Godrej Consumer Products Ltd – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Godrej Consumer Products Ltd appears to have a moderate governance process for climate-related lobbying, establishing a “Policy advocacy governance framework” that includes a “centralized database of all trade association memberships” which details “the purpose of each association, our representatives, membership fees, and the value derived from each membership” to “track the effectiveness of our engagements and ensure alignment with our business strategic goals.” The company also commits that its “trade association memberships and public policy advocacy are aligned with limiting average global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius” and “aligned with the Paris Agreement, Climate Science and Energy Efficiency,” using this stance “as basis for our periodic review of our trade associations’ positions” and conducting “regular reviews of our memberships and associations to assess the value derived from each engagement.” Oversight is assigned to “the senior leadership of our functions, [who] is responsible for managing trade association memberships” and to an “Internal Audit team [that] rigorously monitors all activities related to association memberships to ensure compliance with legal requirements, ethical standards, and company policies.” While these elements demonstrate clear alignment processes for both direct engagements—such as active participation in CII, FICCI, and representation at COP28—and indirect lobbying through industry associations, the company does not disclose a named individual or formal board or committee charged specifically with overseeing lobbying alignment, nor is there evidence of a publicly available dedicated climate-lobbying audit or third-party review. View Sources	C

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Moderate

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd appears to have a moderate governance process for climate-related lobbying, establishing a “Policy advocacy governance framework” that includes a “centralized database of all trade association memberships” which details “the purpose of each association, our representatives, membership fees, and the value derived from each membership” to “track the effectiveness of our engagements and ensure alignment with our business strategic goals.” The company also commits that its “trade association memberships and public policy advocacy are aligned with limiting average global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius” and “aligned with the Paris Agreement, Climate Science and Energy Efficiency,” using this stance “as basis for our periodic review of our trade associations’ positions” and conducting “regular reviews of our memberships and associations to assess the value derived from each engagement.” Oversight is assigned to “the senior leadership of our functions, [who] is responsible for managing trade association memberships” and to an “Internal Audit team [that] rigorously monitors all activities related to association memberships to ensure compliance with legal requirements, ethical standards, and company policies.” While these elements demonstrate clear alignment processes for both direct engagements—such as active participation in CII, FICCI, and representation at COP28—and indirect lobbying through industry associations, the company does not disclose a named individual or formal board or committee charged specifically with overseeing lobbying alignment, nor is there evidence of a publicly available dedicated climate-lobbying audit or third-party review.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Godrej Consumer Products Ltd provides only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. It refers to broad policy themes—such as supporting the Paris Agreement, advancing a circular economy for plastics through the India Plastics Pact, and aligning with the WBCSD Vision 2050 framework—without naming any specific pieces of legislation, regulations, or rulemakings it has sought to influence. The company explains that it pursues its advocacy primarily through membership in trade bodies like the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the Confederation of Indian Industry initiative on plastics, and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, but it does not disclose whether it undertakes direct engagement with government officials or identify which ministries or lawmakers are the focus of these efforts. Similarly, it describes high-level goals such as reducing plastic intensity and increasing recycled content but does not link these ambitions to concrete policy changes or detail the positions it promotes. As a result, while some mechanisms and thematic priorities are acknowledged, the absence of named policies, clear targets, or defined outcomes limits the transparency of the company’s climate lobbying disclosures.	D