels.
Additional Note: China Shenhua Energy is a listed company with more than 50% of its shares owned by the government of China. State-owned enterprises likely retain channels of direct and private engagement with government officials that InfluenceMap is unable to assess, and therefore are not represented in China Shenhua Energy's engagement intensity metric.
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.