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.
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Uber is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce (Last Checked Oct 2022)
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Uber is a member of the US-Japan Business Council
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Uber is a member of the US-Pakistan Business Council
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Uber is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce
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Uber is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce (Last Checked Oct 2022)
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Uber is a member of the US-Japan Business Council
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Uber is a member of the US-Pakistan Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Uber is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce
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: Uber has mostly positive engagement on US and EU climate regulation, largely supporting the need for government policy to support the rapid adoption of electric vehicles in 2020-22. Alongside positive top-line messaging on climate change, Uber has supported ambitious ICE phase out dates for light-duty vehicles in the EU and US and supportive a ZEV mandate in California.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Uber has very positive top-line messaging on climate change. Uber expressed some support for the goals of the Paris Agreement by signing on to the December 2021 COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emissions cars and vans, a declaration that committed to Paris aligned aspirations. Uber also advocated for more ambitious climate policies in a May 2021 Ceres Joint Letter. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tweeted support for the European Green Deal in September 2020, and also tweeted support for ambitious climate policy in California in September 2022. In a statement released on Uber’s website in September 2020, Khosrowshahi expressed desire for government action to help Uber transition to a net-zero platform. In a December 2021 blog post on Uber’s zero-emission ambitions, Uber stated that they engage with policies that support decarbonization of transportation. Uber repeated this in their 2021 Climate Assessment and Performance Report.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations In a January 2022 joint letter Uber expressed support for a regional cap and trade scheme and market based mechanisms for achieving carbon reductions in the Pacific US. Uber expressed support for more stringent federal light duty vehicle GHG standards in an April 2022 Ceres Joint Letter. Uber also advocated for more ambitious GHG emissions standards in a September 2021 joint letter responding to US light duty vehicle GHG standards. In an April 2021 joint letter to the European Commission and EU policymakers, Uber called for a net-zero mandate on new vehicles by 2035.
Uber also promoted a low carbon modal shift towards transportation methods such as shared EVs, walking, public transportation, and cycling in both a September 2021 joint letter to EU policymakers and Uber’s September 2020 Spark Report. In a July 2020 consultation response to a policy to phase out ICE vehicles, Uber further expressed support for shifting away from personal vehicle ownership as a means of decarbonizing transportation.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Uber has positive policy engagement focused primarily on decarbonizing the transportation sector and promoting electric vehicles. In Uber’s Preferred EV Policies Menu released in September 2021 Uber described a broad and comprehensive list of policies they support to facilitate the transition to ZEVs, including an ICE phaseout date of 2030 and a ZEV sales mandate on light-duty passenger vehicle manufacturers. In a May 2021 public comment on California’s Clean Miles Standard, Uber expressed support for credits and incentives to promote the transition to zero emission vehicles, but also expressed desire for “off-ramps” to excuse non-compliance with the policy.
In a letter to US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration Stephanie Pollack, Uber expressed broad support for expanding EV charging infrastructure. In August 2022 Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi expressed support on Twitter for the electric vehicle tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act. Uber’s Spark Report, published on its website in 2020, strongly encouraged governments to provide significant economic incentives to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles.
Uber promoted a 2035 phase out date on the sale of new ICE engine light duty vehicles in a 2021 joint letter to European policymakers, and also signed onto the COP 26 Declaration on Accelerating the Transition to 100% Zero Emission Cars and Vans in 2021. This declaration endorsed a 2035 ICE phase out date in leading markets and a 2040 target globally. In an April 2021 Ceres joint letter Uber stated support for policies that improve access to ZEVs. Uber’s September 2020 Spark report supported the expansion of EV charging infrastructure and financial incentives, promoted electric vehicles over ICE vehicles in Europe, and also supported a more progressive fuel tax
Industry Association Governance: Uber publicly discloses a list of American trade associations it contributes dues of over $50,000 semiannually in its annual Political Engagement Report. This list does not trade association memberships outside the United States or describe its alignment with each of these associations. Uber has not published a climate lobbying review of its industry association memberships. Uber is an active member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a trade association engaged in obstructive climate policy engagement in the United States. Uber is also an active member of the Zero Emission Transportation Association, an organization that engages in positive engagement on zero-emission transportation policy in the United States, and BusinessEurope, an EU based organization with largely negative climate policy engagement.