Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Lobbying Overview: Engie exhibits strategic climate policy engagement that is partially aligned with policy pathways aiming to deliver the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. However, in terms of the transition of the energy mix, Engie appears to advocate for the long-term role of fossil gas in the energy mix, alongside support for 'renewable' and 'low-carbon' gases.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Engie is supportive of increased climate ambition in its top-line communications. The company stated support for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in line with limiting warming to 1.5°C in its 2024 Industry Associations Climate Review, published in June 2025, and supported the goals of the Paris Agreement in the same report. Engie also supported government regulation to respond to climate change in a January 2025 meeting with EU Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Engie is actively engaged with several climate policy streams in Europe, Australia and the US, with a mix of positive and negative positions. The company appeared to be actively engaged on policies relating to renewable energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in 2024 and 2025. The company has previously been actively engaged on policies relating to emissions trading and energy efficiency.
Regarding renewable energy policy, Engie supported the role of Australia's Capacity Investment Scheme in accelerating renewable energy investment and generation in a March 2024 consultation submission. However, in October 2024 comments submitted on the EU’s Methodology to determine the GHG emission savings of low-carbon fuels, Engie opposed the proposed EU Renewable Energy Directive Delegated Act on Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origins (RFNBOs). The company advocated against measures such as additionality, and temporal and sectoral correlation, which would weaken the ambition of the policy.
Engie appears to hold more negative positions on GHG emissions regulations. In an April 2025 joint letter the company did not appear to fully support the EU’s Methane Regulation for the energy sector, emphasizing concerns around its impact on energy affordability and security of supply. Engie advocated to delay the monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) requirements for fossil fuel imports, including a grandfathering of contracts signed before implementing acts are finalized, which would weaken the overall policy. Engie also appeared to have a mixed position on GHG emissions reduction targets in a January 2025 meeting with EU Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra and Deputy Head of Cabinet Astrid Dentler. Engie appeared to support the agreed 2030 emissions reduction target legislation but advocated for a less strict approach for 2040.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Engie supports a role for renewables in the energy mix, as well as various forms of hydrogen. However the company also appears to continually promote the role of unabated fossil gas in the energy mix.
In a February 2025 joint letter to Congress Engie supported stringent policy interventions to support a rapid increase in solar energy in the energy mix. The company’s CEO Catherine MacGregor also supported an increase in renewables, nuclear and other zero-carbon energy, as well as the phase-out of fossil fuels in a June 2024 LA Tribune article.
Regarding hydrogen, Engie supported hydrogen produced from renewable energy for use in hard-to-abate sectors in its 2024 Integrated Report published in March 2024. However, in its 2023 Industry Association Review published in June 2024, Engie appeared to advocate for 'hydrogen ready' gas infrastructure, without placing clear timelines on fossil gas phase-out. The company also supported specific clean hydrogen production measures with major exceptions in a February 2025 joint letter; it advocated for Congress to defend the Inflation Reduction Act's clean hydrogen tax credit, which allows a variety of feedstocks under specific conditions, however the company emphasized a prominent role for fossil gas as a feedstock for eligible hydrogen production.
The company also appeared to advocate for a continued role for fossil gas alongside renewable gases and hydrogen in an April 2024 consultation response. Engie also appeared to support a 'transitional' role for fossil gas, but without placing clear conditions on the need for CCS or methane emission abatement, and without clearly specifying timelines for this transition that are in line with IPCC guidance in its 2024 Industry Associations Climate Review, published in June 2025.
Industry Association Governance: Engie has disclosed a list of its industry association memberships in its 2024 Industry Association Climate Review published in June 2025, as well as a partial account of its industry associations' positions and engagement activities on specific climate-related policies. Engie retains membership to numerous industry associations that hold negative positions on climate policy, including BusinessEurope, the International Gas Union and Gas Distributors for Sustainability (GD4S).
A detailed assessment of the company's corporate review on climate policy engagement can be found on InfluenceMap's CA100+ Investor Hub here.
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.
In addition the government of France owns 23.64% of Engie. It is likely that Engie retains channels of direct and private engagement with government officials that InfluenceMap is unable to assess, and therefore are not represented in Engie's engagement intensity metric.