A new report by thinktank InfluenceMap has revealed the companies exerting the strongest and most negative influence on climate policy action around the world. The research concludes that these organizations are using “prolific and highly sophisticated” methods to manipulate governments into taking their countries and the world down “incredibly dangerous paths” when it comes to their climate policies.
At the top of that list are U.S. energy giants ExxonMobil and Chevron which, based on analysis of over fifty thousand evidence points including regulatory consultation comments, CEO messaging, financial filings, media accounts, advertising/PR and trade association links, are the companies being the most obstructive of governments setting climate policies.
Ed Collins, a director at InfluenceMap, warned: “The corporate playbook for holding back climate policy has come a long way from science denialism but it is every bit as damaging. What we are seeing is not limited to efforts to undermine regulations directly. It also involves prolific and highly sophisticated narrative capture techniques”.
This chart shows the companies exerting the strongest and most negative influence on climate policy action globally.
