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)
President of Sanofi is co-president of MEDEF's commission on the reform of social protection (updated in June 2021)
Olivier Bogillot
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
President of Sanofi is a member of executive board of MEDEF (updated in June 2021)
Olivier Bogillot
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Sanofi has indirect relationship with MEDEF through the UIC
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
President of Sanofi is co-president of MEDEF's commission on the reform of social protection (updated in June 2021)
Olivier Bogillot
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
President of Sanofi is a member of executive board of MEDEF (updated in June 2021)
Olivier Bogillot
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Sanofi has indirect relationship with MEDEF through the UIC
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Subsidiaries of Sanofi are members of VCI (Up to date as of April 2022)
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
subsidiaries of Sanofi are members of VCI
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Subsidiaries of Sanofi are members of VCI (Up to date as of April 2022)
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
subsidiaries of Sanofi are members of VCI
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: Sanofi appears to have limited engagement with climate change policy beyond top-line messaging on climate change, which is generally positive. Sanofi appears to have limited transparency and disclosure regarding its lobbying activities and industry association memberships. However, Sanofi retains memberships to highly engaged groups including MEDEF and US Chamber of Commerce.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Sanofi’s top-line communications on climate change appear broadly positive. On its ‘Environmental Sustainability’ webpage, accessed in June 2021, Sanofi acknowledges the link between climate change and negative impacts including extreme weather events and food shortages. In its 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, published in April 2021, Sanofi appears to support the need to limit global warming to 1.5°C in line with science and the Paris Agreement. However, the company does not appear to explicitly support the need for government regulation to respond to climate change.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: In March 2023, Sanofi signed a joint letter advocating for EU states to adopt a stringent EU zero-emissions 2035 CO2 target for cars and vans without an e-fuels loophole. Sanofi does not appear to disclose its climate-related policy positions and lobbying activities on its corporate website or via its 2020 CDP response. Sanofi acknowledged the risk of changes in regulations such as the EU Emissions Trading System and carbon taxes in a 2020 brief on climate risks and opportunities, but the company did not take a clear position. InfluenceMap did not find any evidence of engagement with specific climate-related regulations.
Positioning on Energy Transition: On its corporate website in October 2020, Sanofi appeared to support the need to accelerate a global shift to clean energy. However, InfluenceMap did not find any further evidence of engagement with policy related to the energy mix.
Industry Association Governance: Sanofi discloses some memberships to industry associations on its corporate website and via its 2020 CDP response. However, it does not disclose any further details regarding its role within each association or their climate policy positions. Sanofi has not published a review of its industry associations to date. Olivier Bogillot, President of Sanofi France, is a member of the executive board at MEDEF which has engaged on climate policy with predominantly negative positions. Sanofi is also a member of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) (via a subsidiary) and the US Chamber of Commerce, which have both taken negative positions on climate policy in Europe and the US, respectively.
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 Q1 2023.