Trinity Industries Inc – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Strong	Trinity Industries has established formal governance over its policy engagement by employing “an in-house government affairs team that consistently monitors and directs all direct and indirect activities influencing policy” and “works within and alongside Trinity’s Legal and Compliance Department to ensure consistency with overall strategy,” and by developing and publishing “CSR Report that outlines the company’s high-level performance and commitments in business, governance, environment, and safety” through a “collaborative process of developing and publishing this report [that] further aligns business strategy with execution and communication.” This indicates active oversight of both direct and indirect lobbying channels and a documented process for aligning those activities with its climate commitments. However, the company does not disclose any board-level or senior executive sign-off on its climate-related lobbying plan, provides no external audit or detailed review of its climate lobbying alignment, and offers no criteria for assessing or exiting trade associations whose positions conflict with its climate strategy, leaving the specifics of how its government affairs team applies climate considerations largely opaque. View Sources	B

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Strong

Trinity Industries has established formal governance over its policy engagement by employing “an in-house government affairs team that consistently monitors and directs all direct and indirect activities influencing policy” and “works within and alongside Trinity’s Legal and Compliance Department to ensure consistency with overall strategy,” and by developing and publishing “CSR Report that outlines the company’s high-level performance and commitments in business, governance, environment, and safety” through a “collaborative process of developing and publishing this report [that] further aligns business strategy with execution and communication.” This indicates active oversight of both direct and indirect lobbying channels and a documented process for aligning those activities with its climate commitments. However, the company does not disclose any board-level or senior executive sign-off on its climate-related lobbying plan, provides no external audit or detailed review of its climate lobbying alignment, and offers no criteria for assessing or exiting trade associations whose positions conflict with its climate strategy, leaving the specifics of how its government affairs team applies climate considerations largely opaque.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Trinity Industries provides a basic but incomplete picture of its climate-related lobbying. It discloses that it "engages directly with policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels" and complements this with a "strong brand campaign designed to increase public awareness of the environmental benefits of rail," thereby describing two concrete mechanisms and naming the broad governmental target audience. The company also indicates that it lobbies on environmental legislation aimed at expanding the national freight rail network and on "energy efficiency requirements" in Canada, signaling engagement with identifiable categories of climate policy even though it does not cite any specific bill, regulation, or consultation. Finally, Trinity explains that its objective is to promote rail as a “less carbon-intensive” alternative to highway transport and to ease highway congestion, but it stops short of stating precise policy changes, timelines, or quantitative goals. Overall, the disclosure shows limited transparency: the mechanisms and audiences are clear, yet the policies and outcomes remain high-level and non-specific.	D