Glanbia PLC – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

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Limited	Glanbia PLC does not disclose a formal governance process to manage or align its climate lobbying activities, focusing instead on broader sustainability oversight. For example, the company reports that “The Group’s Board has overseen the continued evolution of our business to fulfil our purpose, including the review and approval of the Group’s sustainability strategy,” but provides no detail on oversight of direct or indirect lobbying. It notes that “The US Dairy Innovation Center is a trade association Glanbia partners with to address and collaborate on the relevant policies,” and that it “introduced environmental and climate-related recommendations into our responsible sourcing policy in 2021,” yet qualifies these as “not mandatory at this stage,” which does not constitute a lobbying alignment mechanism. While Glanbia indicates it has “No, but we plan to have one in the next two years” regarding a public commitment to align engagement with the Paris Agreement, this reflects only a future intention rather than an active governance framework. View Sources	D

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Limited

Glanbia PLC does not disclose a formal governance process to manage or align its climate lobbying activities, focusing instead on broader sustainability oversight. For example, the company reports that “The Group’s Board has overseen the continued evolution of our business to fulfil our purpose, including the review and approval of the Group’s sustainability strategy,” but provides no detail on oversight of direct or indirect lobbying. It notes that “The US Dairy Innovation Center is a trade association Glanbia partners with to address and collaborate on the relevant policies,” and that it “introduced environmental and climate-related recommendations into our responsible sourcing policy in 2021,” yet qualifies these as “not mandatory at this stage,” which does not constitute a lobbying alignment mechanism. While Glanbia indicates it has “No, but we plan to have one in the next two years” regarding a public commitment to align engagement with the Paris Agreement, this reflects only a future intention rather than an active governance framework.

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Lobbying Transparency

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Limited	Glanbia provides only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. The company notes that it interacts with “local and national regulators, governments and industry associations” but offers no information about the specific methods it uses—such as meetings, submissions, or letters—nor does it name the particular agencies or officials approached. It does not identify any climate policy, law or regulation that it has sought to influence, and therefore readers cannot determine which legislative processes the company engages in. Finally, while the disclosure says this engagement is intended to “contribute to issues relevant to our activities” and to “improve our sustainability performance and compliance,” it stops short of setting out the concrete policy changes or regulatory outcomes the company is advocating. Overall, the statement signals that some dialogue with policymakers occurs, but the absence of detail about the policies addressed, the mechanisms employed, and the specific outcomes sought results in only a rudimentary level of transparency.	D