Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: SABIC appears to have low engagement with climate policy and exhibits policy engagement that is broadly misaligned with policy pathways for delivering the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. SABIC does not appear to support circular economy legislation in the US and globally.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: SABIC has had limited top-line messaging on climate policy since 2023. SABIC took an unclear position on supporting IPCC demanded emissions reductions in its 2023 Integrated Report, published in April 2024. In February 2024, SABIC Vice President Europe Mark Williams signed the Antwerp Declaration, which proposed revising existing legislation under the European Green Deal and avoiding implementing detailed regulation following EU climate targets. The company does not appear to have publicly supported the Paris Agreement between 2023-2025.
Engagement with Climate-Related Policies: SABIC engaged with a limited number of climate policies in the EU and Saudi Arabia. SABIC Vice President Europe Mark Williams signed the February 2024 Antwerp Declaration, which took an unclear position on circular economy legislation, supporting increased demand for circular products through public procurement while remaining unclear on other legislative measures and their alignment with the waste hierarchy. In an April 2024 meeting with EU Executive Vice President Šefčovič and industry, SABIC advocated against measures to limit primary plastic polymers production and address hazardous chemicals under the Global Plastics Treaty. In an April 2025 joint letter, SABIC supported the New York State legislation the ‘Affordable Waste Reduction Act’ that challenged the ambitious proposed regulation, the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act. The company also opposed the introduction of an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program, along with other recycling targets and standards, in the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act in a May 2025 joint letter.
Positioning on Energy Transition: SABIC did not take a clear position on the energy transition in 2023-2025. The company took an unclear position on the transition of the energy mix in its 2024 Integrated Report, published in March 2025, advocating for the use of hydrogen without specifying its production method or end-use sector. In an October 2024 consultation feedback, SABIC took an unclear position on supporting the EU Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonization Package Delegated Act on the definition of low-carbon hydrogen. SABIC Vice President Europe signed the February 2024 Antwerp Declaration which supported carbon capture and utilization, however took an unclear position on the long term role of fossil fuels, as well as the conditions under which CCU would apply. SABIC did not support measures to transition the energy mix in a June 2024 joint letter, advocating for the passage of the 2025 budget reconciliation bill which repeals key IRA climate incentives and accelerates fossil fuel expansion.
Industry Association Governance: SABIC disclosed a complete list of its memberships to industry associations in its 2024 Integrated Report, but does not appear to have disclosed a detailed account of its industry associations' positions and engagement activities on climate policy. A senior executive of SABIC is a board member of the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), which is strategically engaged on EU climate policy with positions that are not science-aligned.
Additional Note: SABIC is headquartered in Saudi Arabia, where InfluenceMap’s LobbyMap platform can currently only make a provisional assessment of corporate climate policy engagement, due to limited capability to access publicly available data on this issue. As it is possible that InfluenceMap is not yet able to fully capture evidence of SABIC’s climate policy engagement activities, these scores should be considered provisional at this time.
In addition, SABIC is a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, a listed company with more than 50% of its shares owned by the government of Saudi Arabia. State-owned enterprises likely retain channels of direct and private engagement with government officials that InfluenceMap is unable to assess, and therefore are not represented in SABIC’s engagement intensity metric.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the company’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q3 2025.