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)
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO is Member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Howard C. Nye
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO is Member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Howard C. Nye
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive is on the board of directors of Portland Cement Association (Last checked December 2022)
Kirk Light
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Martin Marietta is a member of the Portland Cement Association (Last checked December 2022)
not specified
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive is on the board of directors of Portland Cement Association (Last checked December 2022)
Kirk Light
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Martin Marietta is a member of the Portland Cement Association (Last checked December 2022)
not specified
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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: Martin Marietta Materials (Martin Marietta) appears to have limited transparent engagement with climate change policy. However, the company retains board membership of several key industry associations which are engaging negatively on US climate policy.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Martin Marietta appears to have limited top-line communications on climate change policy between the years 2018 and 2022. The company does not appear to take positions on the need for climate regulation, the UN Paris Agreement, nor long-term emissions reductions.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Martin Marietta appears to have had limited transparent engagement with specific climate policies since 2018. The company stated in its 2020 Sustainability Report, published in 2021, that it does not engage on climate policy.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Martin Marietta appears to have limited engagement with policy related to the transition of the energy mix, although taking negative positions on a range of issues. In its 2020 Sustainability Report, published in 2021, the company advocated for the removal of regulatory constraints on alternative fuels, without defining what this includes, and for policies to support Carbon Capture and Storage. It described its position on technologies needed to reduce emissions in the cement sector in broad terms, without elaborating on specific policies or describing engagement activities. In a press release, published in March 2022, Martin Marietta supported the Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline in West Virginia, a fossil gas pipeline which will lock in unabated fossil fuels, including fossil gas.
Industry Association Governance: Martin Marietta disclosed membership of industry associations in its 2021 Sustainability Report, describing the associations’ positions and how it is attempting to influence them. However, it did not disclose the engagement activities of the associations, nor has it published a review of alignment with associations. The company is a member of two US groups that lobby negatively on climate policy, the Portland Cement Association, in which a senior executive is on the board, and the US Chamber of Commerce, in which the CEO is on the board of directors.