A new batch of industry associations has been uploaded onto the InfluenceMap system and the relationship scores recalculated accordingly.
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
CEO of LafargeHolcim Spain is President of CEMBUREAU, as multiple members of LafargeHolcim are on the board which results in a higher score
Isidoro Miranda
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Senior executives of LafargeHolcim are on the board of Cembureau (Multiple members on the board results in higher score)
Isidoro Miranda Fernandez and Francois Petry
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
A senior executive of LafargeHolcim is on the Senior Advisory Group of Cembureau
Cedric de Meeus
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
CEO of LafargeHolcim Spain is President of CEMBUREAU, as multiple members of LafargeHolcim are on the board which results in a higher score
Isidoro Miranda
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Senior executives of LafargeHolcim are on the board of Cembureau (Multiple members on the board results in higher score)
Isidoro Miranda Fernandez and Francois Petry
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
A senior executive of LafargeHolcim is on the Senior Advisory Group of Cembureau
Cedric de Meeus
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Several senior executives of Holcim Germany are members of the board of VDZ, Thorsten Hahn being a Chairman [Scorer's note: multiple representatives on the board results in higher score]
Thorsten Hahn, Matthias von der Belje, Daniel Reiser
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Senior Executive of Holcim Germany is a member of the Chair of VDZ
Diebold, Jens
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Several senior executives of Holcim Germany are members of the board of VDZ, Thorsten Hahn being a Chairman [Scorer's note: multiple representatives on the board results in higher score]
Thorsten Hahn, Matthias von der Belje, Daniel Reiser
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Senior Executive of Holcim Germany is a member of the Chair of VDZ
Diebold, Jens
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Sourced from CDP Climate Change Disclosure 2020: LafargeHolcim is an active participant to the climate and energy working group and plays a leading role in the development of forward-looking engagement on the low-carbon transition.
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Lafarge Honorary Chairman was Energy and Climate Change Working Group Chair of ERT
Bruno Lafont
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Sourced from CDP Climate Change Disclosure 2020: LafargeHolcim is an active participant to the climate and energy working group and plays a leading role in the development of forward-looking engagement on the low-carbon transition.
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Lafarge Honorary Chairman was Energy and Climate Change Working Group Chair of ERT
Bruno Lafont
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive of Holcim is head of the Sustainability Committee at CANACEM
Ibette Sosa
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A senior executive at LafargeHolcim is a vice president of CANACEM
Antoine Zenone
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive of Holcim is head of the Sustainability Committee at CANACEM
Ibette Sosa
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A senior executive at LafargeHolcim is a vice president of CANACEM
Antoine Zenone
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of LafargeHolcim India and CEO of subsidiary Ambuja Cements is Vice President of CMA India
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A subsidiary of LaFargeHolcim is a member of Cement Manufacturers' Association
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of LafargeHolcim India and CEO of subsidiary Ambuja Cements is Vice President of CMA India
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A subsidiary of LaFargeHolcim is a member of Cement Manufacturers' Association
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A senior executive of Holcim is on the General Council of AITEC
Lucio Greco
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A subsidiary of LafargeHolcim is a member of AITEC
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A senior executive of Holcim is on the General Council of AITEC
Lucio Greco
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A subsidiary of LafargeHolcim is a member of AITEC
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Holcim is a direct member of PCA
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executives of LafargeHolcim and CEO of US Cement are on the board of directors of the Portland Cement Association [Scorer's note: multiple representatives on the board results in higher score]
Patrick Cleary, Dave Diedrick, Jamie Gentoso, Jeffrey Scott and Michael LeMonds
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of LaFargeHolcim US is Chair of the Board of Directors of PCA
John Stull
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Holcim is a direct member of PCA
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executives of LafargeHolcim and CEO of US Cement are on the board of directors of the Portland Cement Association [Scorer's note: multiple representatives on the board results in higher score]
Patrick Cleary, Dave Diedrick, Jamie Gentoso, Jeffrey Scott and Michael LeMonds
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of LaFargeHolcim US is Chair of the Board of Directors of PCA
John Stull
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
LafargeHolcim is a member of SFIC
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
a subsidiary of LaFargeHolcim is a member of of SFIC
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
LafargeHolcim is a member of SFIC
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
a subsidiary of LaFargeHolcim is a member of of SFIC
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive of LafargeHolcim is on the board of UNICEM which is a member of MEDEF
Jean Marc Golberg
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
LafargeHolcim has an indirect membership of MEDEF through the association, Sfic
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chairman of LaFargeHolcim is Chairman of Sustainable Development Commission at MEDEF (resigned April 2017)
Bruno Lafont
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive of LafargeHolcim is on the board of UNICEM which is a member of MEDEF
