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.
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.
Open PDF file of Data Source
Climate Lobbying 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.