Ryder System Inc – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Strong	Ryder System Inc. has established a governance and organizational structure to align its policy engagement with its climate change strategy by placing responsibility for both its direct and indirect public policy activities under its Chief Legal Officer, who “serves as liaison of the Board’s Corporate Governance Committee” and oversees Government Affairs, which “oversees the company’s direct and indirect activities related to public policy development and government relations.” Furthermore, the VP Environmental, Real Estate and Fuel Services, reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, “provides an annual report to the Board of Directors Corporate Governance Committee that includes a status of environmental programs, Ryder’s emission reduction strategy and goals, and overall sustainability performance,” and this structure “ensures alignment of all direct and indirect activities that influence policy that influences and is influenced by our climate change strategy.” However, the company does not disclose a public commitment to conduct its engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and provides no detailed procedure for reviewing or adjusting specific lobbying positions or trade association memberships beyond its annual sustainability reporting. View Sources	3

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Strong

Ryder System Inc. has established a governance and organizational structure to align its policy engagement with its climate change strategy by placing responsibility for both its direct and indirect public policy activities under its Chief Legal Officer, who “serves as liaison of the Board’s Corporate Governance Committee” and oversees Government Affairs, which “oversees the company’s direct and indirect activities related to public policy development and government relations.” Furthermore, the VP Environmental, Real Estate and Fuel Services, reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, “provides an annual report to the Board of Directors Corporate Governance Committee that includes a status of environmental programs, Ryder’s emission reduction strategy and goals, and overall sustainability performance,” and this structure “ensures alignment of all direct and indirect activities that influence policy that influences and is influenced by our climate change strategy.” However, the company does not disclose a public commitment to conduct its engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and provides no detailed procedure for reviewing or adjusting specific lobbying positions or trade association memberships beyond its annual sustainability reporting.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Strong	Ryder System provides a fairly detailed picture of its climate-policy engagement. It identifies concrete measures it has worked on, citing the “NHTSA/EPA GHG standards,” its collaboration with federal and state officials in the United States and Canada to “recommend and define alternative fuel legislation,” and its backing of a “federal, universal standard and legislation for carbon reporting versus state-specific standards and requirements.” The company is equally explicit about how it seeks to influence these measures, explaining that it “advocates directly with U.S. policymakers,” submits “legislative comments,” and channels additional input through a “network of professional & trucking trade associations” such as NGVA, ATA, TRALA, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable. Ryder also discloses the substantive policy outcomes it pursues, saying it wants “emissions mitigation through decreased fuel consumption standards,” supports a nationwide carbon-reporting regime and promotes legislation to accelerate the uptake of alternative fuels. Together, these disclosures demonstrate a strong level of transparency on the policies addressed, the mechanisms used, and the results the company is seeking in its climate-related lobbying.	3