Dassault Systemes SE – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Dassault Systèmes has established a formal “Charter for Responsible Public Affairs” under which “all Dassault Systèmes employees must respect” principles such as “compliance with transparency and integrity requirements in all countries where Dassault Systèmes operates” and the “strict regulation of gifts and hospitality offered to public officials,” indicating a clear internal policy framework for its lobbying activities. The charter also governs indirect lobbying by ensuring that “Dassault Systèmes is not a member of any professional association whose positions are controversial with regard to the public interest, the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement or the ESG standards of the countries in which the Company operates,” demonstrating proactive management of association memberships. Oversight of these activities is assigned to the General Secretariat, with interest representation “discussed by the Company’s Executive Committee” and the Board of Directors “kept informed,” and the company reinforces this with mandatory ethics and compliance training (“All Dassault Systèmes employees undergo regular internal training”) and due diligence on third parties (“Dassault Systèmes performs due diligence on all its intermediaries”). However, beyond confirming a “public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement,” the company does not disclose a dedicated process or audit for reviewing its direct lobbying against its climate policy, no standalone climate-lobbying report or third-party assessment is published, and no specific individual or committee is expressly charged with ongoing climate-lobbying alignment, leaving gaps in explicit monitoring and accountability for climate-specific advocacy. View Sources	C

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Moderate

Dassault Systèmes has established a formal “Charter for Responsible Public Affairs” under which “all Dassault Systèmes employees must respect” principles such as “compliance with transparency and integrity requirements in all countries where Dassault Systèmes operates” and the “strict regulation of gifts and hospitality offered to public officials,” indicating a clear internal policy framework for its lobbying activities. The charter also governs indirect lobbying by ensuring that “Dassault Systèmes is not a member of any professional association whose positions are controversial with regard to the public interest, the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement or the ESG standards of the countries in which the Company operates,” demonstrating proactive management of association memberships. Oversight of these activities is assigned to the General Secretariat, with interest representation “discussed by the Company’s Executive Committee” and the Board of Directors “kept informed,” and the company reinforces this with mandatory ethics and compliance training (“All Dassault Systèmes employees undergo regular internal training”) and due diligence on third parties (“Dassault Systèmes performs due diligence on all its intermediaries”). However, beyond confirming a “public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement,” the company does not disclose a dedicated process or audit for reviewing its direct lobbying against its climate policy, no standalone climate-lobbying report or third-party assessment is published, and no specific individual or committee is expressly charged with ongoing climate-lobbying alignment, leaving gaps in explicit monitoring and accountability for climate-specific advocacy.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Dassault Systèmes provides only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. It indicates broad areas of interest such as the energy transition, industrial and digital sovereignty, and reports its registrations on the EU Transparency Register and with the French HATVP, but it does not name any individual pieces of legislation or regulations it has tried to influence. The company describes participating in professional associations and multi-stakeholder initiatives and says its behaviour is guided by a Charter for Responsible Public Affairs, yet it does not spell out concrete engagement channels—such as specific meetings, submissions or letters—nor does it identify the government bodies or officials it approaches. In terms of objectives, Dassault Systèmes aligns itself with collective business calls for outcomes like cutting global emissions by 2030 and reaching net-zero by 2050, and it highlights goals such as ending new coal power development; however, it stops short of linking these aims to particular policy texts or explaining how it seeks to embed them in law. Overall, the disclosure offers high-level aspirations but lacks the detail required to demonstrate full transparency about the company’s climate lobbying activities.	D