Australia

Fossil Fuel Climate Advocacy Update - March 2024

April 2024

This briefing contains an overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to fossil fuels for the month of February 2024.

Transport Quarterly (Q1, 2024)

April 2024

We are pleased to share the second edition of InfluenceMap's Transport Quarterly covering the first quarter of 2024 (released in April 2024). This bulletin highlights recent insights into the advocacy of major companies and their industry associations.

Fossil Fuels Climate Advocacy Update - Feb 2024

March 2024

This briefing contains an overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to fossil fuels for the month of February 2024.

Fossil Fuel Climate Advocacy Update #17

February 2024

This briefing contains an overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to fossil fuels for the month of January 2024.

Corporate Climate Policy Engagement in Australia

January 2024

Key corporate policy engagement trends following Labor's election in May 2022

The COP28 Corporate Climate Advocacy Landscape

December 2023

Cross-referencing the UNFCCC-disclosed list of registered attendees against InfluenceMap’s database on corporate lobbying shows the balance in favor of companies whose policy engagement and communications are pushing for policy pathways likely to lock-in warming scenarios in excess of the internatio...

Fossil Fuel Climate Advocacy Update #15

December 2023

This briefing contains an overview of the corporate advocacy detected by InfluenceMap related to fossil fuels and climate for the month of November 2023.

Corporate Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

December, 2023

This report assesses global corporate advocacy on carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the context of the energy transition. It examines the high-level positions of 21 national governments on CCS and maps out linkages between corporate and government messaging on the issue.

Fossil Fuel Climate Advocacy Update #13

October 2023

This briefing contains an overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to fossil fuels for the month of September 2023.

Fossil Fuel Climate Lobbying Update #12

September 2023

This briefing contains an overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to fossil fuels for the month of August 2023.

Fossil Fuel Climate Lobbying Update #11

August 2023

This briefing contains an overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to fossil fuels for the month of July 2023.

Australia's Safeguard Mechanism and Corporate Advocacy

July 2023

New analysis shows heavy emitters push back against ambitious reforms of Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism

Fossil Fuels Climate Lobbying Update #9

June 2023

An overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to fossil fuels and methane for the month of May 2023.

The FCAI and Australian Climate Policy

May 2023

New documents reveal how the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has led a strategic, coordinated campaign to push back against Australian fuel efficiency standards.

Fossil Fuels Climate Lobbying Update #8

May 2023

An overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to fossil fuels and methane for the month of April 2023.

Fossil Fuels Climate Lobbying Update #4

November 2022

An overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to oil, fossil gas, and methane for the month of October 2022.

Oil/Gas Sector Climate Lobbying Update #2

August 2022

An overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to oil, fossil gas, and methane for the month of July 2022.

The Safeguard Mechanism and Corporate Lobbying

February 2023

How Australian companies and industry associations are pushing back against ambitious reform of the Safeguard Mechanism

Fossil Fuel Climate Lobbying Update #5

February 2023

An overview of the corporate lobbying detected by InfluenceMap related to coal, oil, fossil gas, and methane in December 2022 and January 2023.

Australia:
Key Lobbying Updates Jan-Sept 2021

This Lobbying Update provides details of corporate lobbying on key policies in 2021 thus far, including the Victorian Gas Substitution Roadmap, the inquiry into the prudential regulation of investment in Australia's export industries, the gas-fired recovery plan, the remit expansion to ARENA, and po...

Does Corporate Australia Support Paris-Aligned Climate Policy?

September 2021

InfluenceMap's new research looked at the 50 most economically significant companies in Australia in relation to climate change and their potential to influence climate policy. The research found that none are strategically supporting Australian climate policy in line with the goals of the Paris Agr...

Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Are Dominating Climate Policy Battles During COVID-19

July 9th, 2020

New research from InfluenceMap shows the oil and gas sector to have dominated climate-related policy battles throughout COVID-19 crisis.

Australian Industry Associations and their Carbon Policy Footprint

September 2020

This research finds that Australia’s most influential industry associations are having an overwhelmingly negative impact on climate policy, with 75% of the groups assessed taking positions against climate regulations while promoting a pro-fossil fuel agenda. This research is part of InfluenceMap’s o...

BHP and Rio Tinto:
Their Industry Groups and Climate Lobbying

May 2020

This analysis highlights a trend whereby companies and industry groups are engaging with investors and the media by focusing attention on top-line positive statements on climate while distracting stakeholders from the important details that conversely show patterns of opposition to science-based cli...

Trade Associations and Climate:
Shareholders Make Themselves Heard

May 2018

In the wake of shareholder resolutions at Rio Tinto in both the UK and Australia over its links with climate-lobbying trade groups, new research from UK thinktank InfluenceMap identifies the 10 major global companies who maintain extensive networks of trade associations and lobbyists whose aggregate...

BHP and its Trade Associations on Climate

December 2017

The global mining giant has just published a review of climate/energy misalignments between it and its key lobby groups - InfluenceMap fact checks this for accuracy and completeness.