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)
CEO of Roche Deutschland Holding GmbH is on the Executive Board of BDI (as of January 2023)
Prof. Dr. Hagen Pfundner
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive of Roche Pharma AG is on the Presidential Board of BDI (as of September 2022)
Prof. Dr. Hagen Pfundner
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive and board member of Roche Group are Chairs of The Committee on Industrial Health Management and the Dialogue and Alliances working group
Prof. Dr. Hagen Pfundner and Ulrike Knirsch
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Roche Deutschland Holding GmbH is on the Executive Board of BDI (as of January 2023)
Prof. Dr. Hagen Pfundner
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive of Roche Pharma AG is on the Presidential Board of BDI (as of September 2022)
Prof. Dr. Hagen Pfundner
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior executive and board member of Roche Group are Chairs of The Committee on Industrial Health Management and the Dialogue and Alliances working group
Prof. Dr. Hagen Pfundner and Ulrike Knirsch
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Roche Holdings Chairman, Christoph Franz, is a member of the ERT.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Roche CEO is a Member of ERT
Christoph Franz
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Roche Holdings Chairman, Christoph Franz, is a member of the ERT.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Roche CEO is a Member of ERT
Christoph Franz
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: Roche Group appears to have limited engagement with specific climate-related regulation, although the company has supported ambitious GHG emissions targets for the EU for 2030 and 2050. Roche Group appears to support a voluntary response to climate change, at the expense of emissions trading and policy related to the energy mix.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Roche Group’s top-line communications on climate change appear broadly positive. In its climate change position paper, updated in 2020, Roche Group supported the Paris Agreement and the need to reduce GHG emissions in line with 2°C, with efforts made towards 1.5°C. In September 2020, Roche Group CEO, Severin Schwan, signed a joint letter to EU policymakers from the Corporate Leaders Group calling for net zero in the EU by 2050, as well as ambitious EU policy to deliver this target under the European Green Deal.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Roche Group appears to have limited engagement with specific climate-related policy. In September 2020, Roche Group CEO, Severin Schwan, signed a joint letter to EU policymakers from the Corporate Leaders Group supporting an EU GHG target of at least 55% by 2030. However, the company does not appear to support emissions trading. In its 2020 climate change position paper, Roche Group stated that “such compensations … fail to address all other negative impacts associated with energy use” such as costs, waste and supply availability. InfluenceMap did not find any further evidence of engagement with specific climate-related regulations.
Positioning on Energy Transition: In its 2020 climate change position paper, Roche Group strongly supported an urgent shift to a low-carbon future, arguing that delaying action would cause “more dramatic, more disruptive, more expensive changes”. However, in the same paper the company states that it prefers “voluntary action” over policy measures to facilitate the energy transition. In a July 2020 tweet, Roche Group appeared to support the electrification of transport to reach zero emissions.
Industry Association Governance: Roche Group discloses its memberships to industry associations on its corporate website. However, it does not disclose any further details regarding its role within each association or their climate policy positions. Roche Group has not published a review of its industry associations to date. Roche Group is a member of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and German Chemical Industry Association, which engage on climate policy with predominantly negative positions.