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)
Roger W. Crandall is on the board of ACLI, serving through 2024.
Roger W. Crandall (Chairman, President, and CEO, MassMutual)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Roger W. Crandall is on the board of ACLI, serving through 2024.
Roger W. Crandall (Chairman, President, and CEO, MassMutual)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
As of March 2022, Roger W. Crandall is a member of Business Roundtable.
Roger W. Crandall (Chairman, President, and CEO, MassMutual)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
As of March 2022, Roger W. Crandall is a member of Business Roundtable.
Roger W. Crandall (Chairman, President, and CEO, MassMutual)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
John Vaccaro is on the board of SIFMA
John Vaccaro (Head of MassMutual Financial Advisors)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
MassMutual is a member of SIFMA.
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
John Vaccaro is on the board of SIFMA
John Vaccaro (Head of MassMutual Financial Advisors)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
MassMutual is a member of SIFMA.
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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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The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) does not appear to have substantially engaged on sustainable finance policy.
MassMutual appears to support action to achieve zero carbon economies, aligning with the goals of the Paris Agreement. In its 2021 ESG Investment Policy, MassMutual describes its investment subsidiary’s engagement with policymakers in support of “sustainable practices, improved transparency, and a durable financial system.”
InfluenceMap has not found further details of sustainable policy engagement from MassMutual or Barings, its investment management subsidiary. MassMutual has not disclosed its membership to industry associations despite being a member of associations that are actively engaged on sustainable finance policy including the Business Roundtable and the American Council of Life Insurers.