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.
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA is a member of VCI – German chemical industry association (Up to date as of April 2022)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA is a member of VCI – German chemical industry association (Up to date as of April 2022)
not specified
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: Fresenius does not appear to be strategically engaged on climate change. The company has limited engagement through top-line statements, and very limited positions on specific climate-related policy or debate around the energy transition.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Fresenius has very limited top-line communications on climate change. In its 2020 Annual Report, published in March 2021, the company appears to recognize the science of climate change.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: InfluenceMap was unable to find any evidence of direct engagement on climate-related policy and regulations. However, it would appear that the company is clearly concerned with implementing energy efficiency measures and increasing renewable energy usage within the organization.
Positioning on Energy Transition: InfluenceMap was unable to find any evidence of Fresenius’ engagement on the broader energy transition.
Industry Association Governance: Fresenius does disclose some of its industry association memberships. InfluenceMap could find no evidence of memberships to climate-active trade associations in our databases. It has not published a full audit of its industry links, and its current disclosure lacks details on indirect climate-related lobbying activities.