Huntsman Corp – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Huntsman Corp’s climate lobbying governance appears to be embedded within its wider sustainability oversight process, with the Sustainability Committee “responsible for oversight of our sustainability and other related corporate social responsibility and governance matters,” meeting quarterly “in connection with our regularly scheduled Board meetings,” and “regularly reporting to the full Board regarding sustainability-related matters.” It also describes a mechanism to govern indirect lobbying by noting that it “participate[s] in trade association working groups, committees, and boards to seek to assure our trade association is moving forward with advocacy, training, resource, and awareness efforts consistent with our climate change strategy” and affirms a “public commitment or position statement to conduct our engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement” by responding “Yes.” However, we found no evidence of a defined process for reviewing or managing its direct lobbying activities, nor does the company name a specific individual or dedicated body charged explicitly with reviewing lobbying alignment, suggesting the overall monitoring and accountability for its climate-related advocacy efforts is not fully articulated. View Sources	C

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Moderate

Huntsman Corp’s climate lobbying governance appears to be embedded within its wider sustainability oversight process, with the Sustainability Committee “responsible for oversight of our sustainability and other related corporate social responsibility and governance matters,” meeting quarterly “in connection with our regularly scheduled Board meetings,” and “regularly reporting to the full Board regarding sustainability-related matters.” It also describes a mechanism to govern indirect lobbying by noting that it “participate[s] in trade association working groups, committees, and boards to seek to assure our trade association is moving forward with advocacy, training, resource, and awareness efforts consistent with our climate change strategy” and affirms a “public commitment or position statement to conduct our engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement” by responding “Yes.” However, we found no evidence of a defined process for reviewing or managing its direct lobbying activities, nor does the company name a specific individual or dedicated body charged explicitly with reviewing lobbying alignment, suggesting the overall monitoring and accountability for its climate-related advocacy efforts is not fully articulated.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Huntsman Corporation provides only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. The company does cite one concrete engagement—Peter Huntsman’s testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce—thereby revealing both the mechanism (oral testimony) and the policymaking target. Beyond this single appearance, however, it offers no further information on whether it used other channels such as written submissions, meetings, or coalition activity. On substance, the disclosure refers generically to “EPA chemical regulations” that affect the pace of bringing emissions-reducing chemicals to market; this identifies a broad policy area but not a specific bill, rulemaking docket, or regulatory clause. The objective it voices is similarly high-level: to shorten approval times, arguing that “new chemicals take on average three years to get approved” even though “federal law” sets a 90-day review, yet it does not spell out the exact amendments, timelines, or standards it is advocating. As a result, while the company acknowledges some involvement and the general change it seeks, the details necessary to fully understand its climate-policy lobbying activities remain sparse.	D