Jean Marc Golberg
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
LafargeHolcim has an indirect membership of MEDEF through the association, Sfic
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chairman of LaFargeHolcim is Chairman of Sustainable Development Commission at MEDEF (resigned April 2017)
Bruno Lafont
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
LafargeHolcim is a direct member of FICEM
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A senior executive of a subsidiary of LaFargeHolcim is a director of FICEM
Charles Law
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
LafargeHolcim is a direct member of FICEM
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A senior executive of a subsidiary of LaFargeHolcim is a director of FICEM
Charles Law
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Holcim is an indirect member of the Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry through the Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia Association
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Holcim is an indirect member of the Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry through the Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia Association
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
LafargeHolcim is an indirect member of IFIEC through membership of association BFIEC
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
LafargeHolcim is an indirect member of IFIEC through membership of association UNIDEN
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
LafargeHolcim is an indirect member of IFIEC through membership of association BFIEC
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
LafargeHolcim is an indirect member of IFIEC through membership of association UNIDEN
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: Holcim (previously LafargeHolcim) appears to be actively engaged with climate policy, taking positive positions on several key policy strands but retaining some more mixed stances, particularly in New Zealand. The company’s top-line messaging on broad climate change policy and the energy transition is predominantly positive, yet it takes a less clearly supportive stance on some key policies relating to the construction sector such as energy efficiency legislation. Holcim retains membership of several influential associations, such as the American Petroleum Institute, which are negatively lobbying on climate policy.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Holcim seems supportive of climate policy in its top-line messaging on climate action. In April 2021, the company signed the Medef French Business Climate Pledge supporting achieving net-zero by 2050 targets set by states such as France, and in a press release in November 2021 it was supportive of achieving net zero globally and in the building sector. However, in a response to a public consultation in New Zealand in March 2021, Holcim appeared to stress the risks from unilateral action and the technological feasibility of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. The company stated support for carbon pricing mechanisms which embed carbon costs across whole value chains and encompass both the emissions and consumption of products in a position paper in July 2021. In its 2021 CDP Climate Change Disclosure, Holcim supported the EU’s Fit for 55 package. In a review of industry associations in April 2021 the company stated support for the UN Paris Agreement.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Holcim seems to engage predominantly positively with climate regulations. ln a review of industry associations in April 2021 the company broadly supported emissions trading schemes, and in a response to a public consultation in New Zealand Holcim was supportive of international carbon markets in March 2021. The CEO Jan Jenisch advocated for a higher carbon price in the Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in a February 2021 earnings call, but in its 2021 CDP Disclosure Holcim suggested that cap and trade mechanisms should be focused on consumption rather than emissions. In the same disclosure, the company supported a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in the EU alongside free allocation of emissions allowances in the EU ETS for an unspecified transitional period. However, in a response to a public consultation in New Zealand in March 2021, Holcim opposed a CBAM in New Zealand.
Holcim was broadly supportive of energy efficiency standards and building codes in the construction sector in a July 2021 position paper on the condition that building legislation is technology and material-neutral and based on lifecycle performance. In July 2021, the CEO Jan Jenisch strongly supported the EU’s Renovation Wave initiative and suggested that it should include “advanced norms and standards.” In its 2021 CDP Disclosure Holcim advocated for the integration of carbon performance in building standards and codes.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Holcim seems to broadly support the energy transition. In a position paper in July 2021, the company advocated for policies to transition to low-carbon construction but with the caveat that they should take a life cycle approach and should be material and technology neutral. In its 2020 CDP Disclosure, Holcim supported replacing fossil fuels with alternative fuels in the cement production process. However, in January 2021 La Tribune reported that the CEO of Holcim France, François Petry, was not supportive of French legislation, the Réglementation Environnementale 2020 (RE2020), which encourages the use of “biomaterials” in the construction of new buildings, stating support for low-carbon concrete instead.
Industry Association Governance: In April 2021, Holcim published a review of its alignment on climate policy with some of its industry associations, describing their positions on climate policy and a framework for assessing alignment and addressing misalignment. Holcim retains membership of several influential associations such as the American Petroleum Institute which is negatively lobbying on climate policy. The CEO of LafargeHolcim Spain is President of CEMBUREAU. The Australian branch of the company appears to retain memberships of associations which have been intensely oppositional to Australian climate policy, including the Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Manufacturing Australia.
A detailed assessment of the company's industry association review can be found on our CA100+ platform here.