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)
Philip Morris International is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Philip Morris is a member of the US-Iraq Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Philip Morris is a member of the US-Japan Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Member of Brazil-US Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Phillip Morris is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A subsidiary of Phillip Morris, Altria, is a member of the Chamber
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Philip Morris International is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Philip Morris is a member of the US-Iraq Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Philip Morris is a member of the US-Japan Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Member of Brazil-US Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Phillip Morris is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A subsidiary of Phillip Morris, Altria, is a member of the Chamber
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Evidence suggests that Philip Morris is a member of National Association of Manufacturers. It is unclear what its precise relationship is with the group; it is listed below the subheading stating "See below for the list of business and trade associations
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Philip Morris International is a member of National Association of Manufacturers
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Evidence suggests that Philip Morris is a member of National Association of Manufacturers. It is unclear what its precise relationship is with the group; it is listed below the subheading stating "See below for the list of business and trade associations
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Philip Morris International is a member of National Association of Manufacturers
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Phillip Morris South Africa, a subsidiary of Phillip Morris, is a member of Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA website, up-to-date April 2022)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Phillip Morris South Africa, a subsidiary of Phillip Morris, is a member of Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA website, up-to-date April 2022)
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: Philip Morris International (Philip Morris) has limited, but overall positive engagement on climate policy. Philip Morris holds membership to several industry associations that lobby actively against climate policy, including Business Europe and the US Chamber of Commerce. The company also lacks transparency about its association memberships.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Philip Morris’ top-line communications on climate change appear to be consistently positive. The company clearly accepts climate science in its 2020 annual report, published in 2021. Philip Morris also 787368 its support for reducing emissions in line with 1.5 °C in its 2020 annual report. The company also signed a joint letter to President Bident with the We Mean Business Coalition in April 2021 supporting the Paris Agreement and calling for increased ambition on reducing GHG emissions by 2030.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: InfluenceMap did not find any evidence of Philip Morris’ engagement with climate related policies.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Between 2018 and 2022, Philip Morris has limited engagement with policy necessary to transition the energy mix. On Twitter in March 2021 it Unclear position on transition of energy mix stated support for transitioning the global economy, though it emphasized voluntary science-based targets.
Industry Association Governance: In 2021, Philip Morris disclosed a list of memberships to industry associations. It has not published a review of its alignment with these groups on climate change policy. In its 2021 annual climate disclosure report, Philip Morris failed to disclose its membership to the National Association of Manufacturers which has highly negative engagement with US climate policy. Philip Morris is also a member of the US Chamber of Commerce and American Legislative Exchange Council which both appear actively opposed to US climate policy. Philip Morris is a partner company in the Corporate Advisory and Support Group at Business Europe, which consistently lobbies against climate related policy and regulations since 2015, including against policy stringency as part of the EU’s Green Deal.