Koninklijke BAM Groep NV – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Strong	Koninklijke BAM Groep discloses a structured approach that links its climate strategy to its policy-influencing work, indicating strong governance over both direct and indirect lobbying activities. The company states that "BAM is committed to ensure our lobbying activities are in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals and our ambition ‘Building a sustainable tomorrow’," and explains that "senior staff members are involved with policy engagement and match their activities to the overall collective strategy, including the sustainability strategy/policy." Oversight mechanisms are described: "This is done through quarterly meetings with the Executive Board," where the Sustainability Department reviews performance and "market/policy developments," and "all commitments and involvement are discussed and agreed in cooperation with the Sustainability Department," showing an internal process for monitoring alignment before engagement occurs. For indirect lobbying, BAM clarifies that it "predominantly engages in lobbying or political advocacy through trade associations" and that "BAM’s COO the Netherlands is part of the board of Bouwend Nederland and oversees if their activities are in line with BAM’s Sustainable commitments," naming a specific senior executive responsible for alignment. The disclosure also notes coordination with the Communication department so that "all involvement concerning influencing policy is aligned and coordinated with BAM’s strategy (including climate change action)." These elements demonstrate clear policies, identified oversight bodies, and processes covering both internal advocacy and trade-association participation, although the company does not publish a dedicated climate-lobbying alignment report or detail corrective actions (e.g., exiting misaligned associations). Overall, this indicates strong but not yet comprehensive governance of climate-related lobbying. View Sources	B

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Strong

Koninklijke BAM Groep discloses a structured approach that links its climate strategy to its policy-influencing work, indicating strong governance over both direct and indirect lobbying activities. The company states that "BAM is committed to ensure our lobbying activities are in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals and our ambition ‘Building a sustainable tomorrow’," and explains that "senior staff members are involved with policy engagement and match their activities to the overall collective strategy, including the sustainability strategy/policy." Oversight mechanisms are described: "This is done through quarterly meetings with the Executive Board," where the Sustainability Department reviews performance and "market/policy developments," and "all commitments and involvement are discussed and agreed in cooperation with the Sustainability Department," showing an internal process for monitoring alignment before engagement occurs. For indirect lobbying, BAM clarifies that it "predominantly engages in lobbying or political advocacy through trade associations" and that "BAM’s COO the Netherlands is part of the board of Bouwend Nederland and oversees if their activities are in line with BAM’s Sustainable commitments," naming a specific senior executive responsible for alignment. The disclosure also notes coordination with the Communication department so that "all involvement concerning influencing policy is aligned and coordinated with BAM’s strategy (including climate change action)." These elements demonstrate clear policies, identified oversight bodies, and processes covering both internal advocacy and trade-association participation, although the company does not publish a dedicated climate-lobbying alignment report or detail corrective actions (e.g., exiting misaligned associations). Overall, this indicates strong but not yet comprehensive governance of climate-related lobbying.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Royal BAM Group offers only limited insight into its climate-policy lobbying. The company states that “BAM’s engagement activities are through trade associations, mainly through the Dutch organization Bouwend Nederland,” and highlights participation in groups such as UKGBC, ZEMO and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, indicating indirect mechanisms such as industry coalitions but giving little information about whether it writes letters, holds meetings or targets specific ministries or legislators. In terms of substance, the only clearly identifiable policy area it names is its collaboration with RICS on the government-backed Built Environment Carbon Database, a prospective standard for calculating Scope 3 emissions; beyond this, it refers only generically to supporting the UK Government’s net-zero agenda and “active participation in lobby groups for a more sustainable construction sector.” The desired outcomes are likewise vague, with the sole explicit objective being for the new Scope 3 methodology to become mandatory; broader aspirations such as “electrification of construction equipment” or alignment with the Paris Agreement are stated without detailing the regulatory changes sought. Taken together, the disclosures acknowledge some activity but do not systematically detail the specific policies, targets, or lobbying techniques involved, leaving major gaps in transparency.	D