Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: Comcast engages on a highly limited basis with climate policy. While the company’s top-line messaging on climate change appears positive, it does not appear to engage with specific climate-related legislation or regulation.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Comcast does not appear to disclose any positions on climate policy on its website. However, in its 2020 Universal Values Report, Comcast quoted its subsidiary Sky Group in broadly supporting urgent action to respond to climate change. Sky Group also appears to support a 1.5°C goal on its corporate website, accessed in February 2022, and communicated broad support towards COP26 achieving its goals in November 2021.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: InfluenceMap found limited recent evidence of Comcast’s position on, or engagement with, climate policy. Comcast reported engagement on parts of the Build Back Better Act in its Q4 2021 federal lobbying disclosure, but did not report engagement on the climate provisions in the bill.
Positioning on Energy Transition: InfluenceMap did not find evidence of Comcast’s position on, or engagement with, policy related to the transition of the energy mix.
Industry Association Governance: Comcast has published a document titled "Political & Trade Association Activity," but this does not include information on its trade group memberships. Nevertheless, Comcast is a member of the Business Roundtable, which engages with mixed positions on U.S. climate policy, including on the Build Back Better Act